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Ramin Lalezari

2011 Robert D. & Margaret A. Wark Memorial Scholarship Recipient Biography: Ramin Lalezari is a fourth year Business Economics major at UCLA. Ramin grew up in West Los Angeles and graduated from Palisades Charter High School. While attending UCLA, Ramin has served on the school USAC committees for the Internal Vice President’s office and the […]

Chengappa Kodira

2011 Patricia and Harry L. Bruce Endowed Scholarship Recipient Biography: Chengappa Kodira is a third-year Business-Economics student from Davis, California, a small suburb of Sacramento. At Davis Senior High School, Chengappa excelled in the classroom and was also a decorated soccer player. At UCLA, Chengappa has gained experience working at the Anderson School of Management […]

Melanie (Mini) Johnson

2011 The Ralph and Shirley Shapiro Scholarship Recipient Biography: Melanie (Mimi) Johnson is a fourth-year student pursuing a double major in Business-Economics and Psychology, with a minor in Accounting. Mimi grew up in Redondo Beach, which made it very easy for her to decide that she wanted to stay in beautiful Southern California. Mimi is […]

Dennis Drent

2011 Professor Harry Simons Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship for the Study of Accounting Recipient Biography: Dennis Drent Jr. is a third year student pursuing a Business-Economics major with minors in Accounting and Mathematics. Dennis grew up all over the United States, spending several years in Woodland Hills, Texas, Ohio, and Orange County, where he graduated from […]

Karen Chuang

2011 The Donald Edward Bragg & Diane Sims Bragg Scholarship Recipient Biography: Karen Chuang is a fourth year honors student at UCLA, double majoring in Business Economics and World Arts and Cultures. She is a Director for UCLA’s NSU Modern Hip-Hop Dance Team and a member of the sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta. While attending UCLA, […]

Kenneth Choo

2011 Professor Harry Simons Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship for the Study of Accounting Recipient Biography: Kenneth Choo was born the third child of Ronald and Heasook Choo on July 5, 1991. As a child, he loved to play video games, talk history with his father, and try to impress his teachers with his wit. He played […]

Bryan Chang

2011 John J. Peterson Scholarship Recipient Biography: Bryan Chang is a fourth-year Business-Economics Student with a Minor in Accounting and Specialization in Computing. Bryan was born and raised in Seoul, Korea and came to St. Paul, MN at the age of fifteen. During his junior and senior years of high school, he studied full-time at […]

Noga Alon

2011 The Gumbiner Savett Inc. Scholarship Recipient Biography: Noga Alon is a fourth-year student studying economics with a minor in accounting. Born and raised in Israel, Noga moved to Sacramento with her family when she was ten years old. After graduating from high school in Sacramento, she decided to attend UCLA due to the diverse […]

Nicolas Waizman

2012 The Ralph and Shirley Shapiro Scholarship Recipient Biography: Nicolas (Nick) Waizman is a fourth-year student pursuing a Business Economics degree, with a Minor in Accounting. Nick was born in Madrid, Spain, and has since lived in Montevideo, Uruguay, Los Angeles, and San Diego. After graduating from high school, Nick chose to stay in Southern […]

Ulindra Vijaya

2012 Robert D. & Margaret A. Wark Memorial Scholarship Recipient Biography: Ulindra Vijaya is a fourth-year international student from Singapore who is pursuing the Business Economics major and the Minor in Accounting. She transferred from De Anza College in fall 2011. Ulindra started college at sixteen years old because she wanted to challenge herself in […]