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Spotlighting ICS Veterans

Each year, as we honor military veterans of the United States Armed Forces and express our gratitude for their service, the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences (ICS) spotlights some of its veterans.

This year, we highlight three students:

Veteran Jixing Bian

Aims to Support Environmental Values with Computer Science

Veteran Tucker Goldman

Returns to School After Five Years of Service

Veteran Zixu Yu

Hopes to Continue Serving His Country

Student Spotlight: U.S. Marine Corps Put Cheonwoo Seo on Path to Business Information Management at UCI (2021)
Staff Spotlight: Veteran Filbert Fontejon Captures and Communicates Essence of ICS (2020)
Student Spotlight: Veteran Mario Rodriguez Thankful for Opportunity to Serve (2019)
Student Spotlight: Veteran Chauncy Sapien Hopes to Create Software to Support the U.S. Military (2019)
Student Spotlight: UCI Feels Like Home for Navy Veteran and Computer Science Major Timothy Tomas (2018)

2022 Veterans Day Ceremony

Thursday, November 10, 2022 @ 9:00am – 10:00am
Location: UCI Flagpoles (near Aldrich Hall)

The Veteran Services Center (VSC) invites the UCI campus and local communities to our 2022 Veterans Day Ceremony. Please join us as we honor and thank those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces.

During the event, attendees will be invited to view a U.S. Air Force flyover of a C-12 Huron from Edwards Air Force Base and a static display of a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) from the U.S. Army Reserve. Complimentary coffee and pastries will be available for those in attendance.

We hope to see you there to celebrate our campus and community military veterans!

poster of veterans day ceremony with same info as above

Veterans Day Ceremony PDF

2021 UCI Veterans Day Ceremony
National Anthem

Featuring ICS Veteran Filbert Fontejon

We are grateful to those in our ICS family who have served and to veterans everywhere who have fought for our freedom.

If you are a veteran, be sure to visit the Veteran Services Center (VSC), which assists military-connected students in navigating student life at UCI.