Trevor Ugolyn Tu'08 has been named a regional finalist in the White House Fellows program, according to a statement released by the Tuck School of Business. Fellows of the program, which was founded in 1964 and is regarded as the most prestigious leadership and public service program in the United States, typically spend a year working as paid special assistants to senior White House staff and other top-ranking government officials. Regional finalists will partake in a number of interviews over the next month in hopes of making it to the national finals. National finalists will be announced in May and will then undergo a further round of interviews in the hopes of earning one of between 11 and 19 fellowships. Between 500 and 800 young people apply for the fellowship each year.
In light of the popularity of Facebook and other social networking sites among college students, many colleges' alumni associations have created similar networks, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported. Institutions such as Lynchburg College in Lynchburg, Va., have created online networks geared toward helping alumni remain in touch online. "We don't do many events where we can reconnect 2,300 people simultaneously," Matthew Brandon, associate vice president for alumni relations at Lynchburg, told the Chronicle. "We see a lot of groups of friends reconnecting online." More than 70 million users have Facebook profiles, including 85 percent of students at four-year institutions, according to Facebook's web site.
The Princeton Review, which ranks colleges annually on different characteristics, will add green ratings -- scores of schools' sustainability and commitment to the environment -- to its new rankings, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported Tuesday. The Princeton Review will base the schools' 'green' scores on their answers to almost 30 environment-related questions, including "What percentage of your grounds are managed organically?" and students' lists of their school's "top three undertakings that represent your environmental commitment." After visiting colleges across the country, Rob Franek, the publication's publisher and vice president, noted that issues of sustainability are of high priority to modern college students and said he felt they deserved a place in the rankings, The Chronicle reported.
