Reading About the Peregrine Falcon by Carol Greene

‘A few pieces of advice’Īs you settle into your lives here, I am sure your new friends, resident assistants, GBO coordinators, and others will have many pieces of advice for you…and I hope you’ll hear them out. And we are so thankful to have you with us. In sum, you are an extraordinary, as well as an extraordinarily diverse, group.

A student who led his national team at last year’s Rubik’s Cube World Championship.

A student from Oakland who created a popular app that educates users about the amount of sugar in various drinks, as well as the effects of excessive sugar consumption and.A person who was homeless for the first 12 years of life, but who went on to intern in a public defender’s office and then win a fellowship to work in state senator Nancy Skinner’s office before being admitted to Cal.A person who founded a software start-up that helps those with learning disabilities build their social circles.A student who has traveled to Turkey annually over the last few years to help give Syrian refugees dental and medical treatment.A person who co-founded a non-profit organization dedicated to providing more enriching science education for young people.A student who won a host of engineering awards for inventing a device that helps people perform CPR more effectively.Nearly a third of you are the first in your families to attend college.Īmong those sitting in this room today are: 94% of new transfer students come from California’s exceptional community colleges.ġ19 of you come here having served your nation in the armed forces. states and territories, and 70 countries from around the world.Įighty percent of the new undergraduates in your class join us from public high schools.

Members of your classes come from nearly every county in California, 50 U.S. The youngest of you is 15 the eldest is 72…making clear that it is never too late to invest in your education. First, there are roughly 9,000 of you joining our campus this fall-about 6,400 freshmen and 2,600 transfer students.

Reading About the Peregrine Falcon by Carol Greene