PSFA STORIES
PSFA Stories is a round-up of curated links, as well as articles about the SDSU College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts written by the PSFA Communications Team and student interns building their portfolios.
CNN Video: Profile on Bruce Onobrakpeya Exhibition
May 19Nigerian artist Bruce Onobrakpeya has arrived at San Diego State University. He's led a collection of his award-winning work, curated by Kennii Ekundayo.
SDU-T: HTM Director Winston on Tourism in San Diego
May 19Tourism experts say business travel revenue is down and won’t recover until 2024. But San Diego businesses are seeing it make a comeback.
New Yorker: Art and Design Alumnus Lalo Alcaraz
May 18Like many prestigious awards that recognize great accomplishment in this country, the Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning, created in 2004 to commemorate the legacy of the late Washington Post cartoonist Herb Block, had never been offered to a nonwhite person—until this year.
Outstanding Graduate: Samantha Barlow from the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management
May 13She is thankful for the opportunities provided to her at SDSU, and grateful to spend her second and last year on campus in person. Beyond her RTM involvement, Barlow played on the Aztec Club Water Polo team and worked at the Aztec Aquaplex.
Say It Loud: I'm Curly and I'm Proud
May 13Courtney Willis, a communication major, discovered a community she didn't know existed when she created Tik Tok content urging followers to embrace their curly identity.
Outstanding Graduate: Danielle Joy Lutero Aquino from the School of Art and Design
May 11A proud, first-generation, Filipino-American, Lutero Aquino hopes that her graduating class finds the same kind of joy, passion, and pride that she has found while at SDSU. And for incoming students, Lutero Aquino wants them to know that “everything is going to be okay.”
Outstanding Graduate: Julz Fernandez from the School of Dance
May 11Fernandez shares her advice for incoming students, “what you get out of your education is what you put in. Apply yourself to your fields of study, and take care of your body while doing so. We are all humans, our body is an entire system, shares Fernandez.
Outstanding Graduate: Johnathan Hallmark from Army ROTC
May 11Johnathan Hallmark, a finance major, has been named outstanding graduate by SDSU’s Army ROTC Military Science Program. In addition to his involvement in the Army ROTC, Hallmark was involved in campus intramural sports and the SDSU Ski Club/Snow Team.
Outstanding Graduate: Brenden Harold Lopez from Air Force ROTC
May 11“To the class of 2022, my hope is that we embrace our roles as leaders of the next generation. I hope that we may use all the education and lessons learned through our time at SDSU not to just perform a job or task, but to serve and uplift others so that they too can achieve the goals and aspirations that they have,” shares Lopez.
