2004 DEANS' GRADUATE MEDALIST
KREMEN SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Sumer Ortiz
M.S., Counseling – Counseling and Student Services Option

Sumer Ortiz is completing her degree with a 4.0 GPA. While obtaining her master’s degree she worked full time as an outreach counselor and communications specialist. In order to help other professionals, she devoted her master project, titled “Reducing Stress Among College Students: A Handbook Using Alternative Approaches,” to the issue. She will be presenting a paper at the American Psychological Association conference this summer on the topic. She is a member of Chi Sigma Phi and Phi Kappa Phi honor societies. Sumer plans to obtain her Ph.D. in either counselor education or education.

Below: Sumer with Dean Paul Beare and Dean Vivian Vidoli