Justin J. Pearson (2013) had a Resolution given to him in the Tennessee State Senate by State Senator Lee Harris for the summer enrichment program and Courtney Thurston (2015) has been named as a Goldwater Scholar.

Kate Sullivan (1994), Kristina Ellis (2005), Derrius Quarles (2009) and Sunny Sandhu (2016) made up an exclusively Scholar panel that discussed scholarships at the 2018 Scholly Summit in Chicago. Christopher Gray (2010 Scholar and founder of Scholly) put this event on and invited them to speak. Chance the Rapper and Jessie Williams were also in attendance. And more scholars connected across the country!

Manaal Ali (2016) named 2018 Peace Scholar, Kate Weslar (2010) joins Broadway National Tour in Chicago, Mayor Michael Tubbs (2008) appears on CBS This Morning, and Daron Roberts (1997) article appears in Fortune Magazine.

Brandon Hardy (2016) came to visit the Coca-Cola Headquarters and the Program Reading Committee, which included 8 alumni, gathered in Atlanta to read nearly 2,000 Semifinalist applications.

James Ho (1991) has been nominated to be a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.  He is the former Solicitor General of Texas.   Scott Jennings (1996) has been appointed as a spring resident fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics, where he will develop and lead a…