The Library Graduating Students Selections honors the essential contribution student assistants make to our work during their time at Fresno State. Their hard work and dedication make this library a better place every year. Typically the largest employer of students on campus, the library could not function without their gifts and talents.
Upon graduation, student assistants select a book that is meaningful to them and the book is given a digital bookplate in their honor. Even long after graduation, students will always be able to search their name in our catalog and find their digital bookplate, a reminder of their time in the library and as a Fresno State Bulldog.
Library graduating student assistants are also gifted Library stoles to honor their contributions to the Library during their employment here. It is with heartfelt thanks and bittersweet feelings that we wish our 2024 student assistant graduates well in their endeavors!
Graduating Student Assistants 2024.
Shaelynn Vang
Undergraduate Degree: Biology
Future plans: Attending UCSF School of Pharmacy this July with the career goal of becoming a pharmacist.
Library Position and Supervisor: Arne Nixon Center, Taylor Petersen, February 2023 – May 2024
Book Choice: The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
Samantha Cardona Chavez
Undergraduate Degree: Nursing
Future plans: Apply for a position in the NICU.
Library Position and Supervisor: Interlibrary Loan, Marissa Lopez, August 2019 – May 2024
Book Choice: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Alejandro Sanchez Alcaraz
Undergraduate Degree: Liberal Studies
Future plans: Complete residency credential program through Fresno State and 4th grade at an elementary school in Fresno Unified School District. After finishing credential program, start a Masters Degree and become a college professor at a community college.
Library Position and Supervisor: Public Safety Assistant, Raquel Delgado, January 2024 – May 2024
Book Choice: An American genocide : the United States and the California Indian catastrophe, 1846-1873
Nancy Barajas Mendoza
Undergraduate Degree: Criminology – Law Enforcement
Future plans: Attend the police academy in hopes of becoming a law enforcement officer.
Library Position and Supervisor: Public Safety Assistant, Raquel Delgado, February 2022 – May 2024
Book Choice: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Sakina Munsinger
Undergraduate Degree: Criminology
Future plans: Learn Arabic, become an investigator, and maybe law school or PHD.
Library Position and Supervisor: Research Help, Maria Jurado, February 2023 – May 2024
Book Choice: A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
Daniel Ryan Pauls
Undergraduate Degree: Integrated Design
Future plans: Become a public librarian.
Library Position and Supervisor: Music and Media, Keaton Johanson and Terry Lewis, August 2022 – May 2024
Book Choice: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
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