CSUF President Ronald Rochon, left, and Dean of the College of Communications Jason Shepard, right, present journalist Vikki Vargas with an honorary doctorate. Before becoming a trail-blazing broadcast journalist, Vikki Vargas got her start earning a bachelor’s degree while working part time in a grocery store. In partnership with NBC4, Vargas in 2011 established a scholarship for CSUF broadcast journalism students. That, to me, is the secret to success,” Vargas told graduating students. “So many of our journalism students seeking a career in TV news have looked up to Vikki Vargas as they watched her work as Orange County bureau chief for NBC4.