June 2020 Accolades
This past semester, she was awarded a Harvard Presidential Public Service Fellowship for the summer. In addition, she won the Edward Eager Memorial Fund Prize for Best Creative Writing by the English Department and the Spolin Law Scholarship for an essay she wrote on the spirit of the U.S. Constitution.
This summer, she’s a reporting fellow at the Texas Tribune via the Emma Bowen Foundation and the Dow Jones News Fund internship programs. Her work is available here. Her first byline was about the Austin City Council unanimously approving measures to reform its police department and ask for cuts to the police budget in the wake of nationwide protests.
Finally, she recently launched a podcast through her independent journalistic platform, Stories from the Border. The podcast is called Broadcasts from the Border and the first episode features a conversation with New York Times immigration reporter Caitlin Dickerson.
Jolene Loetscher (1997) and her husband Nate Burdine, co-owners of Mud Mile Communications, just received another gold Telly Award for a video they produced for us called The Moment. The Telly Awards honor excellence in video and television across all screens.
Alumni News
February 2024 Connections
Alumni virtually interviewed our Regional Finalists across the country and got together in person around the US.
February 2024 Accolades
Heather Bowerman (2002) and her company, Dot Labs, was featured on NASDAQ’s iconic billboard in Times Square; Eric Veal, Jr. (2022) was accepted to the Institute for Responsible Citizenship’s Class of 2025; and Kristina Skrela Gisonde (1999) was inducted into her company’s Hall of Fame
January 2024 Connections
Scholars gathered virtually for the first learning event of the year, “An Inside-Out Approach to Goal Setting,” and in person around the world.