News and Updates

December 2024 Flinn Scholars Newsletter

December 13, 2024

In celebration of 40 years of the Flinn Scholarship Program, you’re invited to the grand opening of a unique art exhibition that highlights the inspiring journeys, growth, and achievements of our Scholars.


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Flinn Scholarship study abroad can take you around the world

November 25, 2024

Sakina Lord is a Class of 2021 Flinn Scholar majoring in data science and French at Northern Arizona University.   In my time at Northern Arizona University, I have participated in three separate study abroad programs, spending nearly as much…


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NEH Chair and Flinn Scholar Shelly Lowe recounts her journey

October 31, 2024

By Brian PowellFlinn Foundation Shelly Lowe laughed when she was asked to define the humanities. As chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Lowe said that’s one of the difficulties of her job. “Humanities are our creation stories,” Lowe…


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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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