June 10, 2004

Glenda Peace Of C.H.U.M. Program
Honored For Service To Community

By Michael Dabney

Glenda Peace, program coordinator of the Consortium of Community, High Schools, Undergraduate and the Medical Schools (CHUM) outreach program at the University of California San Diego, was honored recently by the San Diego Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. for her contributions and service to the community through the CHUM program.

Glenda Peace accepts award with husband Park Trefts, Ph.D., director of UCSD's CHUM science outreach program, and Delta Sigma representative.

Peace was among 18 other area women recognized last month for community service at the sorority’s 15th Annual MiLady Breakfast in Mission Valley, which was co-sponsored by the San Diego Delta Foundation, Inc.

Peace, a graduate of the University of California at Davis and the Thomas Jefferson University School of Law in San Diego, works closely with her husband CHUM director Park Trefts, Ph.D., in administering CHUM’s science outreach initiatives at UCSD through Student Educational Advancement (Student Affairs).

A proven and longstanding program, CHUM was established to increase interest and participation in science among educationally disadvantaged middle school and high school students from academically low-achieving areas of San Diego, and to enhance these students’ readiness for competitive college admission. The program was begun in 1992 under the UCSD School of Medicine and currently serves primarily three San Diego area schools: San Diego High, Memorial Academy and Crawford High School, and has worked with several other schools over the years.

“Dr. Trefts and I are especially proud that former CHUM students are now enrolled, graduated from, or recently admitted to such competitive schools as UCSD, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Harvard, University of San Diego, UCLA, Yale, Columbia, Spelman and Morehouse,” says Peace, who was also recognized at the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority event for her community service in the Jack and Jill of America, Inc. (San Diego Chapter) organization.

“It is important for all of us in the community to remain constantly vigilant in our support of education, and we must constantly encourage our young children to achieve an excellent education,” she adds.

The CHUM program also received community recognition last November when Trefts received the “Unsung Heroes Award” in Education from the San Diego Chapter of the NAACP for his leadership in CHUM and for the program’s achievements in science outreach in Southeast San Diego.

Media Contact: Michael Dabney, (858) 822-3432