Buford receives state and national graduate research awards
![Melanie Buford and Michael Stebleton pose with awards at MCDA](/sites/olpd/files/styles/coh_small/public/2024-05/IMG_04391.jpg?itok=jTJZYEuE)
Melanie Buford, PhD, alum of the OLPD Higher Education PhD program, recently received graduate student research awards from the Minnesota Career Development Association and the National Career Development Association. Buford's dissertation focused on racial equity in career services.