News and Updates

Flinn Scholarship application opens. Apply by Oct. 21

September 12, 2024

The application for the Class of 2025 Flinn Scholarship is open. The deadline to apply is Monday, Oct. 21 at 5 p.m. In scope and value, the Flinn Scholarship is unlike almost any other undergraduate merit-based scholarship in the United…


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August 2024 Flinn Scholars Newsletter

August 16, 2024

Flinn Scholar returns home to Arizona and the Flinn Foundation | Joanna Yang Yowler, Ph.D., a Class of 2008 Flinn Scholar, joins the Flinn Foundation as a Bioscience Program Manager starting Monday, Aug. 19.


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Flinn Foundation names new leaders as longtime executive retires

June 05, 2024

Brad Halvorsen joined the Flinn Foundation in 1989 as its first communications employee. After 35 years of service to the foundation and Arizona, including nearly a decade as executive vice president, Halvorsen retires June 14. Halvorsen’s departure prompts two other…


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Outgoing Flinn Scholars to pursue graduate studies and careers as new alumni

May 13, 2024

The outgoing class of Flinn Scholars, which entered the program at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, has made the most of its undergraduate experience over the past four years. The Scholars, who attended Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University,…


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May 2024 Flinn Scholars Newsletter

May 10, 2024

Flinn Scholars Group Seminar: “Flinnland Adventure” | Building on the success of last year’s summer seminar, the first-year Flinn Scholars will be leaving for Finland today.


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Arizona teachers, counselors, mentors honored by 2024 Flinn Scholars

May 09, 2024

Jennifer Orozco Torres in 2017 was finishing up fifth grade at Lineweaver Elementary School in Tucson. Her teacher was Lourdes De Leon. Seven years later, the Class of 2024 Flinn Scholar selected De Leon as her “Distinguished Educator” for having…


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2024 Flinn Scholars to receive full rides to Arizona public universities

April 30, 2024

The 2024 Flinn Scholarship has been awarded to 20 Arizona high-school seniors who will attend in-state universities with merit awards providing each of them a full ride. Members of the Flinn Scholars Class of 2024 will receive a comprehensive scholarship…


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