Class Notes Category: Accolades
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Vivian Ekchian, M.Ed. ’95
Vivian Ekchian, M.Ed. ’95, is one of 13 women who will be honored on Monday, March 13, when the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the Commission for Women hold their 38th Annual Women of the Year Awards and Commemorative Celebration, “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories.” The honorees are exceptional women who have…
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Monica Sánchez, M.A. ’04, Ph.D. ’12
UCLA Alumni Association board member Monica Sánchez, M.A. ’04, Ph.D. ’12, is one of 13 women who will be honored on Monday, March 13, when the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the Commission for Women hold their 38th Annual Women of the Year Awards and Commemorative Celebration, “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories.”…
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Abby Thurm ’20
Abby Thurm ’20, who earned her bachelor of science degree in biochemistry, is a finalist for a prestigious graduate fellowship from the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation. Hertz Fellows receive up to five years of funding, with the freedom to pursue innovative projects wherever they may lead. Thurm was selected from over 760 talented applicants…
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Nicole Halavi ’15
Faegre Drinker announced that Nicole Halavi ’15 is part of the firm’s 2022 first-year associate class. Halavi, who earned her J.D. at Loyola Law School, specializes in product liability and mass torts in Faegre Drinker’s Los Angeles office. The associate class participated in an immersive development program as they started their careers with Faegre Drinker.…
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Karen Swanson ’77
Former UCLA Alumni Inland Empire Network president Karen Swanson ’77 has been honored for her contributions to the City of Norco. The proclamation reads, “Karen Swanson: The Norco City Council applauds you for embodying the Spirit of Norco.”
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Marjorie Lee ’76, M.A. ’84, M.L.I.S. ’92
Marjorie Lee ’76, M.A. ’84, M.L.I.S. ’92, the library coordinator, information specialist and archivist at the UCLA Asian American Studies Center, is a KCET/PBS SoCal 2022 Local Hero honoree. She will be honored tonight at the KCET/PBS SoCal Community Advisory Board annual Holiday Awards Event at City Club in Los Angeles. Wenli Jen, who nominated…
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Nancy Yaffe ’87
Nancy Yaffe ’87 of Fox Rothschild LLP was named to the Leaders of Influence: Labor & Employment Attorneys list by Los Angeles Business Journal. The special supplement profiles a compilation of “the very best litigators and trial attorneys” in the Los Angeles region who are demonstrated “masters of their craft.” A go-to attorney for labor…
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Father Frank Sabatté ’73
Father Frank Sabatté ’73 has received the 2022 Gaudium Award from the Breukelein Institute “For illuminating the horizon of human experience,” for his work as artist, curator and director of the Openings Collective. Sabatté was born in San Jose, California, and received his B.A. in studio art from the School of the Arts and Architecture…
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Jeffrey Lowenstein ’95, J.D. ’98
Jeffrey Lowenstein ’95, J.D. ’98, of the law firm Bell Nunnally in Dallas, Texas, has been named to the 2022 “Texas Super Lawyers” list by Thomson Reuters, to be published in the November print edition of “Texas Monthly.” Super Lawyers recognizes lawyers from more than 70 diverse practice areas across Texas who have “attained a…
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Siyon Rhee, M.S.W. ’81, D.S.W. ’88
Siyon Rhee, M.S.W. ’81, D.S.W. ’88, a professor and director of the School of Social Work in the Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Humans Services at Cal State LA, was recognized for excellence in teaching and outstanding achievements during University Convocation 2022. An Arcadia resident, Rhee was presented an Outstanding Professor Award on Aug.…