Millsaps College says senior wins Rhodes scholarship

Established by the will of Cecil Rhodes, the Rhodes Scholarship supports up to three years of study at Oxford University in Britain. “I think they’re aware of how stressful it is”.

The winners were announced Sunday and were chosen from 869 applicants who were endorsed by 316 colleges and universities.

He plans to study comparative social policy at Oxford. He said his research so far has found that the program works, with the biggest impact coming on those suffering from extreme food insecurity. Wheeler has worked with Alzheimer’s patients to write down their life stories, producing documents for their families.

A University of Wisconsin-Madison student says winning a Rhodes Scholarship is a “surreal” experience.

“I join the MSU community in congratulating Sarah, a leader in the classroom and on the soccer field, on this prestigious recognition”, said MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon. Spokesman John Sewell said the most recent victor at the college, which has fewer than 1,000 students, was Kenneth Townshend. That 2004 graduate is now special assistant to Pearigen and an assistant professor of political science.

Bogue is majoring in politics and founded “Seriatim”, the University of Virginia’s first journal devoted to American politics and political theory.

“I am thrilled to be named as a 2016 Rhodes Scholar”, Mediate said. Recipients are selected on the basis of high academic achievement, personal integrity, leadership potential and a commitment to service, among other attributes.

He told The Associated Press that he was “pretty honored”, adding that the scholarship “was always something that I thought would be worth a shot, not ever thinking it would actually happen”.