By Mary Houlihan and Michael Lansu Staff Reporters November 20, 2011 12:04PM
Sarah Smierciak, a Northwestern University graduate has been named a Rhodes Scholar, the university announced Sunday morning. Smierciak graduated Northwestern in June with majors in history and Middle East language and civilization. The Lemont native is currently living in Cairo and developing curriculum for orphans and street children in a special school recognized by the United Nations. She returns to the Evanston campus on Sunday, November 20, 2011. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
Updated: November 20, 2011 5:58PM
A Northwestern University graduate and an Algonquin native have been named Rhodes Scholars.
Sarah Smierciak, of Lemont, graduated Northwestern in June with majors in history and Middle East language and civilization, according to Pat Vaughan Tremmel, associate director of media relations at Northwestern. She has also studied Arabic at the University of Cairo and Damascus University.
Alexis Brown, a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is an English major at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. The Algonquin native applied for the scholarship so she could finish her master's degree in English language and literature.
The two are among 32 American students who will be awarded scholarships to study at Oxford University. Another of the scholars is Ronan Farrow, the son of actress and activist Mia Farrow and director Woody Allen. Farrow, who is a special adviser to the Secretary of State for global youth issues, had started college as a child, graduating from Bard College in 2004 when he was 15. He started Yale Law School when he was 17 and graduated in 2009.
Smierciak is currently living in Cairo and developing curriculum for orphans and street children in a special school recognized by the United Nations, Tremmel said.
Smierciak has published articles on social justice and her own photography and is a docent on Egyptian art at The Field Museum, Tremmel said. She is also a triathlete.
The scholarship winners were selected from a pool of 830 candidates nominated by their colleges and universities, according to the Rhodes Scholar's website.
Contributing: AP
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