Anew academic year is in progress at Cal State Long Beach, one filled both with hope and concern for our students and our institution.
We welcomed 30 new talented and diverse President’s Scholars this year out of close to 550 California high school valedictorians and National Scholars who applied to the program. They were among more than 70,500 other fall semester applicants to The Beach, which continues to be ranked by The Princeton Review as a “Best in the West” campus and in Kiplinger’s “Top 100 Best Value Public Colleges,” among other accolades.
In May, two of our graduating Scholars were named the Outstanding Graduates of their respective colleges. Celeste Ahl of the College of Business Administration earned her B.S. degree in international business, a B.A. in business economics and an honors diploma, and plans to attend law school. Celeste was a national division winner in the International Collegiate Business Ethics Competition. David Christian Rudd of the College of Engineering graduated with a B.A. degree in chemistry and a B.S. in chemical engineering and is a process engineer with BP.
We remain proud of the caliber of our university despite the economic challenges facing higher education funding. CSU student fees have risen, requiring additional private funding to support our current 211 Scholars.
We are grateful to all our President’s Associates and other benefactors who continue to recognize the value of this preeminent scholarship program. With your help, our President’s Scholars will continue to make all of us proud of their success.
Go Beach!
