The Smittcamp Family Honors College at California State University, Fresno has admitted its 10th entering class of high-achieving high school graduates who will receive scholarships for the 2008-09 academic year.

The Honors College has become so highly regarded that applications increased to more than 500 this year. In honor of the 10th anniversary, the number of admitted students was increased to 58 from the usual 50, said Dr. Stephen Rodemeyer, Honors College director.

Students accepted for admission receive an annual President's Scholarship for their undergraduate degree program up to a maximum of eight semesters, which will cover in-state registration and fees, a laptop stipend and an optional credit for a two-person, community-style room in university housing. Additional financial benefits include free Internet access, free campus student parking and extended library checkout privileges.

The Smittcamp Family Honors College is unique in the California State University system in that scholarship students are admitted as a group, take a series of specially designed honors courses and interact in educational and social activities.

Honors College applicants must score 1,800 or above on the SAT, be in the upper 10 percent of their graduating class or have a minimum GPA of 3.6.

Smittcamp Family Honors College students are required to volunteer 30 hours of community service in their first year and 20 hours in subsequent years. To remain in the program, a student must enroll in at least 12 units and earn a 3.0 GPA as a freshman, 3.25 as a sophomore and 3.4 as a junior.

The Smittcamp Family Honors College began in 1998 with a $1 million gift from Earl and Muriel Smittcamp and family, a prominent agribusiness family and longtime supporters of Fresno State.

 

The 2008-09 Smittcamp Family Honors College students are:

• Leila Alamri - Selma - Selma High School

• Jacqueline Aldern - Fresno - Buchanan High School

• Ismail Ali - Fresno - Edison High School

• Kristen Andreasen - Fresno - San Joaquin Memorial High School

• Disney Andres - Reedley - Reedley High School

• Natalie Bachicha - Reedley - Reedley High School

• Brianna Bane - Fresno - Buchanan High School

• Steven Banevedes - Hanford - Hanford High School

• Kathryn Barretto - Fresno - Edison High School

• Eric Battles - Fresno - Clovis West High School

• Geoffrey Becker - Bakersfield - Foothill High School

• Adam Blake - Winton - Atwater High School

• Jenneva Cantido - Fresno - University High School

• Elizabeth Combs - Lodi - Lodi High School

• April Cruz - Fresno - San Joaquin Memorial High School

• Elizabeth Davidson - Clovis - Clovis High School

• William Dunn - Porterville - Monache High School

• Michael Fagundes - Merced - Buhach Colony High School

• Selena Farnesi - Fresno - Bullard High School

• Brooke Findley - Dinuba - Immanuel High School

• Rebekah Franklin - Fresno - Bullard High School

• Ashley Garispe - Dinuba - Dinuba High School

• Gregory Geering - Phoenix, AZ - North Canyon High School

• Robert Granata - Fresno - Bullard High School

• Chelsie Grossman - Fresno - Clovis West High School

• Jeffrey Hamilton - Antelope - Oakmont High School

• Jessica Harmon - McKinleyville - McKinleyville High School

• Jennifer Harmon - Visalia - Golden West High School

• Kelley Harrison - North Fork - Yosemite High School

• Katie Howden - Madera - Madera High School

• Victoria Kennedy - Modesto - Modesto High School

• Kayla Kersey - Stockton - Ronald E. McNair High School

• Nicole Kimura - Fresno - Clovis West High School

• John Kuipers III - Meadow Valley - Quincy High School

• Nicole Leu - Newman - Orestimba High School

• Melanie Maddox - Riverdale - Riverdale High School

• Miriam Mahfoud - Kingsburg - Kingsburg High School

• Kelly Masuda - Livingston - Atwater High School

• Minda McCullough - Arbuckle - Pierce High School

• Matthew Mealer - Clovis - Buchanan High School

• Lynda Musselman - Fresno - Clovis High School

• Samantha Peel - Fresno - Bullard High School

• Ben Peterson - Fresno - Washington Union High School

• Mika Petrucci - Madera - Madera High School

• Landon Rowan - Barstow - Barstow High School

• Temperance Rowell - Lodi - Tokay High School

• Lyndsie Russell - Redding - Enterprise High School

•  Bradley Rutledge - Chowchilla - Chowchilla Union High School

• Jon-Paul Salvador - Visalia - El Diamante High School

• Jessica Santillan - Bakersfield - Foothill High School

• Joline Smith - Madera - Liberty High School

• Tristan Soemali - Fresno - Clovis West High School

• Roman Sook - Hanford - University High School

• Tracy Takeda - Fowler - Fowler High School

• Katherine Urabe - Livermore - Livermore High School

• Erica Voris - Atwater - Buhach Colony High School

• Clifton Wahlberg - Fresno - Bullard High School

• Kramer Walker - Clovis - Clovis East High School

For more information contained in this release, please go to the following Web site:
Smittcamp Family Honors College