The Opportunity Scholars Program at the David Eccles School of Business honored its graduates with their annual Spring Luau. Friends, families, and donors gathered to celebrate with 40 graduating scholars.
The evening began with a presentation of each graduate. After receiving their graduation stole, lei, certificate of completion, and an engraved leader briefcase, each student spoke about their college journey and expressed gratitude to all those that helped make this dream a reality.
After the formalities, it was time to celebrate with Hawaiian food from Mokis and a fantastic show featuring traditional dances from five different Polynesian islands. Two scholars, sophomore John Sotele, and graduating senior Haylie Heale, even had the opportunity to perform dances from the Hawaiian Islands.
“I have been in this program for the last three years, and it all coming to an end at the luau this semester was very heartwarming,” said graduating senior Haylie Heale. “Everyone in this program has helped me graduate. The opportunity to offer my gratitude through my hula dance was a great ending to my college journey.”
Congratulations to our 2023 Opportunity Scholars graduates!
- Santiago Daniel Alpizar, Accounting BS
- Akimana Amandine, Family Commun & Human Dev BS
- Elvis L. Amin, Business Administration BS
- Gisselle Arias, Information Systems BS
- Raaz Kiran Bhatia, Finance BS; Information Systems BS
- Nicholas T Bowne, Communication BS
- Felipe Cedillo Gonzalez, Finance BS
- Christina Cotterall, Marketing BS
- Truong Huu Dang, Marketing BS
- Brandon Donoso Lopez, Information Systems BS
- Eduardo Alexander Estrella, Management BS
- Ana Ngingie Fifita, Operations & Supply Chain BS
- Eduardo Flores-Gonzalez, Finance BS
- Brenda Garcia Granillo, Finance BS
- Michael Anthony Napoleon, Gonzalez, Marketing BS; Operations & Supply Chain BS
- Susma Gurung, Marketing BS
- Haylie Nohea Akemi Agelu Heale, Marketing BS
- Michael Hernandez, Quantitative Analysis of Markets and Organizations (QAMO) BS
- Daniel Michael, Johnson, Finance BS
- Sahar Noor Kanishka, Biology HBS; Finance BS
- Charles Alexander Louisot, Operations & Supply Chain BS
- Naina S. Maile, Sociology BS
- Karen R. Melendez, Operations & Supply Chain BS
- Chi Bao Nguyen, Accounting BS
- Victoria Kim Nguyen, Business Administration BS; Marketing BS
- K Mwe Paw, English BA; Film and Media Arts BA
- Alexia Rubi Ramirez, Marketing BS
- Cyrus T. Raso, Finance BS
- Niraj Sanyasi, Information Systems BS
- Aastha Sharma, Finance BS; Information Systems BS
- Leticia De Carvalho, Smajlovic, Accounting BS
- Josh D. Soto, Business Administration BS
- Samisoni T. Tonga, Criminology BS
- Jimmy J. Trinh, Computer Science BCS
- Zurisadai Vasquez Bedolla, Business Administration BS; Spanish BA
- Edgar Melqui Vasquez, Finance BS
- Tommy Nguyen Vo, International Studies BA
- Mohammad Zubair, Finance BS
- Franco, Zuzunaga, Economics BS; Philosophy BS
The goal of the Opportunity Scholars Program at the Eccles School is to support and enhance the educational experience of first-generation business students as they progress toward graduation. For more information, visit Eccles.Link/opportunity-scholars.
Haylie Heale is a graduate of the David Eccles School of Business with degrees in Marketing and Information Systems. She is currently an intern for the Marketing and Communications department and a Diversity Ambassador for the Office for Student Inclusion.