2006 Dean’s Undergraduate Medalists

Robert L. Rumble, College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology
Robert L. Rumble completed his B.S. in Plant Science, Plant Health option, with a 3.86 GPA. He was one of two students to receive the 2005 California Association of Pest Control Advisers scholarship. Rumble volunteered for L.A.M.B. Services, which collects and ships food and clothing to the needy worldwide. He plans to earn his pest control adviser and certified crop adviser licenses and work for his father’s agricultural consulting company.

Matthew Ragan, College of Arts and Humanities
Matthew Ragan completed his B.A. in Theatre Arts with a 3.75 GPA. He has acted, danced, choreographed, produced and/or served as a technician in numerous Theatre Department productions. Ragan’s work has been recognized by the American College Theatre Festival and the American College Dance Festival. As a teacher and counselor last summer for the Upward Bound Program in New Hampshire, he worked with first-generation college students in performing arts, movement and Web design.

Kevin S. Cooper, The Craig School of Business
Kevin S. Cooper completed his B.S. in Business Administration, Finance option, with a 4.0 GPA in three years of study. A member of the Bulldog football team, he was the top academic performer for his three years of play and was named to the Academic All-WAC team for the 2004 season. A frequent volunteer at Children’s Hospital Central California, Cooper conducted a marketing and recruitment campaign for the Boys2Men/Girls2Women Foundation. He is enrolled in the Craig School’s M.B.A. program and plans to attend law school.

Jonathan D. K. Visitacion, College of Engineering
Jonathan D. K. Visitacion completed his B.S. in Computer Engineering with a 3.9 GPA. He is a Smittcamp Family Honors College scholar, a member of Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society), Eta Kappa Nu (Electrical Engineering Honor Society), Golden Key International Honor Society and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. Visitacion is a church youth adviser, a volunteer at Stone Soup of Fresno and a counselor at a summer camp for Asian-American youth. He plans to pursue a master’s degree in computer engineering.

Garrett Kitt, College of Health and Human Services
Garrett Kitt completed his B.S. in Nursing with a 3.75 GPA. A Navy veteran, he is a husband and father who is actively engaged in family life. He is involved with the California Nursing Students’ Association and was invited to be inducted into Gold Key National Honor Society. Kitt volunteered with the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, the American Heart Association’s Women’s Day and a variety of health-focused events targeting children and adults. He is employed by Children’s Hospital Central California in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

Casia Butler, Kremen School of Education and Human Development
Casia Butler completed her B.A. in Liberal Studies with a 3.89 GPA. A Smittcamp Family Honors College scholar, she is the first in her family to earn a college degree. Butler worked at the Huggins Toddler Center on campus and as a respite caregiver. Actively involved in community service, she volunteers one or two weekends a month in church projects. This spring she completed her final student teaching in a sixth-grade class at Mulcahy Middle School in Tulare.

Susan Andrea Look, College of Science and Mathematics
Susan Andrea Look completed her B.A. in Chemistry with a 3.82 GPA. She is the recipient of the Kenneth W. Chan Memorial Scholarship, the Floyd R. Burke Scholarship and the Tokalon Scholarship. Look was an officer in Caduceus and the Chemistry Club. She worked as an academic research associate at University Medical Center and as a research assistant in the chemistry lab at Fresno State. She will start medical school in the fall at either USC or Loma Linda University.

Marjorie Anne Visser, College of Social Science
Marjorie Anne Visser completed three B.A. degrees -- in Anthropology, Political Science and Deaf Education -- and a minor in Armenian Studies, while maintaining a 3.82 GPA. She is fluent in American Sign Language and speaks and reads Dutch and Armenian. Visser works as a program specialist at the Fresno County Office of Education and as a special education advocate at the Fresno Unified School District. She volunteers at Ronald McDonald House. She plans to complete a master’s degree in political science at Fresno State and then pursue doctoral studies.

Jennifer Reimer, Division of Student Affairs
Jennifer Reimer completed her B.S. in Business Administration and her B.A. in Music Performance with a 3.6 GPA. She is the 2005-06 Associated Students president, and also served as a senator and vice president of finance. A Smittcamp Family Honors College scholar, Reimer has helped raise money for Children’s Hospital Central California and St. Jude’s Research Hospital in Memphis. A clarinetist, she performed for five years in the President’s Quintet, helped promote the annual West Coast Clarinet Congress and performed at local schools to promote music awareness and raise funds for school music programs.