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Rylee Anne Crowley

2019 Robert D. & Margaret A. Wark Memorial Scholarship Recipient Biography:Rylee Crowley is a third year Economics major with the intent on minoring in Accounting from Las Vegas, Nevada. Outside of her economics classes, she enjoys taking Fiat Lux seminars and studying topics ranging from social justice movements to film. At UCLA, she is a […]

Roya Dadgar

2019 John J. Peterson Scholarship Recipient Biography: Roya Dadgar is a fourth year Business Economics major and Public Affairs minor. She previously served as a member of the executive board of a consulting club on campus, UConsulting, and was able to host events for the larger UCLA community through this role. She is also part […]

Jiahe Wang

2019 Ralph and Shirley Shapiro Scholarship Recipient Biography: Jiahe Wang is a third-year student at UCLA. Born in China, he moved to Los Angeles at the age of 18 to pursue undergraduate studies. He was admitted to the pre-business economics major as a freshman. However, after taking accounting classes, he developed an interest in accounting […]

Christine Doan

2019 Donald Edward Bragg & Diane Sims Bragg Scholarship Recipient Biography: Christine Doan is a third year double majoring in Business Economics and Communications. She is a first-generation Vietnamese student and is passionate about empowering marginalized communities and sparking social change. Growing up in a family with little resources, she’s learned the importance of hard-work, […]

Joshua Tyler Patel

2019 Jeffrey W. Baus ’59 Scholarship Recipient Biography:  Josh Patel is a 4th year Economics Major and Accounting Minor. He is originally from the Inland Empire – about an hour away from UCLA. Josh decided to be an Economics Major after enjoying his AP Macroeconomics class in high school and later was convinced by Professor […]

Samantha Chandra

2019 Harold R. Mortenson Endowed Scholarship Fund Recipient Biography:  Samantha Chandra is a fourth-year Business Economics major with double minors in Entrepreneurship and Digital Humanities. She grew up in Bali, Indonesia and moved to Los Angeles to pursue her college degree at UCLA. At UCLA, Samantha serves as the president for 180 Degrees Consulting, an […]

Samantha Chandra

Harold R. Mortenson Endowed Scholarship Fund Recipient Biography: Samantha Chandra is a fourth-year Business Economics major with double minors in Entrepreneurship and Digital Humanities. She grew up in Bali, Indonesia and moved to Los Angeles to pursue her college degree at UCLA. At UCLA, Samantha serves as the president for 180 Degrees Consulting, an organization […]

Vidur Bhatia

2019 Harold R. Mortenson Endowed Scholarship Fund Recipient Biography: Vidur Bhatia is a 3rd-year student at UCLA majoring in Business Economics with a minor in Accounting. Born and raised in India, Vidur moved to the United States to attend UCLA in 2017. Since coming to UCLA, Vidur has held leadership roles in Bruin Hedge Fund […]

Stanley Fischer to speak at MAE Distinguished Speaker Series

On Thursday, May 23, 2019 from 6:00-7:30 PM, UCLA’s Department of Economics MAE Distinguished Speaker Series will be hosting Former Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve Stanley Fisher speaking on the topic of “Monetary Policy Challenges Eleven Years After the Great Recession.” Stanley Fischer is the former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve and served […]