WHEELING, WV, May 12, 2010 — DoBin Choi, of Bucheon, Korea, has been named Wheeling Jesuit University's valedictorian for the class of 2010 and will address her classmates, their families and honored guests at the 10:30 a.m. commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 15, held in the Alma Grace McDonough Center.

The daughter of Seungyul Choi and Gapchul Kim, also of Korea, Choi is a biology and mathematics major and has been accepted into the West Virginia University School of Dentistry.

“This is a great honor,” she said. ”I thank my parents, family, friends and professors for their help and ongoing support throughout college.” Her choice of a medical career means that she's joining her parents in the healthcare field, since her father is an orthopedic surgeon and her mother is a pharmacist.

Choi was selected on the basis of grade point average and academic merit.

A 4.0 student and Laut Scholar at the university, Choi has taken part in the Stephen J. Laut Honors Program, a rigorous four-year program intended for students with a record of exceptional academic achievement. She also is a violinist in the WJU campus ministry choir.

Choi is also the outgoing president of the WJU Appalachian Experience Club, a WJU small prayer group leader, former president of Students Promoting Aids Awareness. She is a member of several honor societies, including the Alpha Epsilon Delta (prehealth), TriBeta (biology), Kappa Mu Epsilon (math) and Alpha Sigma Nu, (Jesuit). Additionally, Choi lived at the Mother Jones House, an intentional Christian service community located in East Wheeling for her junior year.

Her speech Saturday will focus on the appropriate theme of “beginning a new chapter of life.”

Her address and the entire ceremony will be streamed online at www.wju.edu. WJU has 336 graduates receiving dipolomas this spring, including 107 graduate and 229 that undergraduate degrees. A total of 263 graduates are expected to walk in the ceremony.