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Nevada State University is delighted to celebrate our Class of 2024 graduates with an in-person ceremony on May 4, 2024, at 11 a.m. at the Thomas & Mack Center. For the most up-to-date commencement information, visit https://nevadastate.edu/commencement/.

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Jessica Patterson has been leading and problem solving since her first day at Nevada State. Determined to become an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter, she has worked diligently to provide a supportive space to use ASL for new students, led an active Voices Off Hands On (VOHO) club, and has volunteered at many deaf events both at school and in the community. 🎉

Jessica leads with confidence and a strong sense of equity and justice, values that will serve her well in her chosen field. She is on track to receive her national certification and use her skills to help others. 💛

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Selected by the PaLS department, Daniela Garcia-Maldonado is an actively involved, bright student. Always learning, she has participated in INBRE’s iSURF program, conducted NIH research, and been an INBRE lab technician.

Throughout it all, she has persevered through significant health challenges. Daniela hopes to become a Physican Assistant and, as a DACA student, is creatively trying to find ways to pay for further education. She is graduating Summa Cum Laude.

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First-generation student Fernando is a psychology major with a counseling minor. He has successfully balanced school and a research assistant position while working to support his family. 🦂

Fernando’s combination of inquisitiveness and resourcefulness has helped him persevere through many barriers on his journey. Hoping to become a clinical psychologist, he has applied to several doctoral programs and envisions himself working with populations that have traditionally lacked access and representation in the mental health field.

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His prior work as an EMT inspired him to learn anatomy and physiology of speech with Dr. André Lindsey, eventually deciding to pursue speech-language pathology. A member of Nevada State’s chapter of the National Student Speech-Language Hearing Association, he is a critical thinker actively involved in his classes. He credits his aunt, Dr. Rachel Didier “DDA,” a former assistant professor at Nevada State, for providing motivation to further his education.

David shares this advice to people wanting to go back to school, “Don’t be embarrassed to go back, because what you are going is taking the next step in your life to doing something that you want.”

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Tia exemplifies the best of Nevada State—she is a genuine scholar activist who effectively blends a commitment to academic excellence with a strong sense of community purpose.

A cancer survivor and an involved single mother of nine, she consistently makes the Dean’s List and still finds time to volunteer as an advocate for local neglected and abused children. An inspiration to all, Tia is completing a communication major with three minors. After graduate studies, she hopes to one day teach at Nevada State.

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