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Past Recipients

2008
Kholoud Abdullah
Jasmin Cartagena
Tiffany Chan
Jaya Darke
Mark Grossman
Caroline Ha
Joseph Harmon
Kiara Hernandez
Alice Ho
Connie Lau
Eva Lau
Kayla Peng
Anna Poon
Judy Pun
Xiaomei Ruan
Jia-Yin Shum
Torbertha Tobor
Kim Tran
Anna Yeung
Ye Zou

2007
Mengyuan (Amily) He
Vivian Chan
Darielle Davis
Jennifer Kong
Damon Mok
Nhi Truong
Sandra Yang
Huber Trenado
Tracy Zirbel
Derek Chan
Jonathan Ham
Susan Deng
Kristin Hong
Catherine Miller
Ngoc Mai Trinh
Frederick Wang
Nathifa Wright

2006
Ho-hin Choy
Eric Hong
Howard Lo
Khornthy Son
Garrett Chow
Tammy Nguyen
Julie Chao
Judy Saechao
Rolando Ramirez
Cindy Nham
Winnie Chan
Cindy Saetern

2005
Bao Chau Nguyen
Charlotta Chan
Lucia Kuang
Lena Thu Tran
Katherine Academia
Julia Black Ling
Rebecca Chan
Jennifer Ham
Rachel Harmon
Irene Ho
Jamie Kozono
Janet Pan

2004
Helen Pho
Ashley Chambers
Baongor 
     Emerald Tran
Samuel Becerra
Carrie Jun Cai
Anna Lau
Jeffrey Lee
Tiffany Louie
Aditi Shastri
Jue Wang

2003
Quyen Vo
Christina Kwan
Chandan Misra
Matthew Lee
Linh Dao
Anjali Shastri
Brian Brocious
Anders Chan
Vicki Chan
Sergio Martinez
Robert Middleton
Wei Bang Mei

2002
Adam Briones

AEA 2008 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

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About AEA

The Asian Employees Association (AEA) at the Port of Oakland is a non-profit organization founded by Port employees in 1991. Membership to the association is open to anyone regardless of ethic or cultural background. The goals of AEA are:

• To promote mutual understanding and goodwill by organizing Asian cultural programs for all Port of Oakland employees and community members to enjoy

• To inspire and reward outstanding academic achievement among our Oakland high school students as well as children of current Port of Oakland employees, through the AEA Scholarship Program.

AEA Scholarship Program

In 1993 the AEA established a scholarship program to encourage deserving high school students from the community to pursue post-secondary education. The program has grown steadily over the years, and to date the AEA has awarded 126 scholarships totaling $160,500.

In 2008, AEA expects to award scholarships from $1,000 to $4,000 up to a total of $30,000.

Criteria for Scholarship Application:

• Applicant must be a resident of the City of Oakland and currently enrolled in an Oakland public or private high school. Applicants who are children of the Port of Oakland employees may be enrolled in any high school.

• Applicants of any ethnic or cultural background are encouraged to apply.

• Applicant must be a high school senior who intends to pursue a bachelor's degree at an accredited university or college on a full time basis.

• Applicant must possess an overall grade point average of 3.0 (B average) or better.

Application Requirements:

To apply for a scholarship award, the following must be submitted to the AEA Scholarship Committee for review:

• A completed scholarship application form.

• Three essays personally written by the applicant. The essay topics are specified on the following application form. If the essays submitted are irrelevant to the essay topics, the application will be disqualified.

• Applicant's official transcript from the applicant's school (may be sent separately directly from the school). The transcript must bear the school's official seal.

• A letter of recommendation from the applicant's current high school instructor or counselor (may be sent separately directly from the author).

Selection Criteria:

The AEA Scholarship Committee will carefully review all applications. Selected applicants will be invited to interview with the committee and awarded scholarships based on:

• Potential for academic achievement.

• Potential for impact on the community, both immediate and long-term.

Deadline to submit application materials:

Completed scholarship application packet must be submitted to the AEA Scholarship Committee by the following dates:

1) If submitting by U.S. Postal Service mail, applications must be postmarked no later than January 25, 2008.

2) If submitting in person, applications must be delivered to the Port of Oakland offices no later than 4:30 p.m. on Monday, January 28, 2008.

Application packets should be addressed and mailed or hand-delivered to:

AEA Scholarship Committee
Port of Oakland
530 Water Street
Oakland, CA 94607

The AEA Scholarship Committee will review the applications and invite a select number of applicants to a personal interview to be held on Saturday, March 29, 2008. The selected applicants will be notified of the time and place of their individual interview. Participation at this interview is mandatory.

The Scholarship awardees will be recognized on May 2, 2008 at a fundraising dinner sponsored by the AEA. PLEASE NOTE: Distributions of scholarship award funds are made upon confirmation of the students' registration at a post-secondary education institution.

To download an application form, please click here. The file is in Microsoft Word format. Please do not make any additional changes beyond entering your information into the appropriate cells.

For additional information about the AEA's 2008 scholarship program, you may contact any of the following Scholarship Committee members: