CSULB Announces 2023-24 Graduate Award Winners

College of Health & Human Services (CHHS) 

Nicole Lunde
MS, Gerontology
 

College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics (CNSM) 

Donald Will Buckley III
MS, Science Education – Secondary Science Education
 

College of Business (COB)  

Syed Ahmed 
MBA 
 

College of Education (CED)  

Shannyn Sayula
MS, Counseling, Student Development in Higher Education  
 

College of the Arts (COTA) - Distinguished Achievement in Creative Activity 

Dylan Edward Ricards
MFA, Art-Sculpture 

Laura Stinger
MFA, Art-Ceramics

Frank Van Duerm
MFA, Art-Ceramics

Álvaro Cáceres Muñoz 
MM, Music-Composition 

Joshua Childress
MM, Music-Jazz Studies 

Dakota Noxon
MM, Music-Jazz Studies

Nadina Marie Espinosa
MFA/MBA, Theatre Management

Jenna Gabrielle Fleming
MFA/MBA, Theatre Management

Naima Orozco-Valdivia
MFA/MBA, Theatre Management

College of Health & Human Services (CHHS)  

Thomas Chase Page
MS, Criminology & Criminal Justice
 

College of Liberal Arts (CLA)  

Julie Haltom
MA, History 

Maria Venegas
MA, Geography
 

College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics (CNSM) 

Emily Spurgeon
MS, Biology

Sargis (Sako) Srapyan
MS, Biochemistry

Megan Kaily Ward-Baranyay
MS, Geology

Teresa Le
MS, Applied Statistics 

Ryan Mizukami
MS, Physics

Alyssa Marie Bjorkquist 
MS, Science Education – Informal Science Education
 

College of Education (CED) 

Cristina Flores 
MA, Equity, Education, & Social Justice 
 

College of the Arts (COTA)  

Noelle Lene Thomas Volkmann
MA, Art

College of Heath & Human Services (CHHS)  

Annette Rodrigues
MS, Gerontology

College of Engineering (COE)  

Austin Adams
MS, Civil Engineering

Clayton Asada
MS, Computer Science

Matthew Barnhard
MS, Engineering

Oliver Chaing
MS, Areospace Engineering

Cynthia Do
MS, Mechanical Engineering

Mana Hassanpour
MS, Chemical Engineering

Erik Vanderliet
MS, Electrical Engineering

Rahul Deo Vishwakarma
MS, Computer Science
 

College of Liberal Arts (CLA)  

Chavva Olander
MA, Philosophy

Evelyn Ortiz Soto
MA, Political Science

Victoria Gray
MA, History

Kate Prell
MA, Geography

Kim Hu
MA, English

Mary Reush
MA, Applied Anthropology
 

College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics (CNSM)  

Deanna Diaz
MS, Physics

Emily Marquez
MS, Chemistry

Sergio Madrigal Mora
MS, Biology

Megan Kaily Ward-Baranyay
MS, Geology
 

College of Business (COB)  

Minu Khadria
MS, Accountancy

Kate Byrne
MBA (Online)

Yvette Lozano
MBA (Online)

Diego Quex
MBA (Online)

Prosenjit Bhattacharya
MBA

Taylor Paselk
MBA

Varalaxmi Gangane
MS, Information Systems

Abhijit Jothilingam
MS, Marketing Analytics

Nadina Espinosa
MBA/MFA
 

College of Education (CED)  

Sue Mori 
MS, Educational Technology & Media Leadership

Carlos Fitch
MA, Equity Education & Social Justice  

Florencia Galvan
MS, Counseling, Student Development in Higher Education

Manami Koizumi 
MS, Counseling, Student Development in Higher Education 

Sandra Mora Garcia
MA, Early Childhood Education 

College of the Arts (COTA)  

Shania Nita Carden
MM, Vocal Performance

College of Health & Human Services (CHHS)  

Elizabeth Esquivel
MSW

Mei Louie
MSW

Karina Estrada
MA, Speech-Language Pathology
 

College of Engineering (COE)  

Zack Sherwood
MS, Chemical Engineering
 

College of Liberal Arts (CLA)  

Victoria Gray
MA, History

Manuel Rojas
MA, Philosophy
 

College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics (CNSM)  

Tuhina Bhattacharya
MS, Biochemistry

Emily Marquez
MS, Chemistry
 

College of Education (CED)  

Carlos Fitch
MA, Equity Education & Social Justice 

Manami Koizumi 
MS, Counseling, Student Development in Higher Education 

Leslie Saito
EdD, Educational Leadership

College of the Arts (COTA)  

Wynn Barnard
MFA, Animation

Sea Krob
MFA, Art Photography