The California State University (CSU) has selected 23 students, one from each university, to receive the 2022 Trustees' Award for Outstanding Achievement. The students will be honored for their talent, diligence and zeal during a ceremony as part of the CSU Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday, September 13.
The CSU Trustees' Award is the university's highest recognition of student achievement. Each award provides a donor-funded scholarship to students who demonstrate superior academic performance, personal accomplishments, community service and inspirational goals for the future. The awardees have demonstrated a deep commitment to making a positive impact on their generation, as well as those who come after them.
“These 23 remarkable scholars wonderfully exemplify the ideals of the California State University," said CSU Interim Chancellor Jolene Koester. “Their inspirational stories are connected by a common thread of intelligence, perseverance, resilience and the transformative power of higher education. Our communities, state and nation—indeed, our world—will long reap the benefits of their academic, professional and personal achievement."
More than 420 students have been honored with the Trustees' Award since the scholarship program was established in 1984 by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. In 1999, the Hearst Foundation partnered with the CSU Board of Trustees to supplement the endowment with contributions from CSU Trustees, CSU Foundation board members and private donors. The 23 scholarships awarded this year will total more than $180,000 in scholarship funds. Each student scholarship bears the name of a donor.
Ali C. Razi, a CSU Trustee Emeritus who serves on the CSU Foundation Board of Governors, endowed a scholarship fund to recognize the top CSU Trustees' Award recipient annually. Cal State Long Beach student Nevi Keser Gruskin was named this year's Trustee Emeritus Ali C. Razi Scholar and will receive a $17,000 scholarship.
The awardees will be recognized for their superior achievements during the Committee on Institutional Advancement portion of the September 13 CSU Board of Trustees meeting, with a special reception to follow.
Visit the CSU Trustees' Award for Outstanding Achievement website for bios on all 23 scholars as well as donor information.
The 2022 CSU Trustees' Scholars are:
Lesley Bode, Cal Poly Humboldt
Trustee Emerita Debra Farar Scholar
Kenya Janae Burton, Sacramento State
Chancellor Emeritus Charles B. and Catherine Reed Scholar
Serina Cabrera, Sonoma State
Trustee Emeritus Murray L. Galinson Scholar
Chamese Dempsey, San Diego State
Stauffer Foundation Scholar
Ome Garcia, San José State
Trustee Emeritus William Hauck and Padget Kaiser Scholar
Nevi Keser Gruskin, Cal State Long Beach
Trustee Emeritus Ali C. Razi Scholar
Isaiah Armond Jamal Henderson, Chico State
Chancellor Emeritus Timothy P. White Scholar
Dylan Gunner Jones, CSU Bakersfield
William Randolph Hearst Scholar
Breana Lewis, Cal State East Bay
Trustee Emeritus Peter Taylor Scholar
Miquelle McCarthy, Cal State LA
Michael A. and Debe Lucki Scholar
Dawoud Mishal, CSUN
William Randolph Hearst Scholar
Chiefe Mo, Cal Poly Pomona
Trustee Wenda Fong and Daniel Fetterly Scholar
Jeffrey Mueller, Cal Maritime
Trustee Jack McGrory Scholar
Daisy Morado Navarrete, CSU Channel Islands
TELACU Scholar
Samantha Patricia Navarro, Fresno State
Trustee Emeritus Peter Mehas Scholar
Nghia Trong Phan, Cal State Fullerton
Southern California Edison Scholar
Jeisson Pulido, CSU Dominguez Hills
Ron and Mitzi Barhorst Scholar
Lisamarie Raimondo, Stanislaus State
William Randolph Hearst Scholar
Johnathan Rodney, CSU San Marcos
Trustee Emeritus Kenneth Fong Scholar
manmit Singh, San Francisco State
William Randolph Hearst Scholar
Misealle Louise Tolliver, Cal State San Bernardino
Steinhauser Family Scholar
Nathalie R. Zamora Vigil, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
William Randolph Hearst Scholar
Spencer Hart Winter, CSU Monterey Bay
Trustee Emerita Claudia H. Hampton Scholar
About the California State University
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