More than 200 Journalism & Media Studies students attended Commencement ceremonies on May 19 at San Diego State University’s Viejas Arena to be recognized by family, friends and faculty.

A total of 37 JMS undergraduate students graduated with honors: Four graduated summa cum laude, with at least a 3.8 GPA; nine graduated magna cum laude, with at least a 3.65 GPA; and 24 graduated cum laude, with at least a 3.5 GPA. Honors graduates included:

Summa cum laude

• Christal Mae Ramos Bundang, Journalism with Emphasis in Media Studies
• Diana Isabeau Crofts-Pelayo, Journalism, and Spanish
• Celine Cinzia Fusella, Journalism with Emphasis in Media Studies
• Breianna Wolfe, Journalism

Magna cum laude

• Kaitlin Elizabeth Andrews, Journalism with Emphasis in Public Relations
• Daniella Esther Azencot, Journalism with Emphasis in Advertising
• Jennifer Marie Bowman, Journalism
• Patricia Brynn Dwyer, Journalism
• Joshua Blake French, Journalism with Emphasis in Media Studies
• Danielle Nicole Gaut, Journalism with Emphasis in Media Studies
• Ruthie Rosalie Kelly, Journalism, and Political Science
• Melissa Marie Roldan, Journalism with Emphasis in Media Studies
• Sean Matthew Wilburn, Journalism with Emphasis in Media Studies

Cum laude

• Jaclyn Leigh Acree, Journalism with Emphasis in Public Relations
• Julianne Katherine Alarcio, Journalism with Emphasis in Advertising
• Taylor MacKenzie Baresic, Journalism with Emphasis in Media Studies
• Nevada Lee Bodmer, Journalism with Emphasis in Advertising, and French
• Nicole Renee Borden, Journalism with Emphasis in Advertising
• Amanda Carver Brandeis, Journalism with Emphasis in Media Studies
• Gina Louise Burgess, Journalism with Emphasis in Advertising
• Paola Cuevas, Journalism with Emphasis in Media Studies, and Spanish
• Alexandra Skye Daugherty, Journalism
• Chelsea Elizabeth Daus, Journalism with Emphasis in Advertising
• Paola Michelle Diaz, Journalism
• Ivonnie Bernardo Dulce, Journalism with Emphasis in Media Studies
• Elizabeth Anna Elderkin, Journalism
• Annalisa Guidone, Journalism with Emphasis in Media Studies
• Tanya Huang, Journalism
• Drew Nicole Inabinet, Journalism with Emphasis in Media Studies
• Joseph Gerard Knox, Journalism with Emphasis in Media Studies
• Manuel Arturo Martinez-Ortega, Journalism with Emphasis in Media Studies
• Serena Michelle Scaglione, Journalism
• Julie Suzanne Scholl, Journalism with Emphasis in Public Relations
• Maria Elena Taravella, Journalism with Emphasis in Media Studies
• Tawnie Venita Vargas, Journalism with Emphasis in Advertising, and Psychology
• Trenton Blair Villanueva, Journalism with Emphasis in Media Studies
• Ian Mitchell Williams, Journalism with Emphasis in Public Relations

Students received bachelor of arts degrees in Journalism, Journalism with an Emphasis in Public Relations, Journalism with an Emphasis in Advertising, and Journalism with an Emphasis in Media Studies, as well as master of arts degrees in Communication with a specialization in Mass Communication and Media Studies. Among the School’s master’s degree recipients were six military Public Affairs Officers, who participated in the seventh year of an accelerated master’s degree program for PAOs. The class of 2012 included PAOs from the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps.

The Outstanding Student in the School of Journalism & Media Studies was Diana Crofts-Pelayo. She also was chosen as the Outstanding Student in the College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts and spoke to the Class of 2012 during the Commencement ceremony. She selected Amy Schmitz Weiss, JMS assistant professor, as the faculty member most influential in her academic career.

On this post: Professor Joel Davis poses with the 2012 advertising graduates outside of Viejas Arena. To view more images from the Commencement, as well as the end-of-year-JMS Awards Ceremony, visit facebook.com/SanDiegoStateJMS,

May 7, 2012 in Events, Students, The Flash, Top Stories