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CPF names Northern Section’s 2019-2020 scholarship recipients

By Juan Borrelli, AICP, President, California Planning Foundation

Since 1970, the California Planning Foundation (CPF) has worked to further the professional practice of planning in California, primarily by providing scholarships to university students entering their final year of eligible undergraduate and graduate degree planning programs. Criteria for the scholarships include academic performance, financial need, increasing diversity in the planning profession, and a commitment to serve the planning profession in California after graduation.

This year, a total of 36 planning students from across the state are receiving 37 scholarships totaling $62,000. They include 14 students from Northern Section who will be recognized on Sunday, Sept. 15, at the “CPF Student Scholarship Awards and Professional Networking Luncheon in honor of Richard H. Weaver” during the APA California Conference in Santa Barbara:

Outstanding Student Scholarship ($5,000)

Marta Polovin – University of California, Berkeley

Outstanding Student Scholarship, Runner-Up ($3,000 each)

Elena Eimert – University of California, Berkeley

Ashley Wagner – University of California, Berkeley

Diversity in Planning Scholarship ($3,000)

 

Amiel Leano Atanacio – University of California, Berkeley

Merit Scholarship ($3,000 each)

 

Lily Maclver – University of California, Berkeley

 

Shannon McCarthy – University of California, Berkeley

Paul Wack Sustainability Scholarship ($1,000)

 

Lauren Dickenson – San José State University

Planners4Health Scholarship ($1,000)

 

Ashley Wagner – University of California, Berkeley

Ted Holzem Memorial Scholarship ($1,000)

 

Max Heninger – University of California, Berkeley, College of Environmental Design

Russell Fey/Central Valley Section Scholarship ($1,000)

Viridiana Santoyo – University of California, Berkeley

Northern Section Scholarship ($1,000 each)

 

Andrea Carranza – University of California, Berkeley

Isa Gillard – University of California, Berkeley

 

Beatriz Guerrero Auna – University of California, Berkeley

 

Mariela Herrick – University of California, Berkeley

Diego Rentería – University of California, Berkeley

Not only do we congratulate all of Northern Section’s 2019 CPF Scholarship winners, but we thank all of our Northern Section members who have supported CPF through past conference and section fundraising events with generous donations. Your support has made a difference in the lives of these students.

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