Doctoral nursing student Fajer Al Najjar received the 2025-26 California State University Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement. Looking back, those experiences helped shape who I am,” said Al Najjar, enrolled in California’s No. 1 ranked nursing practice-nurse anesthesia doctoral program. For her dedication to improving the lives of others through health care, Al Najjar is the recipient of the 2025-26 California State University Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement. CSUF’s competitive nurse anesthesia doctoral program, offered in partnership with the Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia, was Al Najjar’s first choice.