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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,489 posts) Thu Dec 18, 2014, 12:54 PM Dec 2014

2015 Rhodes Scholars Announced

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For some reason that I can't quite put my finger on, I was not notified of this event.

Potius sero quam numquam.

2015 Rhodes Scholars Announced

American Rhodes Scholarships Winners

Each year, on the Saturday preceding the Thanksgiving holiday, a new American Rhodes Scholar class is elected. These outstanding students are selected from a pool of candidates nominated by their colleges and universities. They commence their studies at Oxford the following October, widely across the University's academic disciplines.

To view photos and details of the most recent winners, click here.

To view complete details of winners since 2001 on the Association of American Rhodes Scholars website, click here.

To view lists of all winners since 1903, click here.

Press Release

List of Winners

Profiles of Winners

Hmmmm: no one from the University of Phoenix made the list.

Just in case you're feeling really proud of yourself for that swell job you did of changing a light bulb this morning, let me show you just one profile. They're all pretty much like this:

DISTRICT 7

Alabama

Ameen Barghi, Birmingham, is a senior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he majors in Neuroscience and Translational Research and minors in Chemistry and Biology. A Goldwater Scholar with a 4.0 G.P.A, he does extensive research in constraint-induced movement therapy for patients with multiple sclerosis, stroke and other diseases, and has many publications relating to his work. Ameen is also active in community programs relating to substance abuse, on a crisis line, in blood drives and hospital clinics. He speaks Azari and Farsi and has also done health-related work in Azerbaijan and Iran. He has also, for five years, been a clerk and floorman at a gas station and convenience store in Bessemer, Alabama. He is interested in developing clinical imaging systems and software technologies that could allow for earlier diagnosis of progressive diseases. Ameen will do a D.Phil. in Clinical Neuroscience at Oxford.

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2015 Rhodes Scholars Announced (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2014 OP

Strange. I wasn't notified either, and I'm a road scholar. Zorra Dec 2014 #1

Check the email address they have on file for you; it might be case-sensitive. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2014 #4

all of the people they selected are pretty looking through the pictures snooper2 Dec 2014 #2

So that's what's been holding me back. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2014 #3

Zorra

(27,670 posts)

1. Strange. I wasn't notified either, and I'm a road scholar.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 01:04 PM

Dec 2014

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,489 posts)

4. Check the email address they have on file for you; it might be case-sensitive.

Reply to Zorra (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 01:44 PM

Dec 2014

Here's one more profile. A few engineering students were selected.

DISTRICT 11

Michigan

David S. Moore, Holland, received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan in May, and remains there for his master’s in Mechanical Engineering. He won the top award in engineering both his junior and senior years. In his design and manufacturing work and courses he has created a mechanism that allows wheelchair users to more easily use a backpack, and developed a new needle biopsy device. He was captain of the Michigan Men’s Varsity Swim Team, a team that won the 2013 National Championship and four Big Ten Championships. He was also the community service chair for the Student Athlete Advisory Council, and organized the Swim Team’s community service activities. At Oxford, David plans to do the M.Sc. in Computer Science followed by the M.B.A.

snooper2

(30,151 posts)

2. all of the people they selected are pretty looking through the pictures

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 01:22 PM

Dec 2014

PRETTY PRIVILEGE!

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,489 posts)

3. So that's what's been holding me back.

Reply to snooper2 (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 01:33 PM

Dec 2014

The photographs at the link are of the 2014 winners. Oh, sure, they were pretty back then. By now, though, they've aged a year. Let's see how cute they are now.

Yeah, I know, sarcasm. But some of the winners have had some less than privileged upbringings. Get a load of this:

DISTRICT 5

Maryland/DC

Fang Y. Cao, Silver Spring, is a senior at the University of Maryland, where he majors in Neurobiology and Physiology, and Computer Science. He is both a Truman Scholar and a Goldwater Scholar, with a 4.0 across many disciplines. Born in China, he emigrated to London at age five, and to the United States at seven. His family slept on cardboard before moving onto mattresses found in a dumpster. He has done research at NIH, the Children’s National Medical Center, and at a health clinic in Jamaica. Fang founded two tutoring programs to help low-income local high school students succeed in the sciences, and is passionate about solving the national crisis in community healthcare for the underserved. Fang will do the M.Sc. in Medical Anthropology at Oxford.

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