Photos from the Henry T. Nicholas, III Foundation > 2010 NICHOLAS ACADEMIC CENTER GRADUATION CELEBRATION
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2010 Nicholas Academic Center Graduation Celebration
Broadcom Co-Founder Henry Nicholas and Retired Superior Court Judge Jack Mandel join graduates and their families on stage at the 2010 Nicholas Academic Center Graduation Ceremony, held at the Nicholas Residence in Newport Coast.
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Students and Parents at the Graduation Celebration
Students and parents enjoy dinner prior to the ceremony at the 2010 NAC Graduation Celebration. The Centers helped graduating seniors secure more than $1 million in scholarships and financial aid.
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Students and Parents Await The Start of The Graduation Ceremony
Students and parents dine during the pre-ceremony program at the 2010 NAC graduation celebration.
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Jack Mandel's first mentee joins Henry Nicholas and the NAC senior leadership
Harvard-trained lawyer Raul Tapia was the first student Judge Jack Mandel mentored. Tapia, pictured here with Henry Nicholas, Mandel and new NAC Assistant Executive Director Corina, met then-attorney Mandel as a student at Cal State Fullerton. Tapia was a surprise speaker at the NAC Graduation Celebration, where he told students not to be intimidated by the elite colleges that many students plan to attend.
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Henry Nicholas and Judge Jack Mandel with NAC Valedictorians
Henry Nicholas and Judge Jack Mandel are joined on stage by Mariana Hernandez (l), the Santa Ana High Valedictorian who is attending Georgetown, and Genesis Luviano, Valley High Valedictorian, who is headed to Smith College.
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Leading Victims' Advocate Joins Graduation Event
Collene Campbell, one of the nation's leading victims' rights advocates, is interviewed at the 2010 Nicholas Academic Center Graduation Celebration. She works closely with Henry Nicholas, the chief architect of Marsy's Law, California's victims' bill of rights named for Nicholas' sister who was murdered in 1983.
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Henry Nicholas and Corina Espinoza Kick Off the Program
Henry Nicholas and new NAC assistant executive director Dr. Corina Espinoza open the graduation celebration at the Nicholas' residence in Newport Coast, CA. More than four hundred people attended the second annual event.
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Henry Nicholas Addresses the Audience at the NAC Graduation Celebration
Henry Nicholas opens the program at the 2010 NAC Graduation Celebration. He introduced guests to the new NAC Assistant Executive Director Dr. Corina Espinoza, who is a higher education expert.
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Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido speaks at the 2010 NAC Graduation
Miguel Pulido, Mayor of Santa Ana and a strong supporter of the Nicholas Academic Centers, urges students to stay focused and work hard to succeed.
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Judge Jack Mandel Addresses the Graduation Celebration
Retired Superior Court Judge Jack Mandel, who formed the Nicholas Academic Centers with Henry Nicholas in 2007, praises Dr. Nicholas for having the vision and conviction to believe in the after-school tutoring and mentoring program.
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Surprise Speaker Raul Tapia Addresses the Graduation Ceremony
Raul Tapia, Judge Jack Mandel's "Student #1" years before there was a Nicholas Academic Center, was a surprise guest at the 2010 NAC Graduation Celebration. Tapia was a student at Cal State Fullerton when he met Mandel, then an attorney in private practice. Inspired by the future judge, Tapia graduated at the top of his class and went on to Harvard Law School, Harvard's Kennedy School and a successful business career.
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Raul Tapia and Judge Jack Mandel at the 2010 NAC Graduation
Raul Tapia, the first student Judge Jack Mandel mentored, long before there was the Nicholas Academic Center, was the surprise guest at the graduation celebration. The two men had not seen each other in years.
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Episcopal Bishop J. Jon Bruno Interviewed at the Graduation Event
Bishop J. Jon Bruno of the Los Angeles Episcopal Diocese is interviewed at the Nicholas Academic Center Graduation Celebration. Bruno, a close friend of Henry Nicholas, led the celebrants in an invocation to open the program.
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UC Irvine Education Department Chair Deborah Low Vandell Attends the Event
Deborah Lowe Vandell, chair of the education department at UC Irvine, attended the NAC Graduation Celebration. A UCI education department team is partnering with the Nicholas Academic Centers to establish metrics and apply scientific tools to track the Centers' performance and scalability.