2026 Graduate Distinguished Achievement Award
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 graduate college classmates, they receive the symbolic investiture of the hood at Commencement.
LAM FAMILY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
Tanya Aghazadeh
Master of Science, Business Analytics
GRADUATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Jennifer Lian Dudziec
Master of Arts, Special Education
COLLEGE OF ETHNIC STUDIES
Isabella Esperanza Martinez Bernal
Master of Arts, Ethnic Studies
COLLEGE OF HEALTH & SOCIAL SCIENCES
Juan Carlos Arredondo
Master of Social Work, Social Work
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL & CREATIVE ARTS
Trinh Lê
Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Isis Raele
Master of Science, Geographic Information Science
2026 Graduate Distinguished Achievement Award Recipients