WAY TO GO KATE! (SPL 2023)
Click on this link for the Oakland Press article: Girl Scout develops self-defense program for high school students – The Oakland Press
Click on this link for the Oakland Press article: Girl Scout develops self-defense program for high school students – The Oakland Press
CONGRATULATIONS Elena and Maria!!
We are represented in the 2022 Mackinac Island Visitor’s Guide.
Bethann Sampson, Megan Connor, Auriel Blakey, Nicole Carson, Natalie Boehmer, & Emily Caton
Bethann Sampson, Megan Connor, Auriel Blakey, Nicole Carson, Natalie Boehmer, & Emily Caton
YOU ROCK, HANNAH BLAKEY!!!
One of our Senior Patrol Leaders from 2018
WEST POINT, N.Y. – Four U.S. Military Academy cadets were among the 32 U.S. Rhodes Scholarship awardees named Sunday. Class of 2022 cadets Hannah Blakey, Krista Flinkstrom, Veronica Lucian, and Holland Pratt will study at the University of Oxford in the fall of 2022. This is the first time in West Point’s history to have four women Rhodes Scholars awarded concurrently. The last time West Point had four American Rhodes scholars was in 1959.
“These cadets epitomize what it means to be a soldier-scholar. Their studies span numerous disciplines, illustrating the diverse intellectual capital that West Point provides for the Nation,” said Dean of the Academic Board, Brig. Gen. Shane Reeves. “We are immensely proud of all they’ve accomplished and the bright future ahead of them. Their success is a win for the whole team. As we celebrate this historic Rhodes cohort, we also celebrate the tremendous team that supported them through this process and their four years at West Point.”
Cadet Hannah Blakey, a native of Detroit, Michigan, is a Persian and French major with an interest in marginalized and at-risk communities. Dedicated to serving others, Blakey is one of three Cadets-in-Charge of the Elevation initiative mentorship club and is a preschool and kindergarten Sunday school teacher. Blakey has conducted several formal interviews and conversations with Persian-speaking refugees to better understand the cultural and economic factors that impact forced migration and refugees in Persian-speaking regions. The catalyst for this interest was a three-week cultural immersion experience in Uzbekistan in the summer 2019. She lived with an Uzbek host family and studied Persian at the Samarkand Institute of Foreign Languages. Blakey holds multiple records on West Point’s Division I track team, and she serves as the Brigade Executive Officer in the Corps of Cadets. At Oxford, Blakey plans to earn a Master of Science in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies and a Master of Science in Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation. Blakey intends to branch Aviation and to use her Rhodes Scholarship experience to improve international partnerships and inform policy changes among the U.S. Army and Persian-speaking nations.
Rhodes Scholars are chosen not only for their outstanding scholarly achievements, but for their character, commitment to others and to the common good, and for their potential for leadership in whatever domains their careers may lead. The Rhodes Trust, a British charity established to honor the will and bequest of Cecil J. Rhodes, provides full financial support for Rhodes Scholars to pursue a degree or degrees at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom in partnership with the Second Century Founder, John McCall MacBain and other generous benefactors.
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FOUR WEST POINT CADETS NAMED RHODES SCHOLARS | United States Military Academy West Point
One of our Senior Patrol Leaders from 2018
WEST POINT, N.Y. – Four U.S. Military Academy cadets were among the 32 U.S. Rhodes Scholarship awardees named Sunday. Class of 2022 cadets Hannah Blakey, Krista Flinkstrom, Veronica Lucian, and Holland Pratt will study at the University of Oxford in the fall of 2022. This is the first time in West Point’s history to have four women Rhodes Scholars awarded concurrently. The last time West Point had four American Rhodes scholars was in 1959.
“These cadets epitomize what it means to be a soldier-scholar. Their studies span numerous disciplines, illustrating the diverse intellectual capital that West Point provides for the Nation,” said Dean of the Academic Board, Brig. Gen. Shane Reeves. “We are immensely proud of all they’ve accomplished and the bright future ahead of them. Their success is a win for the whole team. As we celebrate this historic Rhodes cohort, we also celebrate the tremendous team that supported them through this process and their four years at West Point.”
Cadet Hannah Blakey, a native of Detroit, Michigan, is a Persian and French major with an interest in marginalized and at-risk communities. Dedicated to serving others, Blakey is one of three Cadets-in-Charge of the Elevation initiative mentorship club and is a preschool and kindergarten Sunday school teacher. Blakey has conducted several formal interviews and conversations with Persian-speaking refugees to better understand the cultural and economic factors that impact forced migration and refugees in Persian-speaking regions. The catalyst for this interest was a three-week cultural immersion experience in Uzbekistan in the summer 2019. She lived with an Uzbek host family and studied Persian at the Samarkand Institute of Foreign Languages. Blakey holds multiple records on West Point’s Division I track team, and she serves as the Brigade Executive Officer in the Corps of Cadets. At Oxford, Blakey plans to earn a Master of Science in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies and a Master of Science in Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation. Blakey intends to branch Aviation and to use her Rhodes Scholarship experience to improve international partnerships and inform policy changes among the U.S. Army and Persian-speaking nations.
Rhodes Scholars are chosen not only for their outstanding scholarly achievements, but for their character, commitment to others and to the common good, and for their potential for leadership in whatever domains their careers may lead. The Rhodes Trust, a British charity established to honor the will and bequest of Cecil J. Rhodes, provides full financial support for Rhodes Scholars to pursue a degree or degrees at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom in partnership with the Second Century Founder, John McCall MacBain and other generous benefactors.
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FOUR WEST POINT CADETS NAMED RHODES SCHOLARS | United States Military Academy West Point
Found in the pages of the Mackinac Island Town Crier on July 6, 2019:
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Although it is not "current" news, it is definitely newsworthy .......
Although it is not "current" news, it is definitely newsworthy .......