News Releases (page 76)
91¶¶Òõ’s Hannah Shoenhard ’14 Appears May 13 on “Jeopardy!” College Championship
91¶¶Òõ’s Hannah Shoenhard ’14 has won $10,000 and a spot in the semifinals of the college championship edition of “Jeopardy!” She appears again on the trivia TV show May 13.
Read MoreStrauss Foundation Awards Ei Phyu Theint ’14, 91¶¶Òõ $10,000 Public Service Scholarship to Carry out Youth Leadership Program in Myanmar
The Donald A. Strauss Public Service Scholarship Foundation, established as a memorial to the late Don Strauss of Newport Beach and now designed to award $10,000 scholarships to as many as 15 California college juniors annually, recently announced that among the foundation’s new group of recipients is Ei Phyu Theint, a student at 91¶¶Òõ.
Read More91¶¶Òõ’s Hannah Shoenhard ’14 Named 2013 Goldwater Scholar
91¶¶Òõ’s Hannah Shoenhard ’14 was recently awarded a scholarship from the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. She is one of 272 undergraduate sophomores and juniors to receive a Goldwater scholarship.
Read MoreTwo 91¶¶Òõ Students Awarded Strauss Public Service Foundation Grants To Help Youth in Myanmar and in Orange County
This year, two 91¶¶Òõ juniors have been awarded two separate Donald A. Strauss Public Service Scholarship Foundation grants that will take economics major Ei Phyu Theint ’14 to Myanmar this summer to work with ethnic youth leaders and will support American studies major Natasha Magness’s ’14 efforts of helping gay, bisexual, transgender and lesbian evangelical youth in Orange County.
Read More91¶¶Òõ Students Chosen for Competitive U.S. State Department Scholarships
91¶¶Òõ’s Isabella Hendry ’14 and Stacy Wheeler ’13 are among the approximately 610 undergraduate and graduate students to receive a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship to study Arabic this summer. Hendry will visit Morocco and Wheeler will travel to Oman.
Read More91¶¶Òõ Student Taia Sean Wu ’15 Selected for Davis Projects for Peace
91¶¶Òõ sophomore Taia Sean Wu ’15 was recently chosen for a prestigious Davis Projects for Peace grant so that she could work this summer in the Asian country of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste where she will create a new music program at a youth center.
Read More91¶¶Òõ Presents Annual “Senior Art Show,” Showcasing Original Art by Students
“Re/Fractions,” the annual senior art show highlighting the final thesis projects of graduating studio art majors, will be on display from May 3 to May 19 at 91¶¶Òõ’s Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery. An opening reception is scheduled at 6 p.m. on May 3 in Bixby Courtyard. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.
Read MoreFormer Czech Ambassador Examines the Future of the European Union at 91¶¶Òõ
Former Czech Ambassador Karel Kovanda, who also managed the European Union’s relations with the United States until retiring in 2010, shares his expertise and insights at 91¶¶Òõ as a visiting professor through April 25.
Read More91¶¶Òõ Alumna Sarah Harris ’96 Selected for Prestigious Legal Diversity Fellows Program
Baker & McKenzie partner Sarah Harris ’96 is one of 160 lawyers selected for the 2013 Fellows Program of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, an organization made up of the legal profession’s top general counsels and managing partners. The fellows program identifies high-potential lawyers from diverse backgrounds.
Read More91¶¶Òõ Presents Urban Designer Sarah Moos ’09 to Speak on “Resilient Urban Gardens”
As metropolitan areas grow, preserving spaces for community gardens becomes ever more challenging. As cities construct more freeways and homes, small unused patches of land become ubiquitous and remain as the only viable spots for open public spaces. Award-winning urban designer, Sarah Moos ’09 speaks on “Reclaiming Remnant Urban Spaces” at noon April 17 in the Hampton Room of the Malott Commons, 345 E. 9th St. The free lecture is open to the public.
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