Outstanding Grad: Harley Combs, College of Agricultural Sciences
Combs will be returning to CSU in the fall, joining Professor Steven Newman’s horticulture team as a graduate student.
Category: "Outstanding Grads"
Outstanding Grad: Cassie Alfaro, College of Business
After graduation, Alfaro will start working at Charles Schwab as an associate financial service representative.
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.
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.