 Catherine J. Frieman |  |  Daniel W. Clemens |
Two Yale College seniors, Catherine J. Frieman and Daniel W. Clemens, have won Rhodes Scholarships for 2005.
They are among 32 new Rhodes Scholars who were chosen from 904 applicants from 341 colleges and universities. They will enter the University of Oxford in England in October 2005 for two or three years of study.
Catherine J. Frieman, who hails from Westwood, Massachusetts, majors in archaeological studies. She has conducted excavations in Denmark and on the Isle of Man, and spent her junior year in Aix-en-Provence, France. An active volunteer in the Yale Women's Center, in a prison literacy program, in her college council and in martial arts, she plans to do the M.Phil. in European archaeology at Oxford.
Daniel W. Clemens, a native of Redlands, California, will receive both a B.A. and an M.A. in political science. Clemens has won prizes for his work in political science, has five articles scheduled to be published, and has written a book on the history of the health supplement industry. He attended the Universidad de Habana in Cuba in 2002, and served as an election analyst for NBC News. He founded a preventive health care program for children, and is a nationally ranked tennis player on the varsity tennis team. Clemens plans to do a D.Phil. in comparative social policy at Oxford.
The Rhodes Scholarships, the oldest of the international study awards available to American students, were created in 1902 by the will of Cecil Rhodes, British philanthropist and colonial pioneer. The first class of American Rhodes Scholars entered Oxford in 1904.
Applicants are chosen on the basis of high academic achievement, integrity of character, a spirit of unselfishness, respect for others, potential for leadership and physical vigor. These basic characteristics are directed at fulfilling Rhodes' hopes that the Rhodes Scholars would make an effective and positive contribution throughout the world. As he wrote, Rhodes Scholars should "esteem the performance of public duties as their highest aim."
The 32 Rhodes Scholars chosen from the United States will join an international group of scholars chosen from 18 other jurisdictions around the world. Approximately 95 Rhodes Scholars are selected worldwide each year.
The value of the Rhodes Scholarship varies depending on the academic field, the degree the students pursue (B.A., master's or doctoral), and the Oxford college chosen. The Rhodes Trust pays all college and university fees, provides a stipend to cover necessary expenses while in residence in Oxford as well as during vacations, and transportation to and from England. The total value averages approximately $35,000 per year.
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