Last week I learned my former student, Dr. Mehrnaz Ghamami, was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure at Michigan State University.  She is the second of my former students to have earned tenure.  Mehrnaz and her husband, Dr. Ali Zockaie, both graduated from our program in 2015, were hired by the same department at the same time, and are now promoted together.   I am so proud of their accomplishments and feel immensely  happy for their good fortune (to be able to always stay together in academia is no easy feat for a couple) and well deserved promotions!