Flinn Scholars
Michel Becquet, watch your back
Six months to go until the world premiere of Lost Canyon II, and everywhere we turn, people are already getting revved up for the talent show. We just saw three hacky sack prodigies doing calisthenics out on the quad. Regarding the talent show: The eight-member Rules Committee has just issued a press release that reiterates […]Who to call if you burn your fingers on a parabolic oven
We were trying to think of a good lawyer joke, but it’s hard to make a really good lawyer joke when the lawyer in question, Chris Jaap (’91), is doing really good work. Sigh. This job is tough sometimes. We’re guessing the best we can do in this case is just include a really old […]Globetrotting McGinnity wins Marshall Scholarship
Megan McGinnity, a 2003 Flinn Scholar, has won one of the world's most esteemed graduate fellowships, the Marshall Scholarship. Next fall she will begin studying Middle East politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, extending her investigation of foreign policy and security and how they are intertwined with human trafficking.
But did he give her any stock options?
Back in November, a troop from the Eller College of Management dug out their wool hats and moon boots, got on a plane, and went to see the Wizard of Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett. Sarah Trainor (’07) was one of the 74 UA students who met Buffett. (So did a group of grad students […]A-Town, a man, a plan, a canal, Panama, nwota
Wow, we love palindromes. There’s somebody on The Internets who has invented one as long as The Merchant of Venice. It doesn’t make sense, but it uses real words, unlike this dumb”nwota” thing. But where were we? Oh, right: Dustin Cox (’04)! As UA News tells it, he has successfully worked to create A-Town, a […]Tchaikovsky the right way
Esther Cardona(’00) was one of the five professional dancers–along with about a hundred kiddies and other amateurs, plus presents, gussied-up trees, etc.–on stage last month for maestro Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker at the Fox Theater in Redwood City, CA. Esther’s also instructing for the Spotlight Arts Academy of Dance and Music on the other side of the […]On Education
Legal swashbuckler Daisy Flores (’89) serves as the County Attorney for Gila County; a couple of years back, she was named by the Payson Roundup one of the “Top 10 People of Influence” in the Rim Country, and these days she supplements her daily duties with service on the Arizona Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission and […]Nick T. Spark is everywhere
NPR had our fave multimedia documentarian, Nick T. Spark (’88 ) on Morning Edition a couple of weeks ago to discuss the sinking of the USS Panay, an American ship attacked by the Japanese in China in 1937. The good folks at NPR have provided pictures and a story, and a link to the seven-minute […]End-of-2007 Superlatives
Considering that 2008 has already begun for the farthest-flung Scholars and alums, we’d better hurry up with some year-end awards. Let’s get right to it: Most Likely to Catch You if You Start Spilling Trade Secrets: Keith Schon (’92). Keith is a senior software engineer for Cataphora, which conducts investigations on very large data sets, […]For information about Flinn Scholars, please contact:
flinnscholars@flinn.org or (602) 744-6802
