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For Immediate Release: May 12, 2009
GSU Spring 2009 Top Graduates:
Grambling - The Office of the Provost and Vice-President of Academic Affairs has formally announced the highest ranking graduates for the 2009 Spring commencement exercises.
and the graduates are..................
Prisca Simon &
Lerone Charles
MEET
MS. SIMON AT A GLANCE!
Home: St.Lucia
Major: Hotel and Restaurant Management
GPA: 4.0
Parents: Julia Simon and Micheal Paul
Organizational Affiliations: Golden Key International Honor Society, National Society of Minorities in Hospitality, International Society Organization, Cambridge Who’s Who, Caribbean Leading Young Professionals Student Organization and Black Enterprise.
Honors/Recognition: President’s List, and recipient of Thurgood Marshall Leadership Institute 2007 and 2008 award, Outstanding Achievement in Hotel and Restaurant Management
Future Plans: To obtain employment within the Hospitality Industry as a General Manager of a five star property maintaining the highest of standards and continuing to serve as a role model and mentor for future professionals within my field. Academically, I will be pursuing my Masters Degree in Industrial Psychology in an effort to further equip myself for greater callings upon my life. One of which is my ultimate goal of becoming and giving back to my native island in the capacity and honor of serving as the Tourism Minister.
MEET
MR. CHARLES AT A GLANCE!
Home: Castries, Saint Lucia
Major: Marketing
GPA: 4.0
Parents: Valerie Charles (Mother) & Leroy R. Butcher (Father)
Organizational Affiliations: National Association of Black Accountants, Caribbean Healthy Lifestyles Program, Former Member of the Grambling State University Choir, Former member of the Ancient World Association
Honors/Recognition: National Association for Black, Accountants Certificate of Appreciation, Grambling State University Academic Excellence Scholarship Award Recipient, Grambling State University Student Technology Center Employee of the Month for April, 2009, Grambling State University President’s List, Certificate for Service rendered as a Grambling State University Resident Assistant, First Place Entry in the Annual Grambling State University Poetry Contest (Department of English 2006-2007).
Future Plans: To further academic career by completing the JD/MBA program form which one acquires a Juris Doctor Degree and a Master of Business Administration Degree.
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