Los Angeles, CA – Cal State L.A. selected
seven top
high school graduates—from Arcadia to San Diego—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 seven 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 11th class of President’s Scholars are the
following: Andy Calhoun II San Lorenzo Valley High School Felton resident James Brian Guzman
Major: Nursing Bishop Alemany High School North Hills resident Chen-Shun (James)
Huang Major:
Accounting Arcadia High School Arcadia resident Erin Keepers
Major: Communication Studies Coronado High School San Diego resident Anna Maria Montes
Major: Child Development Sacred Heart High School Los Angeles resident Felipe Ortiz
Major: Business Don Bosco Technical
Institute Palmdale resident Angelica Joanna
Sagum Major: Nursing Eagle Rock High School Eagle Rock 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 210,000 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
$20k for 4 years for 7 CSULA
President's Scholars
Top high school students earn scholarships to attend
Cal State L.A.
Major: Criminal Justice
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