2024-25 President's Scholars

Wyatt Johnson

Albert Zoraster President’s Scholar
Major: Animal Science
Don B. Huntley College of Agriculture
Activities: Vice-President of Avian and Exotic Animal Academy; Treasurer of Pre-Vet Club; Scheduler of Zoologists of Cal Poly Pomona; Author; Hippotherapy Volunteer; Assistant Scoutmaster; Wildlife Monitor

Ethan Bolos

Mark Aldrich President’s Scholar
Major: Accounting
College of Business Administration
Activities: FRL Department Student Assistant; Treasurer of Pilipino Graduation; Treasurer of Barkada; Business Marketing Coordinator of CPP’s 34th Annual Pilipino American Culture Night; President of Beta Alpha Psi - Iota Chi Chapter; Public Relations Director of Cal Poly Society of Accountants

Piuneh Mehdikhani

Eileen and Michael Considine President’s Scholar
Major: Management and Human Resources
College of Business Administration
Activities: Professionals in Human Resources Association (PIHRA); Woodward Inc. Human Resources intern; Life Group Leader

Lana Hy

Gregoire Family President’s Scholar
Major: Management and Human Resources
College of Business Administration
Activities: Kellogg Honors College; Human Resources Intern at Los Angeles County Development Authority; Student Writer and Editor at CPP’s Department of Strategic Communications; Orientation Leader at CPP’s Office of New Student Programs and Family Engagement

Haiam Ibrahim

Gwen Evans La Bounty President’s Scholar and Jasen Strand Memorial President's Scholar
Major: Integrated Teacher Education
College of Education and Integrative Studies
Activities: Lopez Urban Farm Community Volunteer; Community Cook; Mother of Five; substitute teacher

Stevie Burns

Roberts Family President’s Scholar
Major: Liberal Studies, Pre-Credential Option
College of Education and Integrative Studies
Activities: Liberal Studies Club

Andres C. Torres

Chang Family President’s Scholar
Major: Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering
Activities: CPP Liquid Rocket Lab: Mechanism and Controls Engineer; Treasurer of CPP Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics; WAVE Fellow, Caltech Autonomous Robotics and Controls Lab

Jai Sutaria

Oscar Perlaza President’s Scholar
Major: Mechanical Engineering (Computer Science minor)
College of Engineering
Activities: oSTEM Board Member; Social Justice Leader at the Asian and Pacific Islander Center; Achieve Scholars Program; Kellogg Honors College; Café Con Libros Press Volunteer

Tom Solomon

Shelton Family President’s Scholar
Major: Computer Engineering
College of Engineering
Activities: Barkada; Southern California Engineering Technology Association (President); Tau Beta Pi; UMBRA (Avionics Team); UAV Banshee, Communications Team; Bronco Navigators mentor; IT Student Assistant

Justin Mills

Iana Williams President’s Scholar
Major: Civil Engineering
College of Engineering
Activities: Building Manager at Bronco Recreation Intermural Complex; Kellogg Honors College; Construction Engineering Management Association; American Society of Civil Engineers; Maximizing Engineering Potential; CPP Farm to pantry events; volunteer football coach at Redland East Valley

Faheem Gulzar

Frank D. Whitehead Family President’s Scholar (Graduate)
Major: Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering
Activities: Afrofuturism Scholar; American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Treasurer; World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Ambassador; soccer; music; backpacking; exploring

Ilke (LK) Suzer

James H. Jones President’s Scholar
Major: Urban and Regional Planning; Finance, Real Estate and Law
Colleges of Environmental Design and Business Administration
Activities: ASI Student Body President; ENV Senator and Senator Pro-temp; board member of ENV Student Council, American Planning Student Association, and California State Student Association; Kellogg Honors College; APA-Orange County Young and Emerging Planners Division

Kat Chavez

Rinehart Family Scholarship (Graduate)
Major: Landscape Architecture
College of Environmental Design
Activities: Marketing and Project Coordinator for NOW Art, Los Angeles (a public art consulting agency); MudMobile Educator at the American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona; Certified California Native Plant Landscaper

Jucinda Lopez

Al Levie Family President’s Scholar
Major: Hospitality Management
The Collins College of Hospitality Management
Activities: Association of Event Professionals (ASEP); Club Management Association of America (CMMA); Hotel, Resort, and Destination Professionals (HRDP); National Society of Minorities in Hospitality (HRDP); City of Azusa Administrative Services Intern 

 

Bahare Maleki

The Lundberg Family Foundation President’s Scholar
Majors: Hospitality Management
The Collins College of Hospitality Management
Activities: Eta Sigma Delta Honors Society

Katherine Priest

Arthur M. Berman President’s Scholar
Major: Communication/Multimedia Journalism and Philosophy/Law and Society
College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences
Activities: President, Philosophy Club; President, Phi Sigma Tau; Treasurer, Society of Professional Journalists; Ethics Bowl Team Captain; California Center for Ethics and Policy Student Fellow; Pearson Campus Ambassador; Audio Editor, Poly Post

Stacie Gines

Bernard and Lucie Bidart President’s Scholar
Major: English – Education Emphasis
College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences
Activities: Paraeducator I for Chino Valley USD; Former Parent Faculty Association 501(c)(3) President, Vice President, Secretary, Fundraising Chair; Living Beauty Cancer Foundation member; Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society; Teacher Preparation Institute at Mt. San Antonio College 

Fionn Entus

Annette F. and Morton J. Blumner President’s Scholar
Major: English, Applied Linguistics and Anthropology, Applied
College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences
Activities: Alpha Lambda Delta Academic Honor Society; Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society, CORE (Club and Organization); Bronco Navigator Mentor; CLASS Council Vice President, former Secretary; INSAN Pomona to feed the homeless; Bronco LEAD; Orientation Team Captain at Office of New Student Programs and Family Engagement; Club and Organization Development Leader

Pedro Rosales

Nicole Christine Coté President’s Scholar
Major: Sociology
College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences
Activities: Cal Poly Pomona,s Bat Night; Crimedia lab; Lab Research Assistant, Freelance Menu-making

Vanessa Fuentes

Hugh and Judy La Bounty President’s Scholar
Major: Public Relations and Minor in Marketing Management
College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences
Activities: Hermanas Unidas-Chair; CLASS Council-Chair; Mexican American Students Association Chair; American Marketing Association; Student Assistant to the CLASS Communication Department; Reading; Hiking; Tennis

Katelyn Smith

Lowell Overton President’s Scholar
Major: Sociology, Social Work
College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences
Activities: Alpha Xi Delta Sorority Programming Director & Academic Achievement Director; Social Services and Practitioner Alliance Club Vice President; Associated Students Incorporated (ASI) Bronco Events & Activities Team Student Activities Supervisor; CLASS Student Success Center Intern; Degy Entertainment Intern

Joselyn Archila-Tello

Norman Williamson Jr. Family President’s Scholar
Major: Master’s in Public Administration
College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences
Activities: Interacting with different cultures to learn customs and traditions 

Hasti Abbasi Kenarsari

Dr. Andrew G. Chong President's Scholar
Major: Computer Science
College of Science
Activities: Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Fellow at UCLA (Break Through Tech); Director of Logistics at FAST (Forensics and Security Technology); Scheduler/Social Chair SheCodes, Corporate/External Committee
Representative at Society of Women Engineers; Ambassador of Maximizing Engineering Potential, Women in Science and Engineering; CPP Water Polo; CPP Orientation Leader

Olivia Walsh

Siu Family President’s Scholar
Major: Physics
College of Science
Activities: Kellogg Honors College, Physics Research Assistant, President of the Society of Physics Students, Women and Gender Minorities in Physics, and Learning Assistant for the Physics Department

Maggie Dillon

Kim Family President’s Scholar (Graduate)
Major: Master’s in Biology
College of Science
Activities: President of the Biology Graduate Student Association; PADI Scuba Dive Instructor; Associated Students Incorporated Dive Center Supervisor