Updated: 9:13 AM PST, December 10, 2020
Cadets Tyrese Bender, Class of 2021, of San Antonio, Texas, and Cadet Evan Walker, Class of 2021, of Rowlett, Texas, were chosen.
Two West Point Cadets from Texas are on the path to becoming Rhodes Scholars, having been chosen to study at Oxford University in England.
Tyrese Bender, of San Antonio, and Evan Walker, of Rowlett, were chosen because they each “found creative and bold ways to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion through their leadership and studies at West Point,” Brig. Gen. Cindy Jebb, Dean of the Academic Board said in a statement.
Both cadets are set to graduate from United States Military Academy, also known as West Point, in 2021.
Cadets Tyrese Bender and Evan Walker will be apart of the most diverse class of Rhodes Scholars.
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Cadets Tyrese Bender and Evan Walker will be apart of the most diverse class of Rhodes Scholars. Author: KHOU 11 Staff, CBS News Published: 3:15 PM CST December 10, 2020 Updated: 3:23 PM CST December 10, 2020
Cadets Tyrese Bender, Class of 2021, of San Antonio, and Cadet Evan Walker, Class of 2021, of Rowlett, will part of the most diverse class of Rhodes Scholars, according to CBS News.
CBS News reports 21 of the recipients across the country are people of color and 17 are women.
“Cadets Tyrese Bender and Evan Walker have both found creative and bold ways to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion through their leadership and studies at West Point. I look forward to the change and growth they will lead as Rhodes Scholars for the U.S. Army, our nation, and the world,” Brig. Gen. Cindy Jebb, Dean of the Academi
Filed in Features on December 10, 2020
Recently, the Rhodes Trust announced the 32 American winners of Rhodes Scholarships for graduate study at Oxford University in England. Rhodes Scholarships provide all expenses for two or three years of study at the University of Oxford in England and may allow funding in some instances for four years. Being named a Rhodes Scholar is considered among the highest honors that can be won by a U.S. college student.
The scholarships were created in 1902 by the will of Cecil Rhodes, an industrialist who made a vast fortune in colonial Africa. According to the will of Rhodes, applicants must have “high academic achievement, integrity of character, a spirit of unselfishness, respect for others, potential for leadership, and physical vigor.”