Life in Honors Summer 2016

Issue Highlights: CHP Prestigious Scholars

Western Regional Honors Conference

CHP Alumni Events

CHP Banquet Awards

CHP Alumni

Reunion & BBQ Let the games begin!

Take a break from watching the

summer games to play some! All

CHP alumni are invited to our annual

Alumni Reunion & BBQ, Sunday,

August 7, 2016 at William R.

Mason Regional Park for an

afternoon of potluck food, games,

and prizes.

Please RSVP by Wednesday,

August 3, and let us know what

you'll be bringing on the evite.

We hope you can join us!

Read more and RSVP

CHP alumni Michael and Kimberly Ong challenged alumni during the

months of April and May to give to the CHP endowment, offering to match

up to $5,000 in donations.

We’re happy to report that CHP alumni not only rose to the challenge, but

exceeded it by over $1,600! The Ongs have generously offered to match the

additional funds raised as well. These gifts will be invested through the CHP

endowment, and will have an impact on CHP students for years to come.

This year, for example, proceeds from the endowment enabled students to attend

the Western Regional Honors Council Conference (see p. 4 of this newsletter) in

Riverside.

The CHP staff would like to extend our

thanks to the many alumni, friends and staff

who gave during the challenge, and to

Michael and Kimberly Ong for challenging us

all to support the CHP!

Alumni give back to the CHP

through the Ong Challenge!

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The CHP is proud to announce that several of our

students and recent alumni have received

prestigious scholarships this year.

The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship supports

undergraduates who demonstrate potential for an

outstanding research career in mathematics, the natural

sciences, computer sciences, or engineering.

Scholarship recipient and CHP junior, Joshua Cook, is

double-majoring in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

and Chemistry. He plans to pursue a Ph.D. in

Molecular Biology or Bioinformatics and become a

professor at a major university, researching prevalent

diseases.

Honorable Mention for this scholarship also went to a

CHP student, Jordan Edmunds, a junior majoring in

Electrical Engineering.

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is the flagship

international educational exchange program sponsored

by the U.S. government and is designed to increase

mutual understanding between the people of the United

States and the people of other countries. Recipients of

Fulbright grants are selected on the basis of academic

or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated

leadership potential in their fields.

Recent CHP alumni Emma Austin (’15) and Stella Liu

(’15) were both selected for the Fulbright. As a winner

of the Fulbright University Master’s in Creative Process

grant to Ireland, English student Emma designed her

own Master’s degree plan to support her novel writing

with coursework in Creative Writing and Irish Literature

at University College Cork and Cork Institute of

Technology. Stella Liu, who earned her B.A. in

International Studies, plans to study urban, local food

production in Asia to guide urban planning and policy.

Paul Lowood (’15), CHP and Economics alumnus, was

selected as a Fulbright Semi-Finalist.

The National Science Foundation Graduate

Research Fellowship Program funds 3 years of

graduate study at $46,000 a year toward a research-

based M.S. or Ph.D. in science, engineering, or social

science in U.S. or abroad. Recipients are selected on

the basis of intellectual merit and the potential for

broader impacts of their proposed research projects.

CHP alumni Chelsea Anorma (’14) and David Cao (’14)

received the fellowship. Chelsea is currently a

Chemistry Ph.D. student at the University of Illinois

Urbana-Champaign. David is a Materials Chemistry

Ph.D. student at the University of California, Santa

Barbara.

Congratulations to all of the honorees! We would also

like to offer a special thanks to the UCI Scholarship

Opportunities Program staff for their dedication in

assisting these individuals through the rigorous

application process.

Left: Dean of the Division of Undergraduate Education Michael Dennin

congratulates Joshua Cook on receiving the Goldwater Scholarship. Right: CHP

alumna Emma Austin (’15) receives a Fulbright Fellowship.

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and SOP Advisor, Courtney Santos, recognize CHP alumna

Stella Liu (’15) for receiving a Fulbright Fellowship.

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Spring Banquet was a music-themed affair studded with sheet music roses and musical puns and featured

performances by cellist, Maranda Li (’16).

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Over 400 prospective students

visited UCI for 2016 Honors

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Wayzgoose was a profitable event for CHSC, which

raised nearly $300 in cookie sales.

CHP students welcomed UCI Provost, Enrique

Lavernia (right), to a Coffee Hour in his honor.

Daisy Bautista (left) and Olivia Tsai (middle) receive the 2016 UCI Libraries

Nellie Ansely Reeves & Campuswide Honors Program Research/Thesis Award

This year at the CHP Banquet,

Assistant University Librarian Alison

Regan was present to award four

CHP students with $250 prizes for

outstanding honors theses, named

in honor of the late Nellie Ansley

Reeves. For over 20 years, the

Nellie Ansley Reeves Award

endowment has funded prizes to

UCI students to honor Reeves’

wishes to involve students in the

library. 2016 is the first time the

Libraries have collaborated with the

Campuswide Honors Program to

offer awards for outstanding Honors

Theses, but we hope our

partnership will go on for many

years.

The 2016 UCI Libraries’ Nellie

Ansley Reeves and Campuswide

Honors Program Research/Thesis

Award was given to:

Daisy Bautista, “The Opportunities

and Rigors of Land Travel: Ethnic

Mexican Journeys into Mexico”

(Faculty mentor Prof. Ana Elizabeth

Rosas, from History and

Chicano/Latino Studies)

Taylor Caulfield, “Adapting Mobile

Emergency Alerts for Disabled

Access” (Faculty mentor Prof. Nalini

Venkatasubramanian, Computer

Science)

Lisa Haygood, “THE LILIES OF

BELGIUM: The Critical Role of

National Resistance at the Start of

the Great War” (Faculty mentor

Prof. Kai Evers, European

Languages and Studies)

Olivia Tsai, “Effect of Acute

Administration of C1Q Neutralizing

Antibody on Spinal Cord Injury

Recovery in Rat” (Faculty mentor

Prof. Aileen Anderson, Physical

Medicine & Rehabilitation and

Anatomy & Neurobiology)

Nellie Ansley Reeves Awards Given by the UCI

Libraries for Outstanding Honors Theses

CHP Banquet Awards

The following awards were also

given at the CHP Banquet in May:

The Tiffany Yu Award is presented

to a graduating senior who has

significantly contributed to the

Campuswide Honors Student

Council over his or her time at UCI.

Recipient Alyssa Wu (’16) has

contributed countless hours to

CHSC and the CHP as a CHSC

Representative, CHSC Social Chair,

CHSC President and as a Peer

Academic Advisor for the CHP. This

fall Alyssa will attend the University

of Michigan in pursuit of a Master of

Architecture.

The Sircello Award is given to an

outstanding graduating CHP senior

whose work exemplifies depth and

breadth of scholarship.

Award winner Maranda Li (’16)

excelled in two majors, Genetics and

Music, and was selected for Phi

Beta Kappa. She has completed a

thesis through the School of

Biological Sciences’ Excellence in

Research program and performed

her senior recital through the School

of the Arts. She will soon be leaving

the U.S. to teach English in Japan.

The McWilliams Renaissance

Award is given to a student who

demonstrates excellence in a

number of fields, and a curiosity that

drives them to explore and develop

skills in many different areas—in

short, a Renaissance man or

woman.

Awardee Katherine Lee (’16) has

completed varied research in biology

and psychology. Outside of

academics she plays violin in a

chamber group, volunteers at a

children’s hospital, folds origami,

raises butterflies, and moderates a

collaborative online writing

community.

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CHP students present at

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CHP students show some UCI pride at the conference.

This year’s Western Regional Honors Conference,

which draws honors students and faculty from

California to Alaska, was hosted by UC Riverside.

Thanks to the generosity of donors to the CHP

endowment, the CHP was able to send 8 students to

the conference, 6 of whom presented their research.

Students were selected to present in a competitive process

typical of scholarly conferences. They learned to write

conference proposals, and submitted them for

consideration. Happily all of the CHP proposals were

accepted, and then the real work began.

To prepare for the challenging task of presenting research

to an audience of attendees involved in honors, and

potentially from any field of study, CHP students and staff

edited papers, and conducted mock presentations with

critiques. When the day of the conference arrived, the CHP

students were ready. Not surprisingly, they all gave great

presentations and were adept at fielding questions.

Two students, Dillon Dejam and Desiree De Pace, had two

conference proposals accepted. Dillon Dejam not only gave

a paper related to his research in Biochemistry and

Molecular Biology. He also led a workshop on networking

for conference goers. Desiree De Pace both presented on

her research on challenges faced by student parents, and

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poster session.

Wish you could have been there?

Tasnim Ahmed (Biomedical Engineering) “Application of

Electrospun Nanofibers for Cardiomyocyte Cell Culture”

Dillon Dejam (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology) “Structural and

Biochemical Characterization of the Pterin Cofactor in Bacterial

Nitric Oxide Synthase”

“How To Efficiently Network - For Students Desiring A More

Wholesome Honors Experience”

Desiree De Pace (Psychology & Social Behavior) “Experiences of

UCI Student Parents”

“Children’s Suggestibility and Response to Novel Interviewing

Techniques” (poster)

Mariyam Habeeb (Neurobiology) “Assessing Perineuronal Net

Development in Endogenous and Transplanted Parvalbumin

Interneurons”

Cecilia Nguyen (Neurobiology) “Generation of Microglia from

Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells”

Paria Ali Pour (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, History) “Role

of Ovol2A Protein in Pancreatic Cancer Pathogenesis”

Here is a list of the presentations offered by CHP students at the 2016 WRHC Conference

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Commencement

History majors Daisy Bautista and

Christopher Chen

The 2012-2013 Shire group reunited with their RA, Sarah Ottone (’14), celebrate their final weeks at UCI!

Brooke Delehoy and Dillon Dejam

Dani Tam,

Music Performance

L to R: Kenneth Schmitt, Richelle Homo, and

Ryan Ripperdan

Justine Hsu, Psychology &

Social Behavior

Congratulations to the class of

2016, and welcome to the elite

group of CHP alumni! We hope

you will remember your time in

the CHP fondly, and come back

to visit often! #UCIGrad

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CHP alumni gathered at Block 34 in San Mateo on April 23, 2016 for

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Alumni Enjoy a Night of CHPrestidigitation!

CHP alumni and supporters recently spent a spellbinding

evening together at the Magic Castle in Hollywood, CA.

Also known as the official clubhouse for the Academy of

Magical Arts, the Magic Castle features world-class

magicians performing spectacular illusions to large

audiences, as well as finer feats of prestidigitation and

close-up magic to small rooms of spectators.

CHP alumni were treated to a delicious dinner as well as

had the opportunity to volunteer for various magic acts,

be hypnotized, and even have their minds read by

magical clairvoyants. Highlights include watching one

magician perform her award-winning tricks in the close-

up gallery and witnessing an illusionist produce a live

macaw from a brightly-colored handkerchief. Delightful

oddities abound around the Castle itself, including an

enchanted stuffed owl named Archimedes who was

ready to answer alumni’s questions (including would they

return to the Magic Castle . . . the answer was a

resounding YES!). And Irma, the resident ghost,

performed their musical requests on her marvelous

piano. A magical time was had by all!

Special thanks to CHP alumnus, Edgar Cheung (’12),

whose extra guest passes allowed us to accommodate a

majority of those on the waitlist for this event.

CHP alumni paused for a group picture in between card tricks and rabbits

pulled from hats during their visit to the Magic Castle on February 13, 2016.

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Neon Anteater Renaissance (NAR) is

delighted to share CHP students’ creative

works with the alumni community!

This year’s issues feature works of

photography, poetry, and short stories.

Throughout fall, winter, and spring quarter,

NAR hosted a photo scavenger hunt, black-

out poetry contest, and six word story contest

to encourage a variety of submissions from all

majors.

Visit http://sites.uci.edu/narchp/ to view the

2015-2016 Year In Review issue, as well as

the archived issues. Support NAR by liking its

Facebook page at

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about CHP Alumni Coffee

Hour on the CHP Alumni,

UCIrvine Facebook

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Have updates to share?

Just earned a new degree? Changed jobs or got a promotion? Added to your family? Started a business or

published a book? Share your important life events with other CHP alumni by submitting an alumni update.

Visit honors.uci.edu/alumni and click on “Update Your Contact Information.”

CHP alumni updates

1990s

Jason Thibeault (’94) recently

accepted the role of Executive

Director of the Streaming Video

Alliance.

Elisabeth Deffner’s (’95) tech

startup company, Serious Social

Media, was selected as part of the

second class of the Global

Insurance Accelerator.

In 2014 Padmini Parthasarathy

(’99) joined the California Wellness

Foundation as a Program Director.

Outside of work she chairs the

Greater San Francisco Bay Area

Board of the American Foundation

for Suicide Prevention.

Mei Mei Peng (’99) earned an

Ed.M. in International Education

Policy from the Harvard Graduate

School of Education in 2003. She is

now serving as a Foreign Service

officer with the U.S. Agency for

International Development in Hanoi,

Vietnam. She has served

previously in Washington, Tanzania

and Zambia.

Wayne Sung (’99) married Ou

Yang, Hsuan in May 2016. He is

currently working in video games as

QA Lead for indie game developer

and publisher Phoenix Online

Studios.

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Amit Pandhi (’01) and his

company, Arctic Zero, were

featured on television on Jim

Cramer’s Mad Money. Watch the

feature here.

Cathy (Mescher) Ingram (’02) lives

with her husband, Ben, and one

year old son, Devon, in the Bay

Area where she works in product

development helping design and

test the Da Vinci surgical robot for

Intuitive Surgical.

Michael Miller’s (’02) third book of

poems, Angels in Seven, is now

available from Moon Tide Press.

The book can also be purchased

from Barnes & Noble here.

Ben Johns (’03) was recently

accepted into the Doctor of Musical

Arts program for Choral Conducting

at Eastman School of Music,

University of Rochester.

Brian Oglesby (’06) recently

produced an LGBT adaptation of

“Romeo and Juliet” with junior high

students at Skybridge Academy in

Dripping Springs, Texas. You can

read blog posts from Brian about

the project here and here.

Torch Sathienmars (’06) has

started a new job as Associate

Attorney at the San Francisco office

of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith.

His practice area is business law,

with an emphasis on professional

liability and complex litigation.

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Padmini Parthasarathy (’99) speaking at an

Out of the Darkness event with the AFSP.

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Wayne Sung (’99) and wife Hsuan.

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L to R: Erkki Corpuz (’00), Jennifer Namba

( ’00) with son Cameron, and Kenneth Liem

(’00) with son Connor.

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Arctic Zero C.E.O, Amit Pandhi (’01), on

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Cathy (Mescher) Ingram (’02) with husband

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Teresa Tseng (’06) just received

her Master of Public Health from

USC and is now working as a

General Pediatrician for Kaiser

Permanente Woodland Hills.

Vicky Zhou (’07) and Matt

Glassman were married in March

2016 in beautiful Costa Rica. Vicky

completed a Ph.D. in Genetics at

Harvard University in 2012 and is a

Project Leader at the Boston

Consulting Group, focused on

healthcare.

Steve Mayclin (’08) and Danni

(Menard) Mayclin (’08) are living in

Washington where Steve works as

a Research Scientist at Beryllium

Discovery and Danni is a

Statistician for the U.S. Department

of Energy.

Troy Campbell (’09) was featured

as one of “The 30 Top Thinkers

Under 30” by Pacific Standard for

his research into how humans can

enjoy life more and be better

humans. Read the article here.

Trisha Ton-nu (’09) is an Associate

with Cole-Frieman & Mallon LLP in

San Francisco.

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Michelle Dyo (’10) has been

teaching the second grade in the

Irvine Unified School District since

2012. She and George Lee will be

married on July 30, 2016.

Laura Fredrickson (’10) has just

completed her Ph.D. in Mathematics

at University of Texas at Austin. For

the next three years she will be a

visiting assistant professor in the

math department at Stanford

University.

Marissa David (’11) graduated from

medical school at Midwestern

University on June 2, 2016. She will

soon begin her three year residency

in Podiatry at Kaiser Permanente

Santa Clara.

Maxim Gilula (’11) finished his

Ph.D. in Mathematics at the

University of Pennsylvania in May

2016. He is now starting as a

postdoctoral scholar at Michigan

State University.

Alexander Ball (’12), a third-year

medical student at Stanford

University, was featured in a U.S.

News & World Report article

examining the option for

concentrations in medical schools.

Alice Chyan (’12) completed her

Pharm.D. at UC San Francisco in

March 2016. She and Christian

Lugo (’11) were married on June

18, 2016.

Alison Ozaki (’12) completed 4

years of dental school at UCLA

School of Dentistry and received

her Doctor of Dental Surgery

degree on June 10, 2016. She will

soon begin a one year general

dentistry residency at the UCLA

Venice Dental Center.

Lauren Weisel (’12) received her

Master of Science degree in

Oceanography from Rutgers

University, New Brunswick in July

2015. She now lives in New Jersey

and works as a chemist in Analytical

Research & Development for Merck

& Co., Inc.

Thomas Wheeler (’12) graduated

from the University of Pennsylvania

Law School with his J.D. in May

2015. He passed the CA Bar Exam

and now works at a plaintiff’s law

firm in Irvine.

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Teresa Tseng (’06) graduating with her

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Several CHP alumni attended the wedding

of Vicky Zhou (’07) and Matt Glassman

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Lauren Weisel (’12) works as a chemist for

Merk & Co., Inc. in Rahway, NJ.

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Lauren Chin (’13) is a licensed

CPA and has been promoted to

Senior Associate at

PricewaterhouseCoopers. She

recently took a three week trip to

Europe and went to Oktoberfest!

Brittany Clements (’13) and Adam

Clements (’13) welcomed their

daughter, Makenna Grace

Clements, into their family on March

22, 2016. Adam has completed the

second year of his Master in

Architecture program at the

University of Washington and

Brittany teaches dance in Seattle.

Danielle Glynn (’13) is a Ph.D.

student at UC Santa Cruz studying

deep sea corals in order to better

understand how nutrient dynamics

and phytoplankton species

composition has varied over the last

hundreds to thousands of years.

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Makenna Grace Clements, 3 month old

daughter of Brittany and Adam Clements

(both ’13).

Roxanne Talamayan-Pascua (’13)

passed the first of her medical

licensing exams and has started her

third year of medical school at UCI

with her first rotation being

cardiothoracic surgery.

Anika Akhter (’14) started her

Master of Public Health in

Community Health Sciences

program at UCLA in fall 2016 and

was awarded the Future Public

Health Leaders Fellowship.

Joshua Jue (’14), a second-year

medical student at the University of

Miami, was featured in an article as

president of Operation: Veteran

Engagement, an organization

created to better the lives of elderly

veterans at the Miami VA.

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Danielle Glynn (’13) on a research cruise

using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV)

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Joshua Jue (’14), pictured front right, with

fellow medical students and faculty

advisor supporting Operation: Veteran

Engagement.

Krista Lopez (’14) has worked for

the Tiger Woods Foundation since

2012, beginning as an intern. She

currently serves as Corporate

Administrator managing human

resources and legal compliance and

enjoys traveling for work.

David Liu (’14) is pursuing his

M.D./M.Ed. at the Vanderbilt

University School of Medicine.

Yoselinda Mendoza (’14) will begin

the Ph.D. program in Sociology at

Cornell University in Fall 2016. She

was awarded the Dean's Excellence

Fellowship, a prestigious university

fellowship that will fully fund her

studies.

Marina Toft (’14) and Benji

Goldsmith have been selected to

participate in the New Voices

Project, a musical theatre

development program hosted by

New Musicals Inc. in Los Angeles.

Misha Euceph (’15) is the recipient

of a $5,000 grant through the White

House Correspondents’ Association

to help finance a post-graduate

degree for a student in the

government and public affairs

reporting track. Misha is pursuing a

Masters of Science in journalism at

Northwestern University, Medill

School of Journalism.

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Marina Toft (’14), pictured right, with

composing partner, Benji Goldsmith

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Angela Li (’15) works for the motion

capture company, House of Moves,

as a Jr. Pipeline Developer. In

addition to coding, she enjoys

participating in motion capture

shoots.

Katie Nguyen (’15) will soon be

moving to San Francisco to pursue

her Pharm.D. at the UC San

Francisco Pharmacy School.

Justin Quan (’15) won the Orange

County Engineering Council

Engineering Student Award for his

leadership of the American Society

of Medical Engineers student

chapter, and for his robotics

research. Read the article about

the award here.

After graduation, Beatrice

Tsakoumakis (’15) traveled to

Greece and Turkey. Since then, she

has been loving her job as a

registered nurse at Long Beach

Memorial Medical Center in the

Labor and Delivery Unit. Bring on

the babies!

Alexandra Wimberly (’15) is an

Administrative Specialist with the

UCI Office of Academic Integrity

and Student Conduct.

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Misha Euceph (’15), pictured in red, at the

2016 White House Correspondents’

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Beatrice Tsakoumakis (’15) in Greece

exploring her family roots while soaking up

local culture and cuisine.

CHP students receive

Chancellor’s Award of

Distinction

The UCI Alumni Association’s

“Chancellor’s Award of

Distinction” acknowledges UCI’s

most outstanding graduating

seniors. These students represent

exceptional academic

achievement, and a commitment

to research, leadership and

service to UCI. Here are the 2016

CHP recipients:

Daisy Bautista

School of Humanities

Irene Chen

Program in Nursing

Mariyam Habeeb

Francisco J. Ayala School of

Biological Sciences and School of

Social Ecology

Richelle Homo

Francisco J. Ayala School of

Biological Sciences and School of

Physical Sciences

Hye Jung Park

School of Education and School

of Social Ecology

CHP Professional Staff Faculty Director: Ted Wright

Associate Director: Lisa Roetzel

Senior Honors Advisor: Mary Gillis

Honors Advisors: Karissa Perez and

Christina Treble

Office Manager: Ellen Kern

Contact Campuswide Honors Program

1200 Student Services II

Irvine, CA 92697-5680

www.honors.uci.edu

949-824-5461 • honors@uci.edu

Produced by the University of California, Irvine

Campuswide Honors Program

honors.uci.edu/alumni

Life in Honors is a biannual publication

produced for CHP alumni, community, and

supporters.

Jordana Cardenas (’16) celebrates her

graduation at the happiest place on earth!

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Alexander Vo (’16) and Dillon Dejam

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Thank you to our 2014-2016 donors

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