Of 32 scholarships, 22 awarded to US women as Rhodes scholars for 2022

Robert Besser
27 Nov 2021, 12:50 GMT+10

The Rhodes Trust has announced the 2022 class of U.S. Rhodes scholars, which includes the largest number of women ever selected for the one year scholarship
For 2022, 22 of the 32 U.S. students chosen to study at the University of Oxford in England are women
For the first time in some 25 years, Claremont McKenna College, Mount Holyoke College and Union College have a scholarship recipient.

OXFORD, England: The Rhodes Trust has announced the 2022 class of U.S. Rhodes scholars, which includes the largest number of women ever selected for the one-year scholarship.

For 2022, twenty-two of the 32 U.S. students chosen to study at the University of Oxford in England are women.

"It feels amazing to be part of this historic moment, as a woman and as a woman from the South," said Louise Franke, 21, from South Carolina's Clemson University.

Also among the winners is Devashish Basnet, a senior studying political science at New York City's Hunter College, who arrived in the U.S. as a 7-year-old asylum seeker from Nepal.

Now 22, Basnet of Hicksville, New York, said he was proud to represent the communities he came from, especially as a product of New York City public schools.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the selection process was completed virtually for the second consecutive year.

Also, for the first time in some 25 years, Claremont McKenna College, Mount Holyoke College and Union College have a scholarship recipient.

All 32 scholars are expected to begin their studies at Oxford University in October.

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