Top local high school students earn four-year scholarships to attend Cal State L.A.
Eight incoming freshmen honored as 2008 President’s Scholars
Los Angeles, CA – Continuing to prepare the next generation of leaders, teachers, public service providers, engineers, and more in California, Cal State L.A. selected eight top high school graduates—from Duarte to Pasadena—to start their freshman year this fall at Cal State L.A. as President’s Scholars.
Each of the President’s Scholars will be awarded $5,000 per year for four years of full-time enrollment at Cal State L.A. The scholarship covers registration fees, books and other academic and living expenses.
With demonstrated outstanding academic achievements, extracurricular activities and leadership in high school, the eight scholars were selected based on recommendations by their high school principals. They all have a grade-point average of at least 3.75 and an SAT I score of at least 1200.
The President’s Scholars program is funded by Cal State L.A.’s Annual Fund and President’s Associates.
Honored as the tenth class of President’s Scholars are the following:
Diana Cabral
Major: Business
Pasadena High School
Pasadena resident
Anthony Flores
Major: Business
Woodcrest Christian High School
Riverside resident
Hyon Tae Kim
Major: Biochemistry
Eagle Rock High School
Los Angeles-90041 resident
Taylor Paez
Major: English
Monrovia High School
Duarte resident
Kevin Srivongse
Major: Engineering
Glendale High School
Los Angeles-90065 resident
Betty Tran
Major: Mathematics
Mark Keppel High School
Monterey Park resident
Ryan Verzani
Major: Nursing
Schurr High School
Montebello resident
Vivian Zeng
Major: Psychology
Santa Anita Christian Academy
El Monte resident
Working for California since 1947: The 175-acre hilltop campus of California State University, Los Angeles is at the heart of a major metropolitan city, just five miles from Los Angeles’ civic and cultural center. More than 20,000 students and 205,000 alumni—with a wide variety of interests, ages and backgrounds—reflect the city’s dynamic mix of populations. Six colleges offer nationally recognized science, arts, business, criminal justice, engineering, nursing, education and humanities programs, among others, led by an award-winning faculty. Cal State L.A. is home to the critically-acclaimed Luckman Jazz Orchestra and to a unique university center for gifted students as young as 12. Programs that provide exciting enrichment opportunities to students and community include an NEH- and Rockefeller-supported humanities center; a NASA-funded center for space research; and a growing forensic science program, housed in the Hertzberg-Davis Forensic Science Center. www.calstatela.edu