New Scholarships Awarded

The chapter held its monthly luncheon in July and awarded 10 new scholarships to students from around the county, including Sarah Nichols and Kevin Dong who both received the Buck Bragunier Leadership Scholarship for $2,000 each. Nichols graduated in 2012 from San Pasqual High School, and she will attend Harvey Mudd College in the fall and intends to major in engineering. Dong graduated in 2012 from Mt. Carmel High School; he will attend the University of California Los Angeles in the fall and intends to major in computer engineering. Charlotte Orren received the San Diego County $8,000 Scholarship; she is attending Embry-Riddle University majoring in aerospace engineering. Gautam Soundararjan, Raymond Wu and Margaret Guy were all awarded the San Diego County $8,000 Scholarship for high school graduates. One of chapter's most popular scholarships, the AFCEA San Diego/AVID Scholarship (high school graduates who receive a one-time award of $2,000), included awardees Thu Hoang, Maria Duran-Juanche and Devin Dang. The last scholarship was the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Internship Grant for $2,000, which went to Preetam Soundararajan, who is attending Francis Parker High School, for his winning project titled, “The Creation of Photo Luminescent Nanoparticles Generated from Ultrasonic Fracture for in-vivo Imaging.”

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