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Graduates honored
during Commencement
By Larry W. Brunson
Summer Online Forty-Niner
Nine outstanding
graduates were able to sit and share their accomplishments
on a platform with Cal State Long Beach President Robert Maxson
and other distinguished faculty during last week’s 2001 Commencement
ceremonies.
"The reason that
we select an outstanding graduate is to symbolically recognize
the contributions of the faculty to that success," said Armando
Contreras, executive assistant to Maxson.
Every year at Commencement,
Contreras said, members in each of the nine colleges select
an outstanding graduate to be honored at each of the ceremonies.
In turn, each graduate selects a professor they believe was
the most influential in their college career – often referred
to as a student’s MVP, or most valuable player.
Not only were the
students honored at the Commencement ceremonies, but also
by the Alumni Association at a banquet dinner at the Hyatt
Regency Hotel in Long Beach. Each student was able to invite
their parents and their MVP.
Contreras believes
it is important to give recognition to graduates with outstanding
academic achievements to the university, as well as CSULB
faculty.
During the Commencement
ceremonies, the outstanding students sat with their MVP, Maxson,
Associated Students Inc. President Robert Garcia, as well
as prominent faculty and staff. Besides receiving an award,
the students gave a brief speech and presented their MVP an
award.
The outstanding
graduates were:
- Sandra Basabe,
College of Liberal Arts, Romance, German, and Russian Languages
and Literatures
- Lorena A. Izarraraz,
College of Liberal Arts, Psychology
- Danielle Mitchell,
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Marine Biology
and Zoology
- Samantha M.
Ko, College of Health and Human Services, Nursing
- Elizabeth M.
McGuire, College of Health and Human Services, Communicative
Disorders
- James Kirk
Hodge, Jr., College of Engineering, Civil Engineering
- Viseth Vann,
College of Education, Liberal Studies
- Kimberly Ladd,
College of Business Administration, Accountancy
- Tabatha Easley,
College of the Arts, Music
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