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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 […]

David Tracy

2012 Professor Harry Simons Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship for the Study of Accounting Recipient Biography: David Tracy is a fifth-year undergraduate student studying Business Economics and Architecture, with a Minor in Accounting. David assists Professor Gordon Klein in teaching his advanced accounting and taxation classes at UCLA. He has interned with the internal audit group at […]

Alain Olavarietta

2012 Robert D. & Margaret A. Wark Memorial Scholarship Recipient Biography: Alain Olavarrieta, a transfer student from Rio Hondo Community College, is currently a senior majoring in Business Economics at UCLA. Born in Mexico, Alain immigrated to the States at the age of eight for the chance of a better life and an education. Coming […]

April Misa

2012 Jeffrey W. Baus ’59 Scholarship Recipient \ Biography: April Misa is a fourth-year student pursuing a major in Economics while also taking accounting courses. April was born and raised in Los Angeles, which made UCLA her dream school. Despite being active on campus as the president of Bruin Business Review and a student volunteer […]