Scholars Profiles

A fully-funded, premier university education—including study abroad—is just the beginning.

Flinn Scholars defy any attempt at generalization.

They work on Capitol Hill and in London’s financial center, in the jungle of Sierra Leone and in the mountains of Eastern Arizona. They write for Poetry magazine and the journal Science. They become teachers and software developers, pediatricians and law professors. (And boxers, architects, musicians, and entrepreneurs.)

Below are some of their stories.

Jeannie Wilkening Chemical Engineering
Jason Yan Biology and/or Microbiology
Blake Thomson English; Global Health and/or Public Health
Benjamin Trumpinski Public Health
Andrew Shemin Creative Writing
Charles "Ben" Strauber Linguistics; Physiology and/or Kinesiology
Daniel Sullivan Psychology; German
Mary Plante Theater Arts and/or Acting; English
Alexandra Nguyen Molecular and Cellular Biology
Ruby Kerwin Anthropology
Hailey Dickson Biological Anthropology; Global Health
Lindsey Chew Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
Marla Smith-Nilson Civil Engineering
Justin Kiggins Biomedical Engineering
Lars-Kristofer Peterson Molecular and Cellular Biology
Rachel Wellhausen Economics; Interdisciplinary Studies; English
Dustin Cox Political Science
Jonathan Pillow Mathematics; Philosophy
Shelly Lowe Sociology
Paul Michael Thomson Acting; Africana Studies
Jon Gandomi Global Studies
Devin Mauney Economics
Sarah Parmar (McDonald) Economics (Environmental; Water Resource)
Nicole Person-Rennell Global Studies
Leah Edwards Public Health, Pre-Law
Daniel Fried Computer Science; Mathematics
Sara Zervos (Knutson) Economics
Elizabeth "Liz" Dreeland History; English; Spanish
Jennifer Richards Business Administration
Jacob Beverage Optical Engineering
Joel Edman Political Science; History
Christina Kwasnica Political Science
Ruben Alonzo Political Science
Esther Ellsworth Bowers Biology and/or Microbiology
Melissa Sevigny (Lamberton) Environmental Science; Creative Writing
Shantanu Bala Computer Science; Psychology