2008 MESA Family Open House And

2008 MESA Family Open House and

Awards/Recognition Ceremony

2007-2008MESA Student of the Year Everardo Maya-Ramos

2007-2008Spirit of MESA Award Nilo Ondevilla

2007-2008MESA Leadership Awards Amanda Bustamante—SHPE Edgar Armenta—SHPE

Chris Wilson—City College Robotics

Shawn Krisman—student support

MESA Students Transferring for Fall 2008 Yasmin Ahmed—UCSD for biology

Eva Bradley—UCSD for biology

Rachel Brewer—John Hopkins University for nursing

Boris Espinosa—SDSU for computer science

Monique Finch—SDSU for mathematics

Gilberto Hernandez—SDSU for biochemistry

KhristinaRae Hernandez—UCSD for environmental engineering

Kassandra Hoyer—SDSU for electrical engineering

Soleil Joya—UCSD for biology

Shawn Krisman—Berkeley for bioengineering

Elena Magana—UCSD for mathematics

Holly Jo Makagon—UC-Santa Cruz for botany

Everardo Maya-Ramos—UCSD for mechanical engineering

Manuel Mussen—UC-Davis for food science/brewing chemistry

Sara Sans—University of Wisconsin at Beloit for astronomy

Christopher Wilson—SDSU for computer engineering

San Diego MESA Alliance Competition champions (2006-2007

Leadership Summit LEGO structure competition—Team of Lara Baker and other, non-SDCC, students

Land Yachtaesthetics/design competition—Edgar Armenta, Amanda Bustamante, and other non-SDCC students

Leadership Summit PowerPoint competition—Lara Baker, Amanda Bustamante, and other non-SDCC students

Calculator Olympics—Team ofIrene Hale,Shawn Krisman,Manuel Mussen, and Stuart Young

Robotics Competition—Team of Everardo Maya, Rolando Herrera, Johnnie DeJesus, andDana Long

MESA S-STEMS NSF Scholarship Awards (2007-2008, renewable)

Daniel Gebremichael (Rising sophomores scholarship totaling $12,500 over a 4-year period)

Johnnie De Jesus (Rising sophomores scholarship totaling $12,500 over a 4-year period)

Shawn Krisman (Transfer scholarship totaling $10,500 over a three year period, to be distributed at Berkeley)

Boris Espinosa(Second year of a 4-year period to total $12,500)

Everardo Maya(Second year of a 4-year period to total $12,500)

2008-2009 Scholarship Awards to MESA Students

MESAdvantage NSF Scholarship—$500 each

Yasmin Ahmed(biology major, transferring to UCSDin Fall 2008)

Edgar Armenta(mechanical engineering major)
William Armstrong(electrical engineering major, MESA/NSF scholar)

Emily Botts (biology major)

Amanda Bustamante (structural engineering major, MESA/NSF scholar)

Rolando Herrera (mechanical engineering major)

Soleil Joya (biology major, transferring to UCSDfor biology in Fall 2008)

Shawn Krisman (bioengineering major, transferring to UC-Berkeley in Fall 2008)

Dana Long (architectural engineering major)

Holly Makagon (botany major, transferring to UC-Santa Cruz in Fall 2008)

Everardo Maya(mechanical engineering major, transferring to UCSD in Fall 2008)

Daniel McGrath (computer science major)

Manuel Mussen (food science/fermentation major,MESA/NSF scholar, transferring to UC-Davis in Fall 2008)

Victoria Obey (mechanical engineering major, MESA/NSF scholar)

Nilo Ondevilla (bioengineering major)

Sara Sans (astronomy major, transferring to University of Wisconsin at Beloit in Fall 2008)

Bryant Souslin (biochemistry major)

Adam Taylor (environmental science major)

Kiedra Taylor (aerospace engineering major)

Chris Wilson (computer engineering major, transferring to SDSU in Fall 2008)

San Diego City College Mathematics Department Scholarship

Niño Leonard Yosinao (mathematicsmajor)

NSF MESAdvantage Team Internships —$1,250 each

Lara Baker(environmental engineering major—San Diego City Water Department)

Khristina Rae Hernandez(environmental engineering major—San Diego City Water Department)

Nilo Ondevilla (bioengineering major—teaching internship with SPAWAR)
Wilson Pulido (physics major—teaching internship with SPAWAR)

Friends of Downtown Scholarship--$450 each

Edgar Armenta

Jaime Baylon

Rachel Brewer

Soleil Joya

Dang Le