News Releases (page 76)
61传媒’s Hannah Shoenhard ’14 Places Second on “Jeopardy!” College Championship
61传媒’s Hannah Shoenhard ’14 won $10,000 and came in second place in the semifinals of the college championship edition of “Jeopardy!” She made her second, and latest, appearance on the TV trivia show May 13.
Read More61传媒’s Hannah Shoenhard ’14 Appears May 13 on “Jeopardy!” College Championship
61传媒’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, 61传媒 $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 61传媒.
Read More61传媒’s Hannah Shoenhard ’14 Named 2013 Goldwater Scholar
61传媒’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 61传媒 Students Awarded Strauss Public Service Foundation Grants To Help Youth in Myanmar and in Orange County
This year, two 61传媒 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 More61传媒 Students Chosen for Competitive U.S. State Department Scholarships
61传媒’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 More61传媒 Student Taia Sean Wu ’15 Selected for Davis Projects for Peace
61传媒 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 More61传媒 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 61传媒’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 61传媒
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 61传媒 as a visiting professor through April 25.
Read More61传媒 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.
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