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October 2009

CFEP Members named to Honor Roll
CFEP members Darlene Boyd and Kika Friend were named on the 2009 Living Our Values Honor Roll. The Living Our Values Award honors members of the UC Irvine community – staff, faculty and students – whose actions best embody the university’s values of respect, intellectual curiosity, integrity, commitment, empathy, appreciation and fun.

For over 15 years Darlene Boyd has directed UCI’s Gifted Students Academy. Boyd recently assumed the directorship of the Academic Talent Search program. Kika Friend has directed the NSF-funded California Alliance and Minority Participation Program at UC Irvine for over 20 years.

California Reading & Literature Project Participant Honored
Kasey Klappenback, participant in the CFEP’s California Reading & Literature Project (CRLP), was honored at the Orange County Hispanic Education Endowment Fund's (HEEF) 16th Annual Apple of Gold Gala Awards Dinner on October 16th in Anaheim, CA. Kasey has been involved in CRLP activities since 2001, when he began implementing the Results assessments in his classroom. He currently serves as the regional facilitator of the Results Program Leadership Team and also serves as a presenter for the Results for English Learners program.

Nikishna Polequaptewa Receives Award
AIRP Director Nikishna Polequaptewa Receives 40 Under 40 Award

Center for Educational Partnerships Receives Grant to GEAR UP

UCI Department of Education spotlight on Linda Clinard, Ph.D.

August 2009

UCI Department of Education spotlight on Terry Shanahan, Ed.D.

Graduate student Lauren Shea, who works closely with Terry Shanahan on the math/science CPEC project, SMILE, is featured on UCI Department of Education website.

July 2009

MSPNet features paper by Linda Clinard, Ph.D.

COSMOS-UCI Team Awesome wins first annual QUIZMOS! intercampus academic bowl.

Mock trial teaches argument, strategies and speaking; event caps program at UCI Gifted Students Academy. OC Register, July 22, 2009.

Engaging young minds UCI's Gifted Students Academy can be an eye-opening experience for elementary and middle school children.

Article by Yolanda Leon and Monica Stretten in NIEAnews Magazine (Summer 2009, p.17) spotlights UCI/AIRP student Cheyenne Reynoso.