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 10 of the campus’s 52 award recipients in 2019:

Nicole Balbuena
School of Social Sciences

Alexia Iman Burquez
School of Social Sciences

Sarah Idunu Daniel
School of Social Sciences

Stephanie Sierra Doering
Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences
School of Social Sciences

Gershwin Merencillo
Program in Public Health
School of Social Sciences

Julissa Esmeralda Navas
School of Education
School of Social Sciences

Joyce Huang Nguy
School of Education
School of Social Sciences

Shelby Lynn Petty
School of Social Sciences

Jessica Michelle Santiago
School of Social Ecology
School of Social Sciences

Nhat Truong Vu Xe
School of Social Sciences

Congratulations to all 2019 recipients!