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Paul Carter | 2025 Employee of the Year for Inclusive Excellence
Paul Carter is the Assistant Director of the Black Resource Center.
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Caitlin Broadwell | 2025 Employee of the Year for Innovation
Caitlin Broadwell serves as an Athletics Case Manager in Health & Wellness Administration.
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Marijose Ramirez | 2025 Employee of the Year for Leadership
Marijose Ramirez is the Interim Contract Manager for the Department of Financial Management.
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Omar Hussein | 2025 Employee of the Year for Student Success
Omar Hussein is a Graduate Writing Specialist in our Graduate Center.
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University Police Department/Campus Assessment & Stabilization Team | 2025 Team Achievement Award
University Police Department / Campus Assessment & Stabilization Team address the urgent and complex needs of individuals facing mental-health or behavioral crises.
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Andre Rishi | May 2025
Andre has dedicated over 15 years to education, with a deep passion for helping students succeed. He began his career at Los Angeles City College, working for seven years in the Job Readiness Program, before serving for five years at California State University, Fullerton. For the past three years, he has been “honored to be part of the caring and amazing team at the Career Development Center at California State University, Long Beach” and “finds true joy in supporting students’ growth and is deeply grateful for the opportunity to contribute to a community that is dedicated to student success.”
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Ayendili Alcantar Alvarez | April 2025
Ayendili’s career path within Enrollment Services began in 2014 as a student assistant within the financial aid department. Upon graduating, she transitioned into a staff position within the same department. Ayendili received praise for her assistance to a student, but she has also been recognized by a co-worker for her collegial
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Elizabeth "Liz" Harris | March 2025
As a Faculty Affairs staff member for twenty-five years, Liz Harris has earned a reputation as a subject matter expert not only within the department, but also across campus and throughout the system. Colleagues have praised her character and her contributions.
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Christina Salvador | 2024-2025
As Associate Director of Prospect Research, she has played a critical role in nearly every major fundraising campaign at The Beach.
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Allesandro Russo | 2023-2024
Alessandro has contributed to the CSULB campus in many different roles, including as an undergraduate and graduate student, student organization leader, staff member and leader, and guest lecturer.
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Sylvana Cicero | 2022-2023
Sylvana Cicero served as the Assistant Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Student Auxiliary Enterprises.
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Maredythe Cooper | Changemaker
Maredythe Cooper was chosen to receive the top award for many reasons, including "her conscious leadership that centers the important intersection between race and sustainability."
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Christian Garcia | Honorary Award
Christian has advanced CSULB students' knowledge of restoration through service-learning and internship experiences, as well as promoting community involvement in wetland conservation."
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Eric Bohay | Honorary Award
Demonstrated dedication to integrating Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITEK) with modern geospatial analysis
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Bryan Crockett
Bryan Crocketthas been an artist and Professor of Art in the Sculpture Program at CSULB since 2007. Over the years, he has served as the sole full-time faculty and Head of the Sculpture Program for ten years, as well as an Associate Director of the School of Art.
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Cara Richards-Tutor
Dr. Richards Tutor serves as PI or Co-PI on four federally funded grants and is the Co-Director for the statewide Center to Close the Opportunity Gap. Her work focuses on preparing teachers and other educators to work with culturally and linguistically diverse students and academic supports for multilingual learners. Dr. Richards-Tutor has had her work published in multiple professional journals and most notably has a chapter published in the Handbook on Research in Special Education.
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Rashida Crutchfield
Dr. Rashida Crutchfield is a professor in the School of Social Work at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) and Executive Director of the Center for Equitable Higher Education, which is a research center dedicated to studying and promoting economic, food, and housing justice. She is an advocate committed to amplifying the voices of marginalized communities through research and service. Prior to her work at CSULB, she served on the staff of Covenant House California, a shelter for 18-to-24-year-olds experiencing homelessness. This experience blossomed a passion to support this student population and grounds her commitment to student’s holistic success.
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Andreas Bill | Outstanding Professor Award
An expert in theoretical condensed matter physics, Dr. Bill has received multiple research grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and other agencies. He has served as a senior scientist in the CSULB-Ohio State University Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) and has conducted research at institutions such as the Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid and Université Paris-Saclay. His work has led to significant contributions in superconductivity, magnetism, and materials science with nearly 60 publications.
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Huge O'Gorman | Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award
Hugh O’Gorman is an actor, director, author and teaching-artist active in professional theatre for over 40 years. Since 2002, he has been the Head of Acting at California State University, Long Beach, where he oversees the BA, BFA, and MFA actor training programs.
Hugh is the author of “Acting Action: A Primer For Actors” and “The Keys To Acting” and the forthcoming “The Art of Teaching The Art of Acting” from Routledge Publishing. He is a faculty member of MICHA: the Michael Chekhov Association, as well as MCE Michael Chekhov Europe, and runs his own acting studio in Los Angeles, The Praxis Studio. He is a Co-Executive Director of the National Alliance of Acting Teachers.
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Maya Rogalski | Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activities Awards
Maya joined the laboratory of Dr. Stephen Mezyk, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, initially working on research projects related to used nuclear fuel recycling. In her three years of undergraduate research, she achieved three peer-reviewed journal articles in this area, including one as the first-author. In these papers she collected her experimental data at two national Department of Energy laboratories, where she holds her own Visiting Scientist appointments, using their electron accelerator and laser facilities, analyzed these data, and then wrote full drafts and subsequent revisions of these manuscripts.
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Rashida Crutchfield | 2025 Outstanding Faculty Service
Dr. Rashida Crutchfield, a professor in the School of Social Work at Cal State Long Beach, is credited with significantly changing universities’ understanding of how housing and food insecurity create barriers to students’ success.
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Kelly Ansely Young | 2024 Outstanding Faculty Innovator in Student Success
Hired in 2003 in the Department of Biological Sciences, Dr. Young committed early on to make her classroom and research laboratory student-centered. While she was recognized for her effective and innovative teaching and mentoring, Young strove for student success beyond students she worked with directly by creating learning communities for colleagues.
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Loucine M. Huckabay | 2022 Outstanding Faculty Service
Throughout her 42-year tenure at California State University, Long Beach, Dr. Loucine Huckabay has been a strong supporter and advocate for all students, especially those from historically underserved backgrounds. She is well known for mentoring students struggling academically, or those whose home or work situations interfere with their academic success.
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Nikki Majidi | 2025 Student Recipient
Nikki served as the 2024-2025 ASI President and Senator for the College of Liberal Arts.
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Dev Rodgers | 2025 Faculty Recipient
Dr. Rodgers serves as Faculty Advisor for the Educational Administration program as well as Co-Advisor for the CSULB Black/Pan-African Graduate Student Association.
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Michelle Levy | Innovator
Michelle Levy, Assistant Director for Graduate Business Career Services, has sparked exciting, new, or transformative idea that made a big difference or needed change.
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Paul Carter | Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility
Paul Carter, Assistant Director for the Black Resource Center has advanced diversity, equity, and inclusion through initiatives, programs, or other significant activities.
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Emma Donahue | Rising Star
Emma Donahue, Enrollment Services Communication Specialist, has shown eagerness to grow and learn demonstrating excellence in their role by going above and beyond, performing exemplary work, and making a difference.
