Outstanding Grad: Youssef Badawi, College of Health and Human Sciences
Following graduation, Badawi will move to Denver to begin working on Colorado projects for Turner Construction.
Category: "Outstanding Grads"
Outstanding Grad: Janae Brown, College of Liberal Arts
Brown will give the student address at the College of Liberal Arts Commencement, then begin a two-year stint with Teach for America in Denver elementary schools, as she contemplates graduate school.
Outstanding Grad: Claire Goldstein, College of Natural Sciences
After graduation with her degree in computer science, Goldstein will be a summer intern at a startup in Old Town called Mountain Data Group, then travel to South America.
Outstanding Grad: Jordon Aragon, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Starting in July, Aragon will pursue a doctoral degree at the University of Virginia School of Medicine.
Outstanding Grad: Elliot Djokic, Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering
After earning degrees in both biomedical and chemical and biological engineering, Djokic will be applying to medical school.
Outstanding Grad: Sara Pharazyn, Warner College of Natural Resources
Following graduation, Pharazyn aims to land a job combining her interests in outreach and education.
Outstanding Grad: Cary Pew, CSU Online
Pew has earned his Bachelor of Science in psychology and will begin a Master of Social Work program this fall.
Outstanding Grad: Jordan Roggen, College of Agricultural Sciences
Graduating high school at the age of 16 put Jordan Roggen on an early path to higher education, but family health challenges led her on a different journey.
Outstanding Grad: Franklin Alvis, College of Health and Human Sciences
When he was in high school, Franklin Alvis of Colorado Springs was convinced he’d attend college out of state. Then his family home burned to the ground in the 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire, which made him want stay in Colorado.
Outstanding Grad: Kirty Krieger, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Kirty Krieger says she decided to major in microbiology in the same way Harry Potter decided to become a wizard: “The major chose me.”