Week 5

Congratulations to more CHPers!

April 27, 2012 by Christina Treble

Scholarship Winners: The SOP is thrilled to announce 2 CHP’ers who have recently won prestigious scholarships!

Felipe Hernandez, a junior Music Performance and Political Science double major, has received the Harry S. Truman Scholarship, which will provide him with $30,000 for graduate study.

Pichaya (“Peach”) Kositsawat, a junior Comparative Literature and Political Science double major, has received the Donald A. Strauss Scholarship, which will provide her with $10,000 to implement a public service project next year.

Congratulations CHP Fellowship Award Winners!

April 27, 2012 by Christina Treble

The CHP would like to congratulate five outstanding CHPers who have won the UCI Libraries-UROP Research Fellowship Award for their research.Be sure to congratulate them next time you see them!

Jillian Tempesta: $500 for “City of Sound: Reformist Fictions in Postwar Radio Dramas”

Colleen Humfreville: $250 for “Female Journalists, and their Budding Role with the Emergence of WWII”

Kimberly Lucas: $100 for “Los Angeles: Perfecting the ‘Art’ of Urban Movement and Transportation”

Felipe Hernandez: $100 for “Narco-Corridos in Los Angeles and Orange County: A New Audience, Local Performers, and Narco Culture”

Amanda Ghattas: $100 for “LGBTQ Rights and Conservative Ideology: Today’s Political Cash”

Jane Chung: $100 for “Political Science, Religious Studies, Preservation of Juche through Propaganda.”

Click here for more information on this Fellowship Award.

Faculty Appreciation Coffee Hour

April 27, 2012 by Christina Treble

Do you have a professor you would like to get to know better over coffee and doughnuts? Are you curious about different research areas? Then get ready for Faculty Appreciation Coffee Hour (5/18, Week 7)! Meet and socialize with the best UCI has to offer!

We are also currently recruiting greeters for the event. If you are interested, please email chppaa@uci.edu with your name, major, year, and times that you are available to help out.

CHP Connections

April 27, 2012 by Christina Treble

An important opportunity for first and second years! Save the date for our annual CHP Connections program on Monday, May 21 from 5-7PM (Location TBA). It will be a great opportunity to connect with experienced upperclassmen and get advice on making the most of your time at UCI!

New PAA Spring Bonfire

April 27, 2012 by Christina Treble

Calling all CHP-ers! Come out and meet your 2012-2013 CHP PAAs at the Spring Bonfire on Sunday, May 20th from 3pm-6pm at Huntington Beach. For just $1, you can enjoy 3 amazing hours of delicious food and beach fun. Please sign up in the Honors office May 1st to May 15th and bring a dollar! And if you’re a transfer or commuter who is on the fence about joining us, your PAAs are also made up of commuters and transfers, and we’d like to get to know YOU! Hope to see all your lovely faces there!

Campuswide Honors Program