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Feb, 2016

Uni track & field records reconstructed, sort of . . .

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[Posted February 5, 2016] Thanks to the new Rekortan S all-weather track installed last fall, Uni will once again host track & field meets for the first time in more than a decade this spring. Pictured above: From the 1974 Chieftain, David Duffy (at right) and Steve Rosen in the 220-yard dash vs. Pali! In conjunction with this, the Uni Hi Education Foundation has received multiple alumni requests for a current list of Uni school track & field records. For decades, the Uni records “list” was kept on a giant […]

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Feb, 2016

Uni football star Eugene Ford headed to Hawaii

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[Posted February 3, 2016] Congratulations to Uni senior and All-City football star Eugene Ford, who signed a National Letter of Intent to enroll (and play) at the University of Hawaii. Ford (6-2, 185 lbs.) played wide receiver and safety at Uni, but was recruited to be a defensive back for the Rainbow Warriors. Pictured above: Eugene Ford signing his National Letter of Intent (Photo courtesy University HS) Ford signed his National Letter of Intent in a ceremony in the Uni gym on February 3, the first day on which commitments […]

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Feb, 2016

Uni receives NFL “Golden Football” honoring Steve Smith, Sr.

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[Posted February 2, 2016] As a part of the National Football League’s salute to Super Bowl 50, Uni received a Wilson Golden Football as part of its Super Bowl High School Honor Roll. The Honor Roll initiative recognizes schools and communities that contributed to Super Bowl history and positively impacted the game of football. From the NFL: “High schools across the nation, and around the world, will receive a commemorative Wilson Golden Football for every player or head coach who graduated from their school and was on an active Super […]

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Feb, 2016

Warriors & Wildcats Report no. 32 now posted

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[Posted February 1, 2016] The new “Yearbooks” section of the UHEF Web site is now online, with all the details in the new issue 32 of the Warriors & Wildcats Report: Check out the first Uni yearbooks now digitized on UHEF.org! You can page through the years, and buy a download for yourself! Uni’s first home track meet in years set for March 11 vs. Dorsey Track & field school records list posted, but help is needed Massive new YMCA building taking shape at Ohio & Westgate Classes of 1986 […]

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Jan, 2016

Massive YMCA building taking shape

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[Posted January 31, 2016] University High School principal Eric Davidson reports that the Collins & Katz Family YMCA now under construction at Westgate and Ohio Avenues is well on its way to completion: “The YMCA held its topping-out ceremony in November. The roof structure should be complete before El Nino arrives. They are on schedule to be open November of 2016. We are collaborating on a schedule for our instructional and athletics programs.” If you are in the Uni vicinity and have a chance to see this project, it’s quite […]

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Jan, 2016

Eight Uni Yearbooks now available to view online!

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[Posted January 25, 2016] The first eight of more than 90 Uni yearbooks are now online at the UHEF.org Web site and can be viewed by clicking here! When you get to the Yearbooks page, you can click on any of the covers and browse any of the books now online. If you click the “Take Me to” button below each cover, you’ll be taken to another page with options for: (1) Buying a download (PDF) of that yearbook, for $99, or (2) Buying a download (PDF) of that yearbook […]

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Jan, 2016

Thanks to our October, November and December contributors!

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[Posted January 16, 2016] The mission of the Uni Hi Education Foundation is to raise funds for the continued support of Uni’s academic, athletic and performing arts programs. Created in 1985 to counter the effects on Uni of budget cuts across the L.A. Unified School District, more than $800,000 has been raised to assist faculty and students. Anyone can contribute: 103-year-old Hal Cunningham, who attended the school when it was known as Warren G. Harding High, joined the ranks of donors in 2014 and helped out again in 2015! We […]

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Jan, 2016

Warriors & Wildcats Report no. 31 now posted

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[Posted January 15, 2016] It’s a new year at Uni and there’s lots to report about in the new issue 31 of the Warriors & Wildcats Report: Auditions start for “Disney’s High School Musical” Uni Academic Performance Index up 25.5% from 2000 Uni yearbooks project in test phase; launch coming soon! Fish fry! Uni hoopsters down Palisades, 63-57! Classes of 1986 and 1996: are you holding reunions? Happy 91st birthday to Coach Dick Kampmann! Ann Karagozian ’74 named interim UCLA Vice Chancellor! All Greek to me: freestyle class names from […]

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Jan, 2016

UCLA promotes Ann Karagozian ‘74 to Interim Vice Chancellor post

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[Posted January 14, 2016] Ann Karagozian ‘74, a longtime professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and former chair of the UCLA Academic Senate, was named as UCLA’s Interim Vice Chancellor for Research on January 11, effective immediately. Pictured above: Prof. Ann Karagozian ‘74 (Photo courtesy UCLA) More from the UCLA announcement: Karagozian, who joined the faculty in 1982, will lead a research enterprise that consistently ranks among the nation’s powerhouses. In the last fiscal year, UCLA received more than $1 billion in competitively awarded grants and contracts and approved more […]

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Jan, 2016

Uni yearbooks coming to UHEF early in 2016

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[Posted January 10, 2016] There have been several constants over the more than 90 years of University High School, such as the Administration Building, the spring, and the school yearbook. You have to visit Uni to see the campus and the spring, But soon, you’ll be able to enjoy the yearbooks without leaving home! The Uni Hi Education Foundation has undertaken, in concert with the school, the task of having all of the available yearbooks digitized and made available online, on the UHEF.org site. Once opened, readers will be able […]

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