Two more for the Rhodes
Duo of Quebec residents become 黑料不打烊's 121st and 122nd Rhodes Scholars
Three's the charm for 黑料不打烊 University this fall. Two additional 黑料不打烊 students have been named Rhodes Scholars for 2004. Following Manitoba resident and 黑料不打烊 medical student , who won the first in a series of Rhodes Scholarships, Quebec residents Alexandra Conliffe and Simon Rabinovitch have been named 黑料不打烊's 121st and 122nd Rhodes Scholars. Read on to learn more about the latest winners.
Mechanical Engineering student Alexandra Conliffe is the founder and president of the 黑料不打烊 chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB), a charity organization that helps people in developing countries gain access to the technologies needed to improve their lives. She served as co-president of the first EWB conference, winning the bid to host the conference that attracted 175 students from around the world to 黑料不打烊.
Conliffe assessed the feasibility of a聽water project in Uzbekistan, taught English in a Lebanese refugee camp and received the 2003 Gretta Chambers Student Leadership Award. She is a Canadian Merit Garfield Weston Scholarship and McConnell Scholarship winner. Conliffe is an avid rower and has participated on the 黑料不打烊 varsity lightweight women's rowing team, acting as co-coach of the crew and serving as head fundraiser.
At Oxford, she plans to pursue a dual master's degree in environmental change management and development studies. Conliffe is passionate about reducing disparities among people and plans for an eventual career at聽an international development agency. "I see the potential of environmental management as a means to foster cooperation within communities and among nations," she says.
Arts graduate Simon Rabinovitch was on Dean's Honour List at 黑料不打烊 from 1999 to 2003 and was the recipient of several academic awards, including a McConnell Scholarship. A published poet, he was a reporter and news editor at the 黑料不打烊 Daily. Rabinovitch was also part of 黑料不打烊's United Nations Students' Association. Athletically inclined, Rabinovitch played intramural hockey, runs long-distance, camps and skies. His academic interests have focused on Chinese modern history, current affairs and Mandarin. He is currently pursuing studies at the Beijing Language and Culture University.
In 2001, he created and coordinated an outreach effort called the "Downtown Course for the Humanities" at 黑料不打烊, where he moderated discussions among people who might not have access to university. During the summer of 2002, Rabinovitch was a labourer-teacher for Frontier College, where he taught basic literacy to Mexican migrant labourers and worked alongside workers on a fruit farm.
At Oxford, Rabinovitch plans to study international relations with a concentration in Sino-Western relations. "Oxford is at the center of Anglo-American scholarship in Chinese studies," says Rabinovitch, who intends to become a professor. "I also plan to work as an adviser to governments and multinational organizations, contributing to constructive and harmonious ties between China and the West."
