Student from Arkansas selected as Rhodes Scholar for 2017

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     (AP) – A college student from Arkansas is among 32 Americans

selected as Rhodes Scholars and will pursue post-graduate studies at Oxford

University in England.

     Little Rock resident Lauren C. Jackson is a senior at the University of

Virginia where she is majoring in political and social thought.

     At Oxford, she plans to pursue master’s degrees in global governance and

diplomacy and refugee and forced migration studies.

     Jackson is interested in the intersection of media and humanitarian policy.

     She received a full merit scholarship to Virginia and a $20,000 Jefferson

Public Citizens research grant to study post-genocidal post-traumatic stress

disorder in Rwanda.

     The scholars were selected from 882 applicants who were endorsed by 311

colleges and universities.

     Recipients were announced Sunday.


   

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