UNIVERSITY CENTER NEWS

 

Much has been happening this year in the University Center Program.  Here are a few of the exciting events, awards, and recognition given to our special students:

 

Sonoma State University Students

 

  • Twenty EAHS juniors and seniors are taking one or two college classes at SSU.  Some of the general education courses they are taking are anthropology, philosophy, psychology, statistics, physics, astronomy and criminal justice. 
  • Students register for theirSpring 2009 SSU classes on Monday, December 1.

 

Special Recognition:

 

  • Stephan Boyer (12th):  Stephan has particicipated in the 2008 Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science Program (MITES) at MIT, Massachusetts , during the summer.  He and fifty other students took classes for six weeks; 400 students from the entire nation applied.
  • Rick Wilson (11th):  Rick spent three weeks at Brown University, Rhode Island, learning about Environmental Challenges of the 21st Century.
  • Kamal Kaur (12th):
  • Daphne Chimas (11th):  Daphne was accepted into the Summer Search Program. She spent three weeks in the Appalachian Mountains, North Carolina , rock climbing, backpacking, and white-water canoeing.  The Summer Search Program’s goals are to help students gain self-confidence, be challenged physically and mentally, and to become leaders.
  • Ben Nguyen (11th): Ben was also accepted into the Summer Search Program, and went on a mountain expedition in Oregon where he went rafting and back packing.  As part of the program, the participants must plan their own summer program.
  • Gricelda Correa-Martinez (12th):  Gricelda participated in Girls State this summer representing Elsie Allen H. S.
  • Jesse Nee-Vogelman (12th):  Jesse spent six weeks in Thailand over the summerthrough the Summer Sesrch program.. 
  • Jordan Davidson (12th):  Jordan scored a perfect 800 on the Math SAT.  He will now be competing with other students in the nation for the National Merit Scholarship Award.
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  • Linda Tran (12th): Linda spent a week in Washington D.C. over the summerand also participated in ...?

 

Field Trips:

 

  • One of the goals for the University Center is to ensure students are informed about colleges. In the Spring, UC 9th, 10th and 11th graders will visit UCBerkeley and Stanford University.