Suzanne Lambert '97, a native of Trinidad, won a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University in England starting this October.
Lambert is the third Dartmouth student from Trinidad since 1990 to win one of the two Rhodes Scholarships presented each year to citizens of the Commonwealth Caribbean. She is the 62nd recipient in Dartmouth's history.
The Rhodes endowment is awarded every year to approximately 170 college and university graduates from the United States, the British Commonwealth and Germany.
At Oxford, Lambert will study one subject, but she is still deciding among international law, international relations and environmental law.
Lambert, who majored in geography, graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth. She currently works for Dove Associates, an international management consulting firm in Boston. According to a College press release, she plans to pursue a career in environmental law and policy in the Caribbean.
Before she came to the College, Lambert had won a Trinidadian National Scholarship.
While at Dartmouth, she was twice named to the dean's list, won high honors in her major and twice received the W.E.B. Du Bois Award for Academic Excellence.
In a College press release, Geography Professor George Demko said Lambert "is one of the finest students I've ever had. I knew from her first coursework with me that she was a very talented student and a very special person."
Created in 1904 by Cecil Rhodes, a British millionaire who made his fortune in the diamond mining industry, the scholarship, intended for graduating seniors and recent college graduates up to the age of approximately 25, is viewed as a distinguished achievement by graduate schools and employers.
The program, worth 25,000 British pounds a year, is very competitive, said Susan Wright, Associate Director of Career Services.
To be considered for the scholarship, candidates must propose a course of study and reasons they want to receive a Rhodes. A committee of former Rhodes Scholars selects the recipients.
