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INTRODUCTION OF THE RHODES AND MITCHELL SCHOLARS

Noting that it gave him great pride and pleasure to do so, the Rector introduced the University’s two Rhodes Scholars, Ms. Meghan Sullivan of Greensboro, North Carolina, and – in absentia – Mr. Justin Mutter of Chattanooga, Tennessee (Mr. Mutter is working in Haiti); Ms. Sullivan and Mr. Mutter will matriculate in the University of Oxford in the fall. Ms. Sullivan will read philosophy and Mr. Mutter will read theology.

The Rector also introduced Mr. Markus Weisner of Midlothian, the University’s Mitchell Scholar. The Mitchell Scholarship provides for a year of study in Ireland, and Mr. Weisner will matriculate in Trinity College, Dublin, in the fall.

The Rector next introduced Ms. Nicole Hurd, the Director of the Center for Undergraduate Excellence, and explained that Ms. Hurd had overseen the selection process for both the Rhodes and the Mitchell at the University, and had encouraged and advised Ms. Sullivan and Messrs. Mutter and Weisner through the further stages of the national competitions for both scholarships.