![Naim Aburaddi (right) and Ahlam Muhtaseb, professor of media studies, at the CSUSB spring 2022 commencement ceremony on May 21.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_Naim_PhD_27May2022.jpg.webp?itok=NbFjDNuf)
Naim Aburaddi, has had an amazing academic career leading up to his acceptance into the prestigious doctoral program in media studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where he will study the digital media’s misrepresentation of Palestinians, Arabs, Muslims and other Indigenous communities.
![Marmar Zakher](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlie_WHM_MMUF_CAL_Zakher_UCDavisPhD_24Mar2021.jpg.webp?itok=miV9hNgj)
As part of our celebration of Womxn’s History Month, take a look back when Marmar Zakher, history major and Arabic language literature and culture major, was awarded the prestigious Provost Fellowship for Ph.D. studies in Comparative Literature at UC Davis.
![Ariana Cano, CSUSB alumna and communication studies adjunct professor, was accepted into four prestigious doctoral programs, all fully funded.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_02_Ariana%20%20Cano_20200418_181546_1587267228431.jpg.webp?itok=48D8QCV2)
After being accepted into four prestigious doctoral programs, Ariana Cano, CSUSB alumna and communication studies adjunct professor, will attend the Institute of Communications Research in the College of Media at the University of Illinois.
![Marmar Zakher](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/Web_MMUF_CAL_Zakher_UCDavisPhD_xxApr2020.jpg.webp?itok=DKi-fTGc)
A dual major in history and Arabic language literature and culture, Zakher was awarded the prestigious Provost Fellowship for Ph.D. studies in Comparative Literature at UC Davis.