[Chass-gradstudents] Grad Slam Final Winners

[CHASS Grad Affairs]

Dear Graduate Programs,
I am forwarding the Grad Slam Final competition winners.  Congratulations
to *Justin Huft*, *Nico Valdivia Henning*, and *Karina Alpayeva*!

Link to pictures from the Semifinals  Grad Slam Semifinals 2025
<https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjC7nCq>
and Final competition https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjC8Why


If anyone posts to social media, please credit Lyndsey Rankin as the
photographer and tag ucrchass.

Please assist me in circulating this message to your graduate programs.
Thank you!
Perla Fabelo
CHASS Graduate Student Services Lead

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Dear All,

We are thrilled to announce the winners of the UCR Grad Slam
<https://gsrc.ucr.edu/grad-slam-2025> Final competition.

   - Grand Prize: Angeliz Vargas Casillas, Mathematics
   - *Second Place: Justin Huft, Sociology*
   - *Third Place: Nico Valdivia Hennig, Spanish*
   - Audience Choice and Honorable Mention: Chujing Zheng, CEE
   - *Honorable Mention: Karina Alpayeva, Political Science*
   - Honorable Mention: Sushmitha Arumugam, Neuroscience
   - Honorable Mention: Mst Shamima Hossain, CS
   - Honorable Mention: Yi-Li Lam, BioMed
   - Honorable Mention: Hermona Yared, Public Policy





Please help us announce our winner and advertise the UCOP Live Stream where
Angeliz will compete against other UC champions. The UCOP online audience
will be able to vote for their Audience Choice Favorite on April 29th:
https://gradslam.universityofcalifornia.edu/finalists/



The shared marketing folder linked below has Grad Slam creative resources:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KIZt5W0OI11LjXuX9FPg_7b_EzpJBVW3?usp=drive_link





Regards



Laura





*_______________________________________________*

*Laura McGeehan, **Ph.D.*

*Director, Academic Preparation, Recruitment & Outreach (APRO.ucr.edu
<https://apro.ucr.edu/>)*

*UCR Graduate Division*

951 827 6124 |laura.mcgeehan at ucr.edu

University Office Building (UOB) Room 134

University of California, Riverside, CA 92521

*Preferred pronouns: she/her/they* <https://www.mypronouns.org/>

*I am working a hybrid schedule and will respond to e-mails as quickly as
possible.*



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