From 成人大片 to Oxford
November 21, 2016
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A Queen鈥檚 University student has been selected as a 2017 Rhodes Scholar, a prestigious scholarship to the University of Oxford worth over $100,000.
Claire Gummo, a Political Studies and Gender Studies student, is the university鈥檚 57th Rhodes Scholar. Ms. Gummo is a recipient of the Queen鈥檚 Excellence Scholarship and has been recognized on the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science鈥檚 Honour List with Distinction, with grades placing her in the top three per cent of all arts students. She is also an , Canada鈥檚 largest scholarship awarded to 30 students each year.
The Calgary native has played a leading role in making the Kingston and Queen鈥檚 communities better and safer. Since 2015, she has led a team of students in the delivery of a bystander intervention training program, to mobilize the university community to recognize and prevent sexual violence. More than 2,000 students have received the training since August alone. She is a student representative on the provost's Implementation Team on Prevention and Response to Sexual Violence, as well as the associated working group, where she has assisted in the development of Queen鈥檚 sexual violence policy.
At Oxford, her goal is to pursue a Master of Philosophy in Comparative Social Policy.
鈥淢s. Gummo鈥檚 academic career, community service and personal goals, and record of achievement embody the Rhodes Scholar intellect, character, leadership, and commitment to service,鈥 says Daniel Woolf, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Queen鈥檚. 鈥淚 have gotten to know Claire personally during her time at Queen鈥檚, owing to her involvement in university policy work. She has distinguished herself through the significant contribution she has made to our community. Having myself gone from Queen鈥檚 to Oxford I think she鈥檒l have a fantastic time studying there.鈥
Ms. Gummo is also a research assistant at the Centre for International and Defence Policy at Queen鈥檚 and a gender consultant to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Off campus she has served on the board of the Sexual Health Resource Centre in Kingston and has volunteered at a soup kitchen in France. An avid figure skater, she has coached young skaters in Kingston and Calgary.
The Rhodes Scholarships are considered the oldest and most prestigious international scholarships for outstanding scholars from any academic field of study. Funded by the estate of Cecil J. Rhodes (the Rhodes Trusts), the scholarships are awarded to students who demonstrate a strong propensity to emerge as 鈥渓eaders for the world鈥檚 future鈥 and are provided for postgraduate studies or a second bachelor鈥檚 degree at Oxford, for two years with the possible extension of a third year.
Each year, are selected from Canada.