Jenny Doh & Manuel Gómez

Jenny Doh and Manuel Gomez - Turning Point in Leadership

Jenny Doh and Manuel Gomez - Mentor

Jenny Doh and Manuel Gomez - Character of the UCI Campus

Jenny Doh and Manuel Gomez - Leadership and Community Service

Jenny Doh and Manuel Gomez - Student Leadership

Jenny Doh and Manuel Gomez - UCI Impact on Orange County

Jenny Doh and Manuel Gomez - Why Gomez Came to UCI

Jenny Doh and Manuel Gomez - What Doh Gained

Jenny Doh and Manuel Gomez - Turning Point in Leadership

Gomez comments on 1990 which he considers a pivotal year because it represented a turning point in UCI student leadership. During this year Jenny Doh became the first Asian and first UCI Student Regent.

Jenny Doh and Manuel Gomez - Mentor

Doh recalls former UCI Vice Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien as a mentor, who encouraged her to become a student regent even if it meant staying an extra year. He said, "Go for it Jenny."

Jenny Doh and Manuel Gomez - Character of the UCI Campus

Gomez reflects on the character of the UCI Campus. Gomez shares a story Chancellor Dan Aldrich in 1967/68 and the trees in Aldrich Park. Gomez comments that the story reveals the spirit of student leaders.

Jenny Doh and Manuel Gomez - Leadership and Community Service

Doh reflects on Jack Peltason using his voice to help tell the UCI story and his support of El Sol, a charter school in Santa Ana which Jenny Doh helped found. Gomez talks about student leadership and continued community service after UCI.

Jenny Doh and Manuel Gomez - Student Leadership

Doh talks about being a student leader and asks Manuel Gomez how he reacted to when students became critical with him. In response, Gomez comments on affirmative action programs at UIC and how UCI became ground zero for opposing University of California policy.

Jenny Doh and Manuel Gomez - UCI Impact on Orange County

Gomez discusses the impact of UCI's growth on Orange County especially as it relates to diversification.

Jenny Doh and Manuel Gomez - Why Gomez Came to UCI

Gomez reflects on why he came to UCI in 1972. He mentions current statistics about incoming freshmen who are first generation college students.

Jenny Doh and Manuel Gomez - What Doh Gained

Doh reflects on what she gained as a UCI student. She also recalls writing classes at UCI and the work she did on herself in the School of Social Sciences.

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Oral history video between Jenny Doh & Manuel Gómez

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