12/16/2021 07:21:34 PMTheir road to graduation from the University of Houston began in Vietnam, Pakistan and Mexico. They are the first in their families to graduate from college, and on Saturday, they will be recognized as the top undergraduates from the College of Education’s class of 2021.
Bao T. Tran, Sehar Sohail and Brenda Cisneros, all teaching and learning majors, maintained 4.0 GPAs amid a challenging college journey defined by the COVID-19 pandemic and punctuated by an unprecedented winter freeze in February.
They will join around 360 students from the College in crossing the stage at the Fertitta Center, marking a milestone on their path to transform lives and communities for the better.
“I am immensely proud of the accomplishments of the class of 2021,” said College of Education Dean Bob McPherson. “Our students have displayed remarkable resilience amid the pandemic in pursuit of their goals to become educators, health care professionals and other leaders in their fields.”
Learn more about the College’s top 2021 graduates in the Q&A below.