Orange County is home to numerous community colleges, four-year colleges, and universities. The ACS Orange County Section has a tradition of honoring the most outstanding student at each school. The choice of the student is made by the faculty at each school, and both the student and his/her sponsoring faculty member are honored at an Awards Dinner each spring. Each of these students has his/her name engraved upon the school’s perpetual plaque and receives a certificate and a monetary award.
The schools who normally participate in this program are:
- Cal. State University Fullerton
- Cerritos College
- Chapman University
- Concordia University
- Cypress College
- Fullerton College
- Golden West College
- Irvine Valley College
- Mt. San Antonio College
- Orange Coast College
- Saddleback College
- Santa Ana College
- Santiago Canyon College
- University of California, Irvine
- Vanguard University of Southern California
Awardwinner names and photographs from previous College Dinners are available by selecting the links below.
Unfortunately, the College Awards Dinners during 2020-2022 had to be canceled owing to the pandemic, but the best students were still awarded.
College Award Dinners - past years
| Date | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| April 26, 2024 | Flyer | Dinner program | |
| April 28, 2023 | Flyer | Dinner program | Photos |
| 2022 | Awardwinners | Dinner canceled (owing to Coronavirus pandemic) | |
| 2021 | Awardwinners | Dinner canceled (owing to Coronavirus pandemic) | |
| 2020 | Awardwinners | Dinner canceled (owing to Coronavirus pandemic) | |
| 2019 | Flyer | Dinner program | Photos |
| 2018 | Flyer | Dinner program | Photos |
| 2017 | Flyer | Dinner program | Photos |
| 2016 | Flyer | Dinner Program | Photos |
| 2015 | Flyer | Dinner program | Photos |
| 2014 | Flyer | ||
| 2013 | Flyer | ||
| 2012 | Flyer | ||
| 2011 | Flyer | ||
| 2010 | Flyer | ||