Outstanding MSW graduate endured family hardship, supports students with disabilities
Lynsey Fenter persevered through unforeseen challenges and will continue to be a part of the CSU community, where she will work at the Student Disability Center.
Lynsey Fenter persevered through unforeseen challenges and will continue to be a part of the CSU community, where she will work at the Student Disability Center.
The CSU College of Health and Human Sciences is proud to feature these exceptional graduates for Spring 2023. Read more about them in their stories!
In 2019, Nash Murath had to relearn how to talk, walk, and eat after falling from a three-story balcony and experiencing a traumatic brain injury. Now, he is being recognized as an outstanding graduate of the Colorado State University Department of Health and Exercise Science.
Even as a 4-year-old, Litzy Lastra knew she wanted to attend college. Now this first-generation, outstanding graduate in family and consumer sciences at Colorado State University has achieved her life-long dream. Along the way, she had to overcome many obstacles including her father’s debilitating bout with COVID-19.
After taking a semester off due to COVID-19 and enduring masks and saliva testing, Ray Ray Martinez made up for it by student teaching abroad in Spain his final semester.
Chelsey Beardsley chose an indirect path to land at Colorado State University’s Interior Architecture and Design Program in the Department of Design and Merchandising, where she is an outstanding graduate and also named the department’s 2023 Outstanding Senior.
Eric Pildner is an outstanding graduate in Colorado State University’s School of Social Work after enduring hardship and working hard to earn his degree.
Building on her personal experiences as a first-generation student at Colorado State University, Janelle Mobley developed a passion for working with first-year college students in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies.
Megan Battleson is an outstanding graduate in the Colorado State University Department of Human Development and Family Studies due to her strong work ethic and heavy involvement in various roles across the department.
As an apparel and merchandising major from Lakewood, Colorado, Graeme MacInnis strives to infuse his own style into traditional menswear, while implementing what he has learned in the apparel design and production concentration in Colorado State University’s Department of Design and Merchandising.