PR95818

Knight-Hennessy Scholars announces 70 new scholars, with first time scholars from Belgium, Jamaica, Japan, Libya, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Africa, Tanzania, North Macedonia, and Vietnam.

STANFORD, Calif., May 6, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Knight-Hennessy Scholars (https://kh.stanford.edu/) at Stanford University

announced its 2022 cohort of 70 new scholars, with students from 27 countries,

who will pursue degrees in 35 graduate degree programs across all seven of

Stanford's graduate schools. Profiles of the 2022 Knight-Hennessy scholars are

available here (https://kh.stanford.edu/scholars) and summary statistics are

available here (PDF) (

https://stanford.app.box.com/s/d9ssjoyeztp3srfzzmfg3dvv1exswvjy ).

Photo - https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1810500/DenningHouse.jpg

Logo - https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1502473/Knight_Hennessy_Logo.jpg

Knight-Hennessy Scholars (

https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3525302-1&h=4039693738&u=http%3A%2F%2Fkh.stanford.edu%2F&a=Knight-Hennessy+Scholars

) cultivates and supports a multidisciplinary and multicultural community of

graduate students from across Stanford University and delivers engaging

experiences that prepare graduates to be visionary, courageous, and

collaborative leaders who address complex challenges facing the world.

Knight-Hennessy scholars participate in the King Global Leadership Program (

https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3525302-1&h=621112937&u=https%3A%2F%2Fknight-hennessy.stanford.edu%2Fprogram%2Fking-global-leadership-program&a=King+Global+Leadership+Program

) and receive up to three years of financial support (

https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3525302-1&h=403712239&u=https%3A%2F%2Fknight-hennessy.stanford.edu%2Fprogram-overview%2Ffunding&a=financial+support

) to pursue a graduate degree program in any of Stanford's seven graduate

schools.

"While we face many challenges-including the pandemic, racial justice, climate

change, and ongoing conflicts-the accomplishments, dedication, and promise of

these new scholars gives me hope for a better future." said John L. Hennessy,

president emeritus and the Shriram Family Director of Knight-Hennessy Scholars.

Knight-Hennessy Scholars develops emerging leaders who have a strong

multidisciplinary and multicultural perspective, a commitment to the greater

good, and the tools needed to drive meaningful change. The King Global

Leadership Program is a core part of the Knight-Hennessy Scholars experience

and offers a wide range of workshops, lectures, projects, and experiences that

complement scholars' graduate school education and help them reach their

leadership objectives.

Knight-Hennessy Scholars has no quotas or restrictions based on region, college

or university, field of study, or career aspiration. Among new 2022 scholars,

50% identify as female and 46% hold a passport from a non-U.S. country.

Sixty-three percent of U.S. scholars identify as a person of color, and 13%

have served in the U.S. military. The scholars earned undergraduate degrees at

13 international and 29 U.S. institutions. Seventeen percent are the first in

their family to attend college.

The inaugural cohort enrolled in 2018, and the fifth cohort brings the total

scholar count to 339 to date. Scholars are selected based on their

demonstration of independence of thought, purposeful leadership, and a civic

mindset. "It is a joy to work with the scholars, who come from around the world

and across the university, as they build a community that is dedicated to

contributing to the greater good," said Tina Seelig, Executive Director of

Knight-Hennessy Scholars.

The application for the 2023 cohort of Knight-Hennessy Scholars will open in

July and is due in October 2022. The program offers online information sessions

(

https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3525302-1&h=1291445627&u=https%3A%2F%2Fapply.knight-hennessy.stanford.edu%2Fportal%2Fadmission-events&a=online+information+sessions

) to describe the community, leadership development program, and admission

process.

About Knight-Hennessy Scholars

Announced in 2016, Knight-Hennessy Scholars is named for Phil Knight, MBA '62,

philanthropist and co-founder of Nike Inc., and John Hennessy, chairman of

Alphabet Inc. and president of Stanford (2000-2016). Knight-Hennessy Scholars

is the largest fully endowed graduate fellowship (

https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3525302-1&h=855022099&u=https%3A%2F%2Fknight-hennessy.stanford.edu%2Fabout&a=fellowship

) in the world.

SOURCE  Knight-Hennessy Scholars

CONTACT: Rosa Pyun, Knight-Hennessy Scholars: rryu@stanford.edu