Strauss Foundation News
A short film by senior film production major Nikole Lim titled "Ca Mau, Vietnam: the 600 Lepers" was selected as one of 35 semifinalists in the 2008 Film Your Issue (FYI)competition. View the film at http://think.mtv.com/groups/FilmYourIssue
Daniel wins a $10,000 DO SOMETHING Award, formerly called the BR!CK Award. The BR!CK Awards is the only televised award show about changing the world- CNN dubbed it "the Oscars of youth service awards". See his website at www.gmpc.org
Thomas Oliver (2008 Scholar from Caltech) is part of the effort to expand the reach of a non-profit organization making wheelchairs from used mountain bikes. Intelligent Mobility has been named a Top 10 New World-Changing Innovation.
Gariella Wong, 2008 Scholar from UC Davis, was the only student asked to address the UC Davis community at "The Centennial Convocation: A Century of Doing What Matters".