The Chancellor’s Award of Distinction acknowledges the University of California, Irvine’s most outstanding graduating seniors. Awarded by the UC Irvine 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 14 of the campus’s 49 award recipients in 2018:

Christopher David Ayers
The Paul Merage School of Business
School of Social Sciences

Karina Estefania Callejas
Claire Trevor School of the Arts
School of Social Sciences

Grazielle Valentim Figueredo
School of Humanities
School of Social Sciences

Veronica Bianca Garcia
School of Social Ecology
School of Social Sciences

Sebastian Heim
School of Social Sciences

Lauren Akiko Hisatomi
Program in Public Health
School of Social Sciences

Amy Lei Hu
The Paul Merage School of Business
School of Social Sciences

Anthony Shi-Yuen Hu
School of Education
School of Social Sciences

Samantha Ku
School of Social Sciences

Sarah Shiori Mahoney
School of Social Sciences

Tatiana Marie Overly
School of Social Sciences

Tania Reyes
School of Social Sciences

Rima Sahakyan
School of Social Ecology
School of Social Sciences

Iman Haya Siddiqi
School of Humanities
School of Social Sciences

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Congratulations to all 2018 recipients!