Graduating Student Awards
Application for Graduating Student Awards: Alice Hurst Award
and Community Engagement Award are DUE - Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
"APPLICATION" and "Awards Descriptions".
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HONORS
Do you have a 3.5 in your major??
• Includes pre-requisites (Hdev 180, Anth 120, Psy 100, Soc 100)
• All HDEV courses
• All Foundation courses
Then you are eligible to graduate with Honors in Human Development
Next steps:
• Print out the Academic Requirements that shows your major GPA (via MYCSULB, Academics Requirements, Human Development B.A., University Requirement for Major, (Press the green triangle) to view all classes, Minimum Cumulative Major GPA.___ actual)
• Highlight the actual GPA
• Submit to Wendy in PSY- 205 along with your name as you wish to have it recorded and your email address and the semester you will officially graduate.
Benefits:
You will receive a Certificate certifying your Achievement.
You will be eligible to wear Honor Cords at graduation. The Honor Cords and Certificates will be given at HDEV Graduation Reception.
See "Honors" flier
Students who maintained a 3.5 and higher GPA in departmental courses are recognized with Honors designation. The following students received Honors in Human Development in 2011:
Jessica Allagoa, Cherise B. Arzaga, Ashley B. Austin, Dianne E. Badua, Michelle Bodyston, Rudy Castellanos, Jr., Kimhoan Chu, Stephanie D'costa-Co-President, Regina N. De Leon, Jennifer Field, Kathryn J. Forrest, Viviana Garcia, Michele Garcia-Martinez, Jenna Hodge, Beatriz Illesca, Lauren N. Iwata, Jely R. Jeronimo, Lauren N. Johnson, Emma Jurgenson, Allen M. Liu, Kasondra Mack, Lourdes Marquez, Stephanie Mejas,Tessera Mercer, Pricilla Moto, Christine G. Panopio, Stephanie Pegan, Bahareh Rabii, James S. Recalde-Co-President, Victoria M. Roman, Charlotte A. Rosenblum, Leilani Ssanchez, Myra Sepulveda, Dru W. Smith, Jamie Trujillo, Linda M. Valenzuela, Veronica Vasquez, Megan Waechter, Tabitha Welch, Cassandra Wickiam, Anna Woertler.
Each year the Department of Human Development recognizes excellence in our graduating class by designating three departmental honors, awarded by our Human Development faculty. We applaud the following award recipients.
Outstanding Graduate in Human Development: Cynthia Iniguez
Students chosen for this award are exceptional scholars, having achieved a 3.5 GPA or higher, and made substantial contributions to the community and/or university. Ms. Iniguez is recognized for her superior scholarship in human development, and her ongoing community service work with young and older adults. She has been on both the President's and Dean's List for three consecutive semesters, and received an award in undergraduate research for the Department of Human Development. Her community service is extensive: She has assisted children in K-9th grade in the development of reading and mathematic skills, volunteered at organizations like Beyond the Bell--East Youth Services, and recently completed an internship working alongside a school counselor assisting with mentoring troubled youth. Her professional goal is to purse a Master's Degree in Social Work, along with a Pupil Personal and Services Credential, in preparation to become a school counselor with children in crisis.
The Alice Hurst Award: Evans Phung Tran & Talina Villao
This award is named after Alice Hurst, who following retirement returned to school, lived in the dorms, and graduated with a bachelor’s degree at age 72. Following graduation, she entered the Peace Corps and worked tirelessly to promote adult literacy. In these and many other respects, Alice Hurst embodies the best of Human Development. Students who receive this award display the characteristics that made Alice special—leadership, compassion, scholarship, determination and vision. This year, we are pleased to announce two awardees: Evans Phung Tran & Talina Villao.
Evans began her community work in high school when she decided to volunteer at a nearby hospital. Later in college, she joined the Clinical Care Extender Internship Program, rotated through various trauma departments, eventually became leader of that program, and recently volunteered at Wells House Hospice Care Center in Long Beach. She then took this passion for patient care to New Zealand where she performed preservation projects with mentally disabled individuals, then subsequently worked with HIV positive children in South Africa. These formative experiences in health care have solidified her career goal to become a Physician’s Assistant. Ms. Tran commented: “Compassion and empathy is what I have learned to provide as a human development major when I understood that cultural, religious, and traditional backgrounds are the backbone of compassionate values.”
Talina has been vital to our Human Development Department, having served as Events Officer and Co-President for the Human Development Student Association(HDSA). Through HDSA, she helped organize a variety of events, including an adopt a family drive for Thanksgiving in 2009 and a book drive that benefitted the National Center for Family Literacy. She has been actively involved with our Human Development faculty as well, acting as a research assistant for Dr. Roberts and working with her on a paper entitled “Traveling Tributes” presented at Durham University in the UK. and completing an internship with Dr. Stevenson in South Africa at the Bosthabello community. She is currently an aide at Lakewood High School working as a mentor to high school students, and is applying to be a volunteer with the Peace Corps. Alice Hurst would be proud! Her professional goals are to attend graduate school to pursue a career working with at risk youth.
Community Engagement Award: Tracy Carlsen-Collins
Because Human Development is designated as a Service-Learning engaged department , this award is bestowed on students who engage in projects that benefit local communities or communities abroad. It recognizes the substantive efforts of individual students to contribute to society in community projects.
The list of Tracey’s community involvement is extensive. She has volunteered at Be the Match Bone Marrow Donor Drive, St. Mary’s Medical Center at their Labor and Delivery department, Telemetry, served them as an Administrative Leadership Coordinator, volunteered at Someone Cares Soup Kitchen as well as at her local YMCA. She, too, has served as the Human Development Student Association Co-President, and worked with Dr. Stevenson and Dr. Roberts as a research assistant. Her long-term goals are to become a registered nurse so she can work in public health and social education.
Honors in Human Development
Students who maintained a 3.5 and higher GPA in departmental courses are recognized with Honors designation. The following students received Honors in Human Development in 2010: Karen Allstun, Michelle Alatorre, Jorrel Batac, Michelle Kristin Bove, Tracy Carlson-Collins, La Keysha Carter, Monica Choi, Michele Dorothy Columbus, Joseph Cooper, Britney Corey, Adrianne DiLeva, Samantha Frianeza, Michelle Griffitts, Anna Hall, Cynthia Iniguez, Crystal Korff, Cheryl Lambden, Christina Maguire, Eric Matsuno, Britni Melissa McKaig (Honorary President), Kathryn McMahon, Sary Pang, Vanessa Rodriguez, Andrea Romero, Reyna Rosales, Alexandra Senkevich, Jessica Smalling, Kristin Torres, Evans Phung Tran, Emily Vigneault, Patricia Waite, Joanna Watanabe, Stephanie Williams, and Tara Williams.
Congratulations for work well done!
