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CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY

Premed Junior Wins $30,000 Scholarship

Chapman University junior Kristina Cordasco has been awarded a $30,000 Truman Foundation Scholarship, considered to be among the most prestigious in the United States. Cordasco was one of only three Californians to win the honor.

Established by Congress in 1975, the Truman Foundation grants scholarships to 85 students each year who are seeking careers in public service and demonstrate outstanding leadership potential.

To win the award, Cordasco, a premed student from Upland, described a public policy proposal that would link children’s health insurance to their school districts.

Cordasco plans to earn concurrent doctorate degrees in medicine and health policy.

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SADDLEBACK COLLEGE

State Librarian to Discuss Funding

State Librarian Kevin Starr will address funding problems facing public libraries in California--particularly those in Orange County--during an appearance Thursday at the campus. Starr will speak from 7:30 to 9 p.m in Room 212 of the Student Services Center. The college is at 28000 Marguerite Parkway. Information: (714) 582-4542.

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CAL STATE FULLERTON

Clergy to Discuss Interfaith Dialogue

Religious leaders will discuss the challenge of interfaith dialogue today at a meeting at Cal State Fullerton.

Speakers will include: Rabbi Alfred Wolf, director of the Skirball Institute on American Values of the American Jewish Committee; the Rev. John Nix-McReynolds, pastor of the Second Baptist Church in Santa Ana; Imam Muzamimil Siddiqi, director of the Islamic Society of Orange County, and Benjamin Hubbard, professor and chairman of religious studies at Cal State Fullerton.

The free session will be at 7:30 p.m. in the University Center Gabrielino Room.

Information: (714) 773-3452.

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COUNTYWIDE

Hospital Auxiliary Offers College Aid

The Tenderheart Auxiliary of La Palma Intercommunity Hospital is offering scholarships to second-year college students planning to enter the medical field. Applicants must live in La Palma, Cerritos, Cypress, Artesia or Buena Park, or be an employee of the hospital.

Scholarship applications are available at the visitor information desk in the hospital lobby, 7901 Walker St., La Palma. The deadline to apply is May 19.

Information: (714) 670-6024.

--COMPILED BY JEFF BEAN, ALAN EYERLY, MIMI KO AND LESLEY WRIGHT