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University’s Distinguished Alumni to Discuss Success at Interactive Panel
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: 03-29-2013
Kacey Gardner, editorial assistant
Public Affairs
530-898-6492
Joe Wills, director
Public Affairs
530-898-4143
The eight honorees will share how they achieved success after graduating from CSU, Chico and what they look for when hiring recent college graduates. The discussion, titled “Navigating Your Road to Professional Success: How the 2013 Distinguished Alumni Honorees Made It From Here to There,” is free and open to the public.
This year’s distinguished alumni are
College of Agriculture
Ray Griffin, founding partner and general manager, FoodSource
College of Engineering, Computer Science and Construction Management
Mark Fitzpatrick, co-founder, CEO and managing partner, FitzForm; co-founder and CEO, YOUnite Inc.; co-founder and CTO, BlueChipExec
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Robert L. Toney, retired rear admiral, U.S. Navy
College of Humanities and Fine Arts
Kelli Chipponeri, executive editor, Chronicle Books
College of Business
Rand Hutchison, president emeritus, Wanderful Media; lecturer, CSU, Chico
College of Natural Sciences
K. Darwin Murrell, honorary professor, Danish Centre for Experimental Parasitology, University of Copenhagen
College of Communication and Education
Lance Lew, community marketing director, NBC Bay Area
Distinguished Service
Tim Colbie, owner and operator, Great Escape Travel
Profiles of the Distinguished Alumni are on the CSU, Chico Alumni Association website at http://www.csuchico.edu/alumni/distinguished/year/2013_DAD.shtml. For more information, contact Polly Crabtree, associate director of Alumni and Parent Relations, at 530-898-6472.
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