May 14, 2026 \u2014 <\/p>\n
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Fresno City College is pleased to announce the 2026 Dean\u2019s Medallion of Excellence Award recipients. This year, eight graduating students chosen by their division dean will receive the award.\u00a0 The students will receive their medallions at a ceremony on Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. in the Old Administration Building, Room 251.<\/p>\n
The award is bestowed each year to Fresno City College students whose academic achievements, service to the community, and general excellence have brought honor to the College and distinction among their peers.<\/p>\n
Each recipient will receive a $500 scholarship. One of the students will also receive the Tony Cant\u00fa President\u2019s Medallion and an additional $1000 scholarship.\u00a0 This honor is named for former FCC President Tony Cant\u00fa who passed away in 2015, FCC President Denise Whisenhunt makes the selection from the group of recipients.<\/p>\n
2026 Dean\u2019s Medallion Winners<\/p>\n
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Allied Health, Physical Education and Athletics Division<\/p>\n
Ms. Nelley Guzman-Dominguez
of Madera<\/p>\n
Pre-Allied Health and Human Biology\u00a0 (AS)<\/p>\n
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\u00a0Applied Technology Division<\/p>\n
Mr. Rodys Dykoka Ngolo
of Fresno<\/p>\n
Electrical Systems Technology (AS)<\/p>\n
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Business Education Division<\/p>\n
Mr. Joshua J. Slusher
of Fresno\u00a0<\/p>\n
Business Administration for Transfer (AA-T)<\/p>\n
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Counseling and Guidance Division<\/p>\n
Ms. Grace Boone
of Fresno\u00a0<\/p>\n
Business Administration for Transfer (AA-T)<\/p>\n
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Fine, Performing and Communication Arts Division\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mr. Trinity Iniguez
of Fresno\u00a0<\/p>\n
Communication for Transfer (AA-T)<\/p>\n
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Humanities Division<\/p>\n
Ms. Karina Conde Hernandez
of Fresno<\/p>\n
Spanish for Transfer (AA-T)<\/p>\n
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Math, Science and Engineering Division\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ms. Simran Chahal
of Fresno<\/p>\n
Biology for Transfer (AS-T)
Physics for Transfer (AS-T)
Engineering (AS)\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Social Sciences Division\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ms. Randi Dunn
of Fresno<\/p>\n
Sociology for Transfer (AA-T)
Pre-Allied Health (AS)<\/p>\n
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2026 Distinguished Alumnus<\/p>\n
Commencement Ceremony
Friday, May 22, 2026, 6:30 pm
Save Mart Center 2650 E. Shaw, Fresno<\/p>\n
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This year\u2019s Commencement speaker and Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient is Paul Calvo, a 2021 FCC graduate and Dean\u2019s Medallion Award recipient. Paul was a former Bulldog gang member who earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Stanford.\u00a0 He spent years in and out of Juvenile Hall, where he learned to be a better gang member.\u00a0 Eventually, the law caught up with him, and he was incarcerated for seven years in a penitentiary.\u00a0 His sister helped him realize his potential and encouraged him to attend FCC.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A Fresno native, Paul was the cover story in the Focus Forward, Stories of Hope Magazine in 2021. At FCC, he thrived in all his math courses and became a math tutor. He eventually branched out and also tutored fellow students in physics, chemistry and engineering while carrying 12-17 units per semester with a 3.9 GPA. \u00a0He is now a program associate for STEM Advantage, an organization that provides mentorships, career preparation and inspiration to first-generation college students from underserved communities. His on TEDxStanford<\/a> talk he shares how his community of professors, classmates and family helped him succeed in education after serving time in prison.<\/p>\n State Center Community College District<\/p>\n ###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May 14, 2026 \u2014 Fresno City College is pleased to announce the 2026 Dean\u2019s Medallion of Excellence Award…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-316999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}