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It was about 15 years ago, and we hadn't figured out yet exactly what we could make of the Flinn Scholarship's travel component. Then--if these distant memories are accurate--we saw Ruth Allard's ('90) slideshow from her trip to Costa Rica, where she'd done some conservation work for a summer.
Dan Tuttle ('02) just got some good news--he's been accepted to Stanford's business school, his top choice. We're guessing he was one of their top choices, too.
If you're a top-level materials chemist with experience building molecules atom by atom, Ambature wants you.
Here's the address Brian Indrelunas ('04) delivered as the outstanding undergraduate student at fall convocation for the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at ASU.
Last month, Bob Hanshaw ('06) received the Creative Achievement Award at the Honors Convocation in the College of Fine Arts at the University of Arizona. His nominator for the award, which was given to one undergraduate and one graduate student, was Elizabeth Schauer, associate director of choral activities and an associate professor of music in the School of Music. Dr. Schauer agreed to share with me some of what she said about Bob:
The highlight of Bob’s creative life to date (and he’s only a junior!) was the performance of one of his compositions by the Tucson Symphony Orchestra (TSO). As a senior, he submitted a work for their high school “Young Composers’ Project” in 2006, at which time the ensemble read the work (this was part of the award for the work being accepted). TSO asked Bob to revise the work for a larger orchestra, and performed it on their “Celebrate the Future” concert. It is a single-movement work, formally based on a haiku that was written by a friend of Bob’s. [...]
Bob also is active in the community as a musician. He has performed as a jazz musician at the Westward Look Resort, served as paid baritone section leader and summer choir leader for the Chancel Choir at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church. Finally, Bob also founded and leads an independent rock band called Boreas. With this group he performs frequently in Tucson, and has recorded an album that was just released in September. Not only does he provide musical leadership, but also his artistic efforts in the digital layouts for the album artwork.
As with so many of our Scholars, those ellipses leave out many accomplishments and activities. But Dr. Schauer's words surely provide a glimpse of Bob's exceptional artistic talent.
(In the video above, from April, Bob is performing on vocals for The Hermit Tree, a band that also includes Scholar Matt Rolland ('05) on mandolin and Scholar alum Daniel Sullivan ('04) on drums.)
Connor Mendenhall ('06) is spending the fall semester in Ankara, Turkey. He's been recording some of his experiences on his blog. Here's his entry from October 12.
We can’t tell you half of what Jon Gandomi (’99) told us about his adventures visiting all the places on the FAA’s Don’t-Go-There list.
We’re starting to understand why the Phoenix Mars Mission was only scheduled for three months of digging holes and making sand castles on the Red Planet.
It's no hyperbole to say that the classroom, for 1999 Flinn Scholar Jon Gandomi, has been the entire world. Now he is beginning a career in public service--service that is, again, oriented toward the entire world.
Joanna Yang was one of two Arizonans picked by the governor to attend the National Youth Science Camp over the summer.
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