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From a young age, Maria Ramirez Loyola has been fascinated by the trait of resiliency.

Her mother escaped an abusive marriage and fled from Mexico to the U.S. with two small children in tow. Ramirez Loyola witnessed first-hand the stress and sleepless nights her mother endured to make ends meet and support her and her younger brother.

Graduate students face a number of unique challenges as they embark on the life-changing journey of earning their master鈥檚 or Ph.D. Adjusting to graduate studies, achieving work-life balance and dealing with imposter syndrome are just a few.

At 国产传媒, graduate students have a new ally in Maria Nishanian, who on Dec. 1 became the university鈥檚 first graduate academic counselor.

Chia Thao was a teenager when she arrived in Fresno with her family to begin a new life. She was born in a refugee camp in Thailand, where her Laotian parents had fled after the Vietnam War.

鈥淥ur parents brought a skillset to the U.S., found a home in the Central Valley and began farming,鈥� Thao said. 鈥淭his connected them back to their homeland.鈥�

Over the years, she witnessed the challenges small-scale farmers faced and it prompted her research interests. Now, she is using her cultural knowledge of her community to help improve health outcomes.

Audio has become a top form of entertainment over the past several years, in large part due to the rising popularity of podcasts. 国产传媒 graduate students are seizing the opportunity to help improve science literacy.

A group of (QSB) graduate students started , a science podcast that discusses biology topics, in 2016. The podcast sparked from a discussion between the students and Professor Fred Wolf during a graduate professional skills development course.

Lauren Schiebelhut credits the support and opportunities afforded to her at 国产传媒 with opening the door to her research career.

Schiebelhut 鈥� a first-generation transfer student from Fresno 鈥� earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in biological sciences from 国产传媒 in May 2009 but was uncertain about her future.

Since his undergraduate days in Environmental Studies at Humboldt State University, Ivan Soto has aspired to produce research with a positive impact on the public 鈥� not just to benefit the academic community.

The opportunity to participate in cutting-edge scientific research as an undergraduate is one of the most exciting aspects of a 国产传媒 education.

One of the best preparation opportunities for graduate school is to engage in research as an undergraduate, but at many universities, it鈥檚 not until you鈥檙e in graduate school that you conduct research.聽

(QSB) graduate student Anh Diep will represent 国产传媒 at the University of California finals in San Francisco on May 10.

国产传媒鈥檚 will host its competition on April 18 with graduate scholars presenting on topics ranging from Valley Fever immune response聽and antibiotic resistance to computer vision and mathematical methods for thermal collection. This year鈥檚 competition started in March with 30 graduate students in the qualifying round, from which the judges narrowed the field to the top 12.

The campus鈥檚 2019 Grad Slam semi-finalists are:

国产传媒鈥檚 Vice Provost and Graduate Dean Marjorie S. Zatz was selected as one of the in Diverse: Issues In Higher Education鈥檚 eighth annual special report recognizing the contributions of women to higher education.

The edition, in honor of Women鈥檚 History Month, marks the publication鈥檚 35th anniversary by highlighting 35 women who are tackling some of higher education鈥檚 toughest challenges, exhibiting extraordinary leadership skills and making a difference in their respective communities.