麻豆精品视频Honors 2026 Hall of Fame & Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients
麻豆精品视频 recently hosted its annual Hall of Fame & Distinguished Alumni Award Ceremony and Reception.
麻豆精品视频 recently hosted its annual Hall of Fame & Distinguished Alumni Award Ceremony and Reception. The annual event brought together alumni and community members to celebrate the accomplishments of their outstanding peers, with graduates from nine of Florida Atlantic鈥檚 colleges honored for their career accomplishments.
鈥淔lorida Atlantic boasts an outstanding network of alumni, and these honorees exemplify that excellence through their professional achievements,鈥 said Katie G. Burke, Ph.D., 鈥08, 鈥10, 鈥15, 鈥17, assistant vice president for alumni and community engagement. 鈥淲e are thrilled to recognize these remarkable individuals, who continue to leave a lasting mark in their fields and represent our university with distinction.鈥
Maria Jasin, B.S. 鈥78, a graduate of the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, was introduced as the 2026 Hall of Fame inductee, representing the pinnacle of career impact and industry success. Jasin is a biomedical researcher at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, where she holds the William E. Snee Chair in the Developmental Biology Program. Jasin has received several recognitions for her work, including the 2022 Jill Rose Award from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, and most recently, the 2025 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize from Rockefeller University recognizing outstanding women in biomedical research.
Representing nine of Florida Atlantic鈥檚 colleges are the following distinguished alumni:
- Michael Balter, MBA 鈥89, College of Business
- Kirk Brown, B.A. 鈥98, College of Social Work and Criminal Justice
- Melissa Emerson, BSN 鈥04, MBA 鈥18, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
- Jose E. Garcia Jr., BGS 鈥25, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
- Jaclyn Klimczak, M.D. 鈥16, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
- Patrick Martin, B.A. 鈥16, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
- Madeline Pumariega, M.Ed. 鈥97, College of Education
- Harrison Stubbs, B.A. 鈥14, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
- Ajay Vasanadu, MCE 鈥94, College of Engineering and Computer Science
For more information on this year鈥檚 Hall of Fame & Distinguished Alumni Award honorees, visit .
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