The Chancellor’s Award of Distinction acknowledges the University of California, Irvine’s most outstanding graduating seniors. Awarded by the UCI Alumni Association, these students represent exceptional academic achievement and a commitment to cutting-edge research, leadership and service to UCI. Selected by a committee of alumni, recipients can be identified by the blue and gold shoulder cord worn with their commencement regalia.

The School of Social Sciences is happy to have among its outstanding class of graduates 7 of the campus’s 38 award recipients in 2017:

• Julian Andree Bugarin, School of Humanities and School of Social Sciences
• Yareli Castro Sevilla, School of Humanities and School of Social Sciences
• Victoria Rose Griffin, School of Social Sciences
• Chenxu Guo, School of Physical Sciences and School of Social Sciences
• Andrew Nicholas Hallak, School of Social Sciences
• Pauline Ho, School of Education and School of Social Sciences
• Chen (Cassie) Zhang, School of Social Sciences

 

Congratulations to all 2017 recipients!