2019-2020 Rogers Scholars Named At CSUSB’s Palm Desert Campus

PALM DESERT, CA — Cal State San Bernardino’s Palm Desert Campus this week announced the 15 recipients of the Rogers Scholars awards for the 2019-2020 academic year.

The Mary Stuart Rogers Scholarship fund, established in 1994 to provide monetary awards for deserving students, rewards the recipients, called Rogers Scholars, for demonstrating a commitment to their personal growth, compiling outstanding academic records, demonstrating leadership and showing a desire to serve their fellow students and communities, according to the university.

"The award is a merit-based scholarship and only awarded to the top students at the campus," officials said.

This year's recipients are:

• Brian Agbayani – Nursing
• Vivian Arriaga – Nursing
• Tamara Eses - Nursing
• Tyler Dyck – Administration, accounting concentration
• Crystal Lopez – Nursing
• Miranda Luna-Olmos – Nursing
• Paola Martin – Psychology
• Ailed Mendes Gonzalez – Nursing
• Michelle Pimentel-Ramos – Liberal Studies
• Jasmine Rangel – Liberal Studies
• Diana Rivera – Liberal Studies
• Sheila Schmid – Psychology
• Savannah Sharp – Nursing
• Sofia Torres-Crespo – Psychology
• Veronica Velez - Nursing

The recipients of the scholarship will be honored at a banquet where they meet John Rogers, the son of Mary Stuart Rogers, and his family. Since its establishment, the Rogers Scholarship has awarded more than $1 million to students at the CSUSB Palm Desert Campus, the univeristy said.

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