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President's Outstanding Graduate Award
The President’s Outstanding Graduate Award recognizes one graduating student each year who demonstrates exemplary contributions to their field and to the university. The recipient for this award is selected from the pool of students who have been awarded one of the six Dean’s Awards. The six Dean’s Awards are as follows: College of Education, Health & Human Services; College of Arts, Behavioral and Social Sciences; College of Business Administration; College of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics; Graduate Studies; and the Student Leadership Award selected by the Dean of Students.
The 2023-24 President's Outstanding Graduate
Jocelyne Dates, Biological Science, M.S.
On the evening of Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at the President's Outstanding Graduate Award Dinner & Ceremony, President Neufeldt announced graduate student, Jocelyne Dates, as this year's President's Outstanding Graduate from the Deans Outstanding Graduate Award recipients.
Learn more about this year's Outstanding Graduates - New Story
Each of the honorees receive a medallion, certificate and alumni membership in recognition of their Dean's Award. The President's Outstanding Graduate receives an additional medallion.
2023-24 Deans Award Recipients (from left to right) Patricia Tulloch (CSTEM), Miranda Grzywaczewski (CEHHS), Megan Hosfield (CHABSS), Jack Norwood (COBA), and Jocelyne Dates (OGSR)
Nick Melanese, the esteemed recipient of the Student Leadership Award for the 2023-24
academic year, bestowed by the Dean of Students, was unable to be present at the President’s
Outstanding Graduates Award ceremony due to his commitment to represent CSUSM in Distance
at the CCAA Championships. In lieu of this, his accomplishments were celebrated at
the Student Athlete Award Banquet. Dr. Viridiana Diaz, the Vice President for Student
Affairs, had the honor of presenting him with his well-deserved medallion and certificate.
The 2023-24 Deans Outstanding Graduate & Leadership Awardees
Miranda Grzywaczewski
CEHHS OUTSTANDING GRADUATE
Kinesiology, B.S.
& Minor - Psychological Science
Megan
Hosfield
CHABSS OUTSTANDING GRADUATE
Sociology, B.A.
Jack
Norwood
CoBA OUTSTANDING GRADUATE
Business Administration, B.A.
Patricia
Tulloch
CSTEM OUTSTANDING GRADUATE
Biology - Physiology, B.S.
& Minor - Public Health
Nick
Melanese
DoS STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD
Business Administration, B.A.
Jocelyne
Dates
OGSR OUTSTANDING GRADUATE
Biological Science, M.S.
The 2022-2023 Deans Outstanding Graduate & Leadership Awardees
