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2011 Haslam Scholars

The 2011 group of 15 outstanding students is the program’s fourth and final founding class. Beginning in June 2011, the newest Haslam Scholars will join with the first three classes to further develop the program’s distinctive curriculum and student culture and, working together, contribute to their own and the university’s many diverse educational ambitions.

William Barbour

William Barbour

Will Barbour chose to attend the University of Tennessee as a Haslam scholar because of the promise of community with fellow scholars. Will plans to major in chemical engineering with a possible dual major in cellular and molecular biology.

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John Burnum

John Burnum

John Burnum plans to seek out undergraduate research opportunities, tutor other students, and possibly obtain an internship at Oak Ridge National Laboratory or the UTC SimCenter.

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Imani Chatman

Imani Chatman

Imani Chatman says, “Being in the Haslam Program automatically opens doors for me that would otherwise be closed.” Imani plans to work towards a career in medicine, specifically obstetrics and gynecology.

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Ryan Clark

Ryan-Clark

Ryan Clark joined the Haslam Scholars Program with the goal of majoring in music with an emphasis on piano performance.

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Cayce Davis

Cayce Davis

Cayce Davis joins the Haslam Scholars Program as an architecture student. Cayce says, “I wanted to be a part of this cradle of collegiate learning, with its rigorous culture of scholarship that nurtures the individual’s mind and perspective through group and independent study experience.”

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Phoebe Fogelman

Phoebe-Fogelman

Phoebe Folgelman decided to join the Haslam Scholars Program at the University of Tennessee as a chemical engineering student after seeing the program as “a unique opportunity because the participants are continuously challenged to think about and respond to problems to which viable solutions do not currently exist.”

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Evan Ford

Evan Ford

Evan Ford plans to pursue a career in politics and looks forward to creating relationships through the HSP that will allow him to excel in politics. He also looks forward to learning from and with his fourteen peers.

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Shivani Goyal

Shivani Goyal

Shivani Goyal ultimately chose the Haslam Scholars Program at the University of Tennessee, saying, “I instantly became part of a cohesive community of Haslam Scholars that continuously learn from and with each other. I value my place at UT where I will be given special attention as one of fifteen.”

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Emma Hollmann

Emma Hollmann

Emma Hollmann says that the most attractive quality of the Haslam Scholars Program is its “dynamic nature.”

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Christopher Ludtka

Christopher Ludtka

Christopher Ludtka found that the Haslam Scholars Program was his best way to ensure that his future vocation would be make an impact.

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Tyrel Prentiss

Tyrel Prentiss

Tyrel Prentiss chose the Haslam Scholars Program because he “wanted the breadth of opportunities offered by a top research university combined with the personal attention of a small, liberal arts campus.”

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Kenna Rewcastle

Kenna Rewcastle

Kenna Rewcastle is joining the Haslam Scholars Program as a prospective chemistry and environmental and soil sciences major.

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Julia Ross

Julia Ross

Over summer 2011, Julia had the opportunity to participate in research on new stem cell therapies for patients with peripheral vascular disease as she shadowed a vascular surgeon a the Cardiovascular Innovation Institute in Louisville, KY. Julia plans to pursue a pre-health concentration, possibly in conjunction with an English major.

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Fadi Saleh

Fadi Saleh

Fadi Saleh, a prospective psychology and biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology major, chose the Haslam Scholars Program as the program that fit him best because “it combined the exclusivity, prestige, and soon-to-be-renowned reputation of an Ivy League with the size, research and volunteer opportunities, and diversity of a large research university like UT Knoxville.”

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RJ Vogt

RJ Vogt

RJ Vogt plans to follow a path leading to a career in medicine, or perhaps a degree in journalism or political science.

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