HONORS GRADUATE
Emilie Davis of Oceanside graduated magna cum laude from the University at Buffalo with a bachelor’s degree in statistics from the School of Public Health and Health Professions.
PRESIDENT’S LIST
The following students were named to the president’s list at their respective colleges: Yiying Yang, Kokoro Okada, Weihua Huang and Hoi Ying Chan, all of Carlsbad, at Dean College in Massachusetts, and Anna Nguyen of San Diego at Siena College in New York.
DEAN’S LIST
The following students made the dean’s list at their respective colleges and universities: Min Ze Wu, Chun Lok Marcus Yeung and Hayate Kosuga of Carlsbad at Dean College; Maxin Marinez of Carlsbad at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island; LJ Turner of Oceanside at St. Olaf College in Minnesota; and Michael Caterina of Del Mar, Griffin Chaffin-Quiray of Escondido and Anastasia Metzger of Oceanside at the University of New England in Maine.
STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS
Cal Coast Cares Foundation awarded more than $175,000 in scholarships to support college-bound high school seniors, current or former foster students and current college students in San Diego and Riverside counties. The students each received $2,000 after demonstrating academic excellence and community leadership skills.
CARLSBAD FOUNDATION
The Carlsbad Educational Foundation selected 17 students to receive a total of $65,500 in awards. Carlsbad High School graduate Sofia Tamayo, a first-generation college student who will attend Harvey Mudd College to study engineering, earned the highest award, a $10,000 scholarship.
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
The Robert F. Kennedy for President campaign is seeking North County volunteers to help canvas, hold banners and make phone calls/texts on behalf of the campaign. For more information, visit kennedy24.com/ca_vol_signups or call Suzanne Finder at 858-925-4838.
POLICE DONATION
Frontwave Foundation donated $2,000 to the Oceanside Police Officers’ Association to help with the group’s ongoing efforts to upgrade police facilities and ensure officers are equipped with the proper training, skills and quality of life they need for the job.
FOOD DRIVE
The Encinitas Grocery Outlet chose the Encinitas Educational Foundation’s Be Strong/Se Fuerte campaign as the store’s recipient of its annual Independence from Hunger food drive.
LAKE MONTH
The Vista Irrigation District Board of Directors has recognized July as Lakes Appreciation Month. The district owns Lake Henshaw, located at the base of Palomar Mountain in northeast San Diego County.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
MiraCosta College Superintendent and President Sunita V. Cooke was elected as president of the board of directors for the American Association of Community Colleges. She will be the first Indian-born person (Desi) to lead the board in its 104-year history. AACC is the primary advocacy organization for more than 1,000 associate degree-granting institutions nationwide.
SCRIPPS HEALTH
All four of Scripps Health’s hospitals, including Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, were named to the superior performance tier of Cal Hospital Compare’s opioid care honor roll. Additionally, Scripps Memorial Hospital in Encinitas and Scripps Green Hospital were named to the patient safety honor roll as well.
NEUROSCIENTIST AWARDS
Dr. Xin Jin, an assistant professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Scripps Research, was named a Pew scholar in the biomedical sciences and granted the McKnight Scholar Award to support her research in this area and reveal the critical drivers of brain development and function.
