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2003 GRADUATE DEGREE HOODING CEREMONY: Class of 2003 Dean's Graduate Medalists

Dean's Graduate Medalist for the College of Health and Human Services

Michael S. Newsome completes his M.S. degree with a 4.0 GPA, earned while working full-time as a registered nurse and supervisor at Veterans Administration Medical Center. He completes a dual graduate major in the primary care and clinical care specialist options, plus the School Nurse Credential Program. He has exceeded 1,200 clinical hours of work. He completed two graduate projects, which will serve as a base for his doctoral program at UC San Francisco beginning in fall 2003. He eventually plans to teach in a school of nursing. Michael has tutored and mentored undergraduate and graduate students, substituted for clinical nursing instructors as a volunteer assistant and volunteered with the American Cancer Society.

 

Dean's Graduate Medalist for the College of Science and Mathematics

Nathanael Fast completes his M.A. in Psychology with a 4.0 GPA and substantial research accomplishments. He has six professional publications and presentations, several at meetings of major society in his field. He was co-instructor of a course at Fresno State and has been invited to present five lectures at Fresno State and Fresno Pacific University. He is co-founder of the Relational Cultural Institute and organized the Northeast Fresno Partnership to deal with the quality of life issues in the area around the Fresno State campus and has assumed leadership roles in the San Joaquin Organizing Project, a seven-county effort to address similar issues in underserved communities throughout the Valley.

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