2024 Graduate Award Distinguished Achievement Recipients
Each year the university’s six colleges select graduate students to receive the Graduate Award for Distinguished Achievement. The recipients are honored for their outstanding academic performance and service to the profession, department, and community.
One award recipient from each college is selected for special honors as the graduate college hood. On behalf of their college classmates, they have received the symbolic investiture of the hood.
The Lam Family College of Business
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Songhong Beng
Master of Science, Accountancy
Madison Cecilio
Master Business Administration
Rutwij Sanjay Daptardar
Master of Science, Business Analytics
Daniel Dubrovsky
Master of Science, Quantitative Economics
Yao Fang
Master of Science, Accountancy
Lila Zermeno
Master Business Administration
The Graduate College of Education
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Corrine Mary Aramburo
Doctor of Philosophy, Education (Special Education, Joint Program with University of California, Berkeley)
Alicia Baires Rios
Master of Arts, Education (Early Childhood Education)
Chloe McBarron Bogle
Master of Arts, Special Education
Jadelyn May Chang
Master of Arts, Educational Administration and Leadership
Aaron Eberhardt
Master of Arts, Curriculum and Instruction
Brianna Marie German
Credential, Multiple Subject
Zahava Heydel
Master of Arts, Special Education
Kian Kawar
Master of Arts, Special Education
Maelynn Michelle Le
Credential, Single Subject
Kaitlyn Bryce Olivares
Master of Science, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Angelica Adriana Pineda
Master of Arts, Education (Instructional Technologies)
Cassandra Poe
Master of Science, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Marcela Ivonne Rodriguez Navas
Master of Arts, Education (Equity and Social Justice in Education)
Alana April Tran
Master of Science, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Sanjyot Pia Walawalkar
Doctor of Education, Educational Leadership
George Xiao Yip
Credential, Single Subject
Xiao Yun Zhang
Master of Arts, Special Education
The College of Liberal & Creative Arts
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Chelsea America Addison-Torres
Master of Fine Arts, Art
Hatem Adell
Master of Arts, Theatre Arts
Morgan H. Butler
Master of Arts, Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts
Sabrina Marcy Chamberlain
Master of Arts, History
Quinn Fairchild
Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing
Madison Fishtrom
Master of Arts, Design
Emma Jean Gunst
Master of Arts, Museum Studies
Marilyn Patricia Mae Helstrom
Master of Arts, Women and Gender Studies
Yi Hu
Master of Arts, Chinese
Wei-Ting Hung
Master of Fine Arts, Cinema
Tadeh A. Kennedy
Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing
Karinuelle Krisdiva
Master of Arts, International Relations
Cecilia Mellieon
Master of Arts, Anthropology
Daniel Felipe Moreno Mendoza
Master of Arts, Cinema Studies
Stephanie Rose Mufson
Master of Arts, Design
Rex Retuya Nario
Master of Arts, International Relations
Reece Owens
Master of Music, Music
Avishan Yunus Peer
Master of Arts, Spanish
Luke Quinton
Master of Arts, Philosophy
May Lynn Reese
Master of Arts, English (Linguistics)
Andrew Gabriel Rose
Master of Arts, Humanities
Paula Sulpice
Master of Arts, Comparative Literature
Saramanda Nell Swigart
Master of Arts, English Literatures
Ruth Etta Hyde Truman
Master of Arts, History
Ruth Elizabeth Varghese
Master of Arts, Classics
Hui-Yu Wu
Master of Arts, English (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)
Celeste Zambrano
Master of Arts, Museum Studies
The College of Ethnic Studies
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Sergio Arroyo
Master of Arts, Ethnic Studies
Nelle Garcia
Master of Arts, Asian American Studies
Bianca Ling
Master of Arts, Asian American Studies
The College of Health & Social Sciences
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Jasmine Elizabeth Cervantes
Master of Arts, Gerontology
Kathleen Derrig
Master Public Administration
Juliana Morgan Guthner
Doctor Physical Therapy, Physical Therapy (Joint Program with University of California, San Francisco)
Sam Ho
Master of Science, Counseling (Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling)
Qianya Huang
Master of Social Work
Hinako Ishikawa
Master of Arts, Human Sexuality Studies
Iveth Lopez Obeso
Master of Science, Counseling
Sabrina Elizabeth Mahoney
Master of Social Work
Jocelyn Morales
Doctor Physical Therapy, Physical Therapy (Joint Program with University of California, San Francisco)
Max Enrique Portillo
Master of Science, Counseling
Eric Jose Randall
Master of Science, Kinesiology
Brit'ne Monae Ross
Master of Science, Nursing
Jonathan R. Santos
Master of Science, Nursing
Jane Southwick
Master of Science, Counseling
Kai Arri Stephens
Master of Arts, Family and Consumer Sciences
The College of Science & Engineering
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Jessica Merritt Agnos
Master of Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Sequoia Rose Andrade
Master of Science, Statistical Data Science
Marison Flores
Master of Science, Biology (Cell and Molecular)
Amir Hashemizad
Master of Science, Physics
Xinwen He
Master of Science, Engineering (Structural/Earthquake Engineering)
Sean Michael Hennigan
Master of Arts, Psychological Science (Social, Personality, and Affective Science)
Keiko Hokeness
Master of Science, Biology (Cell and Molecular)
Kentaro Kawasaki
Master of Science, Industrial Organizational Psychology
Philip Liang
Master of Science, Engineering (Embedded Electrical and Computer Systems)
Yuriah Lydon
Master of Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Clarissa Maciel
Master of Arts, Geography (Resource Management and Environmental Planning)
Edwin Jose Menjivar Figueroa
Master of Science, Computer Science
Kira Miller
Master of Science, Biology (Integrative)
Anika O'Donnell
Master of Arts, Mathematics
Sadaf Fatima Rizvi
Master of Arts, Psychological Science (Developmental Psychology)
Reshma Shelke
Master of Science, Industrial Organizational Psychology
Warren Singh
Master of Science, Computer Science
Shannon Summers
Master of Science, Biology (Integrative)
Alice Truong
Master of Science, Biology (Integrative)
Margaret Hoover Vashel
Master of Arts, Psychological Science (Mind, Brain, and Behavior)
Amy Lynn Wong
Master of Science, Interdisciplinary Marine and Estuarine Sciences
Purva Sachin Zinjarde
Master of Science, Computer Science