2012 college night volunteers - Tulare County Office of Education

TULARE COUNTY COLLEGE NIGHTwww.tcoe.org/collegenightTULARE COUNTY COLLEGE NIGHTSCHOLARSHIP AWARDS2012Vanessa Montez, a 2012 graduate of El DiamanteHigh School, is this year’s recipient of the Tulare CountyCollege Night Scholarship. Vanessa’s volunteer activitiesinclude Relay for Life, Youth mission trips to Mexico,UNICEF and The March of Dimes. Vanessa is also aleader in her class and has been involved in multipleextracurricular activities, including Key Club, the GreenClub, California Scholarship Federation, Dance andChoir. She was also captain of the El Diamante SwimTeam. Vanessa will be attending Fresno Pacific Universityin the fall and credits her College Night experienceswith helping her make important decisions about herfuture. Vanessa’s future career goal is to be an occupationaltherapist and work with children that have specialneeds.2011Renan De Lima, was a 2011graduate of Tulare Union HighSchool. Renan has an extensivelist of volunteer activities on hisresume, including Kaweah OaksPreserve, Circle J Ranch ScienceWeekend, and Lemon CovePreserve. Renan is a leader inhis class and has been involvedin Mock Trial, Math Club, Cyberquest,CSF and Tennis. Hewas chosen for the award froma field of 69 applicants. Renanattends Fresno State and hisfuture career goal is to practicepublic law.Previous Recipients2010Gina Cha (2008-2012) UCLAJessica Hong (2007-2011) University of Southern CaliforniaKelli Calloway (2006-2010) UCLAMt. Whitney High School (Visalia)graduate Ryan Chung wasthe winner of the 2010 TulareCounty College Night Scholarship.He was one of 85 TulareCounty seniors to apply for theaward which pays $1,000 peryear for up to four years whilethe recipient attends college ora university. Ryan impressedthe scholarship judges with hisgrade point average and hisextensive list of volunteer activities,including tutoring fellowstudents. He attends Universityof California, Los Angeles topursue a Ph.D. in chemistryand become a university professorin that field.2009Jesus Chavez, a 2009 graduateof Golden West HighSchool, was the recipientof the fourth annual TulareCounty College Night Scholarship– a renewing scholarshipthat pays $1,000 per yearfor up to four years. Jesus’svolunteer activities includedRonald McDonald’s Houseof Charities and Kid’s Day.He was involved in manyschool organizations includingadvanced band, Key Club,French Club and captain ofthe track and field team. Hewas chosen for the awardfrom a field of 78 applicants.Jesus attends the University ofCalifornia in Berkley, where hestudies international relationsand French.68