Outstanding Grad: Weston Jones, College of Liberal Arts
Weston Jones estimates that he has helped nearly 100 incoming first-year and transfer students find their way within the campus community over the past three years.
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Outstanding Grad: Priscilla Gonzalez, College of Liberal Arts
After eight years working as a lactation consultant for new mothers in Boulder County, Priscilla Gonzalez decided to return to school and pursue a new career in education.
Outstanding Grad: Tim Fellows, College of Liberal Arts
After spending six years in the Air Force, Tim Fellows decided that the best way to decompress and figure out his next steps in life was to take a little walk. A nice, 2,200-mile, five-month-long walk.
Outstanding Grad: Raven Pinto, College of Liberal Arts
Raven Pinto wants to help find solutions to build sustainable healthy communities on Native reservations.
Outstanding Grads Spring 2020
Meet just a few of the outstanding students who have earned their degrees at Colorado State University.
Outstanding Grads of Fall 2018
Here are a few stories of personal challenges overcome, family responsibilities shouldered, educational changes in direction that finally led to a true passion, as well as learning, growth and success along the way to graduation.
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.”
Outstanding Grad: Djibril Diol, Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering
The road to Djibril Diol being the first in his family to earn a degree was long, as he worked to meet family obligations in both the U.S. and his native Senegal.