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stars rising
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n addition to the induction of 16 seniors to Phi Beta Kappa during Convocation this year, four students reaped honors for academic and leadership excellence. Sophomores Jahmel Martin and Jessica Klimoff received the George and Mary Louise D’Olier Shuman Prize, bestowed annually on the sophomore man and woman who demonstrate superior academic performance and outstanding contributions to the extracurricular life of the college. Kirsten Dedrickson and Rizwan Saffie earned junior and senior sophister honors, respectively, for holding the highest cumulative grade-point averages in their classes.
Rizwan Saffie on his favorite class: In spring 2011 I took
American Studies 101: Race, Gender, Sexuality and Power in the U.S. For the first time I got to talk and learn about things in class that one never would dare talk about in a classroom back home [in Guyana]. That introduction to the topic fueled my interest in social justice and politics.
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Kirsten Dedrickson on why
she chose Dickinson: It is the only school I know of where every person involved with the school — whether current students, alumni or faculty — absolutely loves it. I toured many of the Ivy Leagues, and I didn’t meet a single person at any of them who showed the same excitement about their school as Dickinsonians showed for Dickinson. I came to Dickinson so I could have the same experience.