The Johnson Scholarship Program 2013 annual report Introducing the Class of 2017
WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY
Lexington, Virginia 24450-2116 1
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— the johnson scholarship program 2013 — as its
265th academic year began in September, Washington and Lee University welcomed
into the community 40 new Johnson Scholars, whose voices will enrich classroom dialogue and campus life, even as these impressive young women and men seek to broaden their own experiences through the resources W&L affords them. The past year also witnessed the continuing prominence of the Johnson Scholarship Program, as top students from coast to coast and around the globe added Washington and Lee to their colleges lists. In a world transformed by science and technology, globalization, and new economic, political and cultural realities, the solutions to today’s problems require a broad perspective and moral insight as well as analytical and technical skills. W&L prepares its students to meet today’s challenges through innovative programs that nurture strong leaders, visionary thinkers, compassionate citizens and ethical decision makers. Today’s students find in W&L and in the Johnson Program these same fundamental virtues that have drawn students here for over two centuries.
JOHNSON SCHOLARS follow in the footsteps of the many W&L
graduates among the top ranks of business, journalism, medicine, public service and almost every other field. Twentyseven W&L alumni have served in the U.S. Senate, 67 have served in the U.S. House and 31 have served as governors. Four have served as Supreme Court justices and seven have been American Bar Association presidents. Forty-six have gone on to become college or university presidents.
W&L HAS A LONG HISTORY of recognizing leadership among its
William Adams
Jenna Biegel
Rocky Mount, N.C. Rocky Mount Academy
Mesa, Ariz. Mountain View High School
Abby Block
Andrew Blocker
Cincinnati, Ohio Archbishop McNicholas High School
Ponte Vedra, Fla. Ponte Vedra High School
Alice Cannon
Elena Diller
Ocala, Fla. Forest High School
Rome, Ga. Rome High School
students and providing opportunities for its development. One of the oldest such programs, Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK), was founded by W&L students and faculty in 1914. It was the first national college honor society to recognize extracurricular service and today has chapters on over 300 college campuses. Other leadership opportunities:
The Nabors Service League connects W&L students with service opportunities on and off campus. In 2012, students gave over 54,000 hours of their time, earning the University a spot for the third year in a row on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.
The Athletics Leadership Development Program teaches leadership principles to underclass varsity athletes interested in taking on leadership roles on their team and in the wider W&L community.
The Campus Kitchen focuses on hunger relief in Rockbridge County using surplus food from campus dining services and area donations. To date, this effort has distributed over 136,000 meals to the disadvantaged in Lexington and the surrounding area.
Volunteer Venture is a student-organized service-learning program for incoming students, allowing them to confront poverty’s roots in the Mid-Atlantic region during the week before formal new-student orientation.
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Brooke Donnelly
Austin Frank
Kennesaw, Ga. Marietta High School
Chagrin Falls, Ohio Kenston High School
Sam Gibson
Kinsey Grant
Jamestown, N.C. The Early College at Guilford
Tallahassee, Fla. Maclay School
Corey Guen
Daniel Johnson
Exeter, N.H. Exeter High School
Rossville, Ga. Ridgeland High School
OVERALL, THE CLASS OF
2017 includes 138 presidents of major
student organizations, 68 class or student body presidents or vice presidents, 56 publication editors, 229 varsity team captains, 34 Eagle Scouts or Gold Award recipients, and 32 who are the first in their families to attend college. The class also includes world travelers, researchers, pilots, black belts, entrepreneurs, musicians, congressional pages and debate champions. 5
Jeffrey Shay Johnson Professor of Entrepreneurship and Leadership The gift that established the Johnson Program
The Entrepreneurship Summit brings alumni,
for Leadership and Integrity also established two
students and faculty together to exchange ideas,
endowed professorships at Washington and Lee,
share information, and establish valuable con-
including one in the Williams School of Commerce,
nections for present and future entrepreneurial
Economics, and
endeavors.
Politics focusing on entrepreneurship and
The Venture Club provides real-world consult-
leadership.
ing services for entrepreneurial firms, including writing business plans and conducting market
Professor Shay is direc-
analyses.
tor of the J. Lawrence Connolly Center for
The Entrepreneurship Internship Program bridges
Entrepreneurship,
the gap between the classroom and the real world
which aims to advance
by providing opportunities for students to apply
students’ study of en-
knowledge, skills and abilities learned in the
trepreneurship by cap-
classroom in the context of an entrepreneurial
talizing on W&L’s successful integration of business
organization.
education with traditional liberal arts disciplines. “Although my courses focus mainly on entreThe Connolly Center is home to several signature
preneurship,” Shay says, “I emphasize the role
programs. The annual Business Plan Competition al-
leadership, integrity, ethics and honor play in suc-
lows student teams to present their ideas for a new
cessfully launching a new business venture.”
business to alumni judges.
Jordan LaPointe
Harry Lustig
Will Mason
Ashburn, Va. Briar Woods High School
Virginia Beach, Va. Norfolk Academy
Virginia Beach, Va. Frank W. Cox High School
Stephen Mitchell
Chris Myers
Amirah Ndam Njoya
Columbia, S.C. Hammond School
Essex, Conn. Valley Regional High School
Washington, D.C. American School Of Yaounde
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Polli Noskova
Ashley Ooms
George Park
Raphine, Va. Rockbridge County High School
White House Station, N.J. Hunterdon Central Regional High School
Fairfax Station, Va. South County Secondary School
Rainsford Reel
Jake Roberts
Carley Sambrook
Spartanburg, S.C. Spartanburg Day School
Kansas City, Mo. Barstow School
Westmount, Quebec Lower Canada College
Nicolaas A. Rupke Johnson Professor of Leadership and the History of Ideas A native of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Rupke was trained in earth sciences in Groningen and in marine geology at Princeton University. After establishing an impressive research record in marine geology, Rupke turned his interests to the history of science, particularly to late-modern biological and physical sciences as they developed in Germany and Great Britain. At W&L his teaching relates in part to the idea that tomorrow’s leaders will of necessity need a firm grounding in science and technology, given their prominent role both in shaping our day-to-day lives and in identifying solutions to the world’s biggest problems. He has employed a biographical approach to historical figures in science—an approach that blends historiography and the history of ideas to show the ways in which scientific leadership is a product not only of individual genius, but also of collective ideas and institutional forces. 7
Caroline Sanders
Kate Sarfert
Bogart, Ga. Athens Academy
Winston Salem, N.C. R. J. Reynolds High School
Shane Siebken
Kyle Singerman
Stuarts Draft, Va. Stuarts Draft High School
Solon, Ohio Solon High School
Cody Solomon
Shaun Soman
Norcross, Ga. Wesleyan School
Rewey, Wis. Iowa-Grant High School
Mac Strehler
Aalekhya Tenali
Moseley, Va. Trinity Episcopal School
Melbourne, Fla. West Shore Junior-Senior High School
Of the 3,091 applicants for the Johnson scholarship, 208
were selected as finalists on the basis of their potential to contribute to the intellectual and civic life of the Washington and Lee community and to the world at large. Factors weighed included academic record, writing samples, teacher references, and records of leadership, citizenship and involvement in non-academic activities. The finalists were invited to campus for interviews with faculty, student leaders and administrators; their selection was truly a group effort. Our entire community welcomes them to W&L.
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Eleni Timas
Kyle Turpin
Middlefield, Ohio Cardinal High School
Gilbert, Ariz. Chandler Preparatory Academy
Photo by John Robertson IV
Johnson LECTURE SERIES
Burke Ugarte
Jenny Wang
Columbia, S.C. Hammond School
Roswell, Ga. Centennial High School
EVERY YEAR, THE JOHNSON endowment brings to W&L national
and international leaders in business, politics, science, art and the humanities to discuss issues of importance. Through the Johnson program, W&L has hosted prize-winning writers, experts on the economy, prominent public servants, successful entrepreneurs, actors and luminaries from other fields, including:
Stephen Vetter, president and CEO of Partners of the Americas
Terrence Roberts, civil rights leader and one of the Little Rock Nine
Emily Webb
Harrison Westgarth
West Fork, Ark. Fayetteville High School West
McKinney, Texas McKinney High School
Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History (jointly sponsored with neighboring VMI)
Jean Kilbourne, internationally known author, speaker and filmmaker
In addition, the Johnson endowment supported several other events and symposia at W&L in the past year:
The W&L Entrepreneurship Summit
The fifth annual Science, Society and the Arts research conference
Logan Wilson Carlsbad, Calif. Santa Fe Christian School
The second annual Nobel Symposium
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Anna Catherine Bowden
JANEY FUGATE
LAUREN HOWRY
— johnson opportunity grants—
In 2013, 30 rising juniors and seniors received Johnson Opportunity Grants to support internships and independent research projects all across the country and around the world. Their interests ranged as wide as their destinations. VICTORIA ANDREWS undertook art
VICTORIA CERVANTES worked on a cul-
She participated in the CET Shanghai
conservation research in Europe. In
tural anthropology research project in
Study and Summer Internship at
France she helped with synchrotron
Malta, on the Mediterranean island of
Donghua University.
research on cadmium sulfide paint
Gozo. janey FUGATE was an intern in Quito, Ec-
degradation. In Italy she collaborated on hyperspectral imaging, and in the
CURTIS JAY CORRELL traveled to the
uador, for the Generals Development
Netherlands she worked at the SRAL
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in
Initiative (GDI), W&L’s student-led
in Maastrict.
Karlsruhe, Germany, where he collabo-
micro-finance group. GDI has made
rated on a research project on nano-
loans to Fundacion Casa Victoria, a
ANNA CATHERINE BOWDEN was a World
technology and the use of the term
foundation supporting community
Vets Project intern in Nicaragua at a
“nano” in commerce and marketing.
programs and after-school tutoring for
veterinary clinic in San Juan del Sur.
kids in San Rouque, Quito. SHANNON CUSACK did a clinical and
JENNIFER BULLEY studied economic
research-based internship at the
NICOLE GUNAWANSA worked on improv-
development at the UNESCO World
Yale Parenting Center, which focuses
ing the quality of medical access and
Heritage Area in Ilulissat, Greenland,
on child and adolescent treatment
education for the underprivileged
home to the largest tourism destina-
practices.
population of Ghana, focusing on the
tion in Greenland and to the most-
Apostolic Academy in Ashaiman and
researched glacier in the world, the
ERIN DENGLER did a medical internship
on a clinic in the small coastal town
Sermeq Kujalleq glacier.
at UNC Horizons in North Carolina. The
of Ada.
organization is associated with the LINDSAY BURNS undertook art conserva-
UNC Chapel Hill ob-gyn department
CORT HAMMOND took a leading role in an
tion research in Europe. In France she
and provides resources for pregnant
Engineers Without Borders service trip
helped with synchrotron research on
women and young mothers suffering
to improve water quality in the Boliv-
cadmium sulfide paint degradation. In
from substance abuse.
ian community of Pampoyo.
tral imaging, and in the Netherlands
STEPHANIE DO was a business and ac-
KATHERINE HINTZ was a public health
she worked at the SRAL in Maastrict.
counting intern in Shanghai, China.
intern with Global Crossroad. She
Italy she collaborated on hyperspec-
participated in their Healthcare and 10
Medical Project in Cusco, Peru.
Daniel hsu
Sally platt
Alvin Thomas
MIKAEL HORRISIAN volunteered at the
the skills and materials necessary to
InStrive, whose mission is to revo-
National Cardiovascular Hospital in
allow regular U.S. citizens to engage
lutionize on-line learning by provid-
Sophia, Bulgaria, and he shadowed
in advocacy that relates to poverty
ing students of all ages access to a
a surgical team at the National Heart
issues.
reward-based curriculum compiled by
Hospital in Sophia.
global educators. CYNTHIA LAM was a Civic Fellow for the
LAUREN HOWRY was a casting intern
International Leadership Foundation
for Telsey and Co., a premier casting
(ILF) in Washington, D.C. The ILF is the
agency in New York City. She par-
nation’s most prestigious civic leader-
ticipated in a wide range of company
ship program designed specifically for
functions and prepared for her honors
the next generation of Asian-Pacific
thesis work on actor interactions on
American leaders.
stage and in pre-production. JAMES MCCULLUM lived and worked in DANIEL HSU participated in a medical
an intentional ecological community,
internship in Pokuase, Ghana. He
or “ecovillage,” in Illinois. He also at-
worked with Volunteer Partners for
tended a permaculture design course
West Africa, an organization dedicat-
in Vermont at the Whole Systems
ed to improving health-care opportu-
Design Research Farm.
nities for people in underprivileged communities.
DAPHINE MUGAYO participated in
clinical research at the Uganda Cancer JORDAN KEARNS traveled to Estonia to
Insitute, which deals with especially
study the field of oil shale production.
difficult cancer cases in Uganda.
There he immersed himself culturally to learn about the research and help
SALLY PLATT conducted independent
facilitate transnational technological
research in Dubai, UAE, in support of
and intellectual exchange in this field
her transportation development proj-
between the U.S. and Estonia.
ect focusing on public transportation systems and models.
VINCENT KIM attended the 25th IUPAP
International Conference of Statistical
MAX QUELLHORST participated in an
Physics conference in Seoul, Korea,
internship at the High Desert Heart
where he presented his research on
Institute in Victorville, Calif. He was
cooperative sequential adsorption
involved in a wide range of clinical
models on a Cayley tree.
studies with patients at the institute and nearby local hospitals.
KATJA KLEINE was a U.S. Anti-Poverty
Policy intern at RESULTS in Washing-
NATHANIEL REICHEL worked to develop
ton, D.C. The organization provides
his own education-based business,
Juli Sorenson participated in wildlife veterinary experience in in Southern Africa. The African Conservation Experience provided the opportunity to work with reserve animals at the Shimongwe Wildlife. Lisa Stosier worked at a neuroscience
lab in Dresden, Germany. Her collaborative research dealt with chemosensory perception in the lab of renowned German Scientist Thomas Hummel. Katherine Strickland interned at Speaker John Boehner’s political office in Washington, D.C. She also worked at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (a global security think tank in D.C.), which helped to broaden her own understanding of engineering science’s impact on foreign policy and global security. Alvin Thomas participated in the
Engineering World Health Summer Institute in Rwanda. The aims of the program are to work side-by-side with community members to repair and learn to operate major medical instruments donated for use at the medical facilities. Angelica Tillander worked on a parent integration project in Rockbridge County, Virginia. The aim of her research was to increase parental involvement at a local county middle school.
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— the class of 2017 —
The Johnson Scholarship Program has drawn widespread attention to Washington and Lee from the world’s top student leaders. The 6,222 students who applied for admission represented 50 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam and 90 countries. In its academic record, citizenship and leadership experience, the 480-member class of 2017 is among W&L’s most accomplished—thus far. HISTORY
DISTINCTIVE FEATURES
Need-based Aid
The ninth-oldest school in the country, Washington and Lee University recognizes and embodies the direct contributions of two of the most influential figures in American history. George Washington’s 1796 gift of James River Canal stock ensured the fledgling school’s survival; Robert E. Lee’s presidency, 1865–70, brought innovation and national recognition to the school.
Honor System—Entirely studentrun; based on the fundamental principle that students attending Washington and Lee will not lie, cheat, steal or otherwise violate community trust.
To ensure that a W&L education is available for all deserving students regardless of their financial background, all admitted students applying for financial aid by the relevant deadline (see go.wlu.edu/ datesanddownloads) will have their institutionally determined financial need fully met with grants, not loans.
STUDENTS
Undergraduate—1,838 students from 48 states, representing citizenship in 56 countries (85 percent from outside Virginia) Ratio of men to women is 50:50 Ethnic minorities: 11 percent The School of Law—425 students FACULTY
Of the 190 undergraduate faculty members, 95 percent hold doctorates or terminal degrees. The student-faculty ratio is 9:1. The average class size is 15. Twentytwo percent of classes have fewer than 10 students, 90 percent have fewer than 25 students, and 97 percent have fewer than 30 students.
Office of Admissions
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W&L will spend more than $37 million on aid in 2013-14; 47 percent of first-year students receive grant assistance from W&L.
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Johnson Scholars
The prestigious Johnson Scholarship Program provides awards of at least tuition, room and board for up to 44 students in each class on the basis of academic achievement and leadership potential. More information about the Johnson Scholarship Program and the other components of the Johnson Program in Leadership and Integrity is available at go.wlu.edu/ johnson. Contact Us
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