SPRING 2005
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Patrick Shyu
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COURTESY OF PATRICK SHYU
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EECS senior wins inaugural Gene Kan scholarship
EECS senior Patrick Shyu was recently chosen as the inaugural winner of the Gene Kan Memorial Scholarship for his website, Final Distance, created in 2002 and now used by thousands of Berkeley students to construct conflict-free class schedules.
The award, established in memory of alumnus Gene Kan (B.S.’97 EECS), carries a $1,000 cash prize for an undergraduate who has developed a simple, useful technology in keeping with the late Kan’s innovative spirit.
Shyu is honored by the recognition, he says, and hopes it will inspire others to develop their own projects. “Students can’t just rely on coursework to get them by,” he says. “They must develop zeal through independent work.”
For more details, see Forefront's fall 2003 story on Gene Kan.
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