A premier university scholarship and funding for study abroad is just the beginning.

Flinn Scholars defy any attempt at generalization.

They work on Capitol Hill and in a Chiapas orphanage. They write for the New York Times and Poetry magazine and the journal Science. They become teachers and veterinarians, pediatricians and law professors. (And boxers, architects, singers, 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

Andrew Shemin Creative Writing

Charles "Ben" Strauber Linguistics; Physiology and/or Kinesiology

Daniel Sullivan Psychology; German

Mary Plante Theater Arts and/or Acting; English

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