Date: 05/22/2006

San Jos?? State University President Don W. Kassing will recognize four outstanding graduates at the university's 149th commencement ceremony at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 27, at Spartan Stadium (South Seventh and Alma streets). Jessica Cipriano Boda and Corey Ordo??ez have been named Outstanding Graduating Seniors for their outstanding scholarship and contributions to the community. Graduate Students Evelyn Miller and LeAnne S. Teruya will receive Outstanding Thesis Awards for the exceptional quality of their research.

Jessica Cipriano Boda, of Willow Glen, will graduate with a B.S. degree in business administration. Shortly after emigrating from Mexico six years ago, Boda decided to attend college and become a certified public accountant. Since then, she has learned English and graduates with an overall grade point average of 3.78. She was named the top accounting student in the College of Business as well as a Dean's Scholar in 2005. Boda currently works for the accounting firm Ernst & Young in San Jose.

Corey Ordo??ez, of Oakland, will graduate with B.A. degrees in psychology and behavioral science, and a B.S. in justice studies. A triple major, Ordo??ez enrolled in as many as 28 credits a semester and still graduates with an overall GPA of 3.86. He has received the Jeffrey Fontana Memorial Scholarship, the Associated Students Executive Council Scholarship Award, and the U.S. Army's Superior Cadet award. He is also a Dean's Scholar. He plans to attend law school in the fall and serve in the U.S. Army's Judge Advocate General's Corps.

Evelyn Miller, of Cupertino, will receive a M.A. in music. For her thesis, "The Music of San Francisco and Berkeley at the Time of the 1906 Earthquake," Miller reviewed 40,000 pages of newsprint on microfilm to develop a spreadsheet of 10,000 events. She earned a B.S. in chemistry from Waynesburg College and a J.D. from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. She worked as an attorney, systems engineer, software development manager and product manager at IBM for 30 years before retiring.

LeAnne S. Teruya, of Sunnyvale, will receive a M.S. in geology. For her thesis, "Magmatic Fabric Relationships at Two Contacts in the Tuolumne Intrusive Suite," she performed detailed field mapping and state-of-the-art laboratory research. Prior to attending San Jos?? State, Teruya received a B.A in English with a minor in geology at Loma Linda University, and a M.A. in English from Claremont Graduate University. She is currently a geology lecturer at San Jos?? State and plans to continue teaching after graduation.