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Phyllis Graber Jensen Published on April 8, 2021 Hannah McKenzie ’21 has received a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, a prestigious grant that supports a year of international exploration for graduating U.S. college seniors. During her year abroad, McKenzie plans to travel to South Africa, Uganda, Greece, and Switzerland to meet and talk with refugees about their traditional foods, their markets and restaurants, and how they are working to sustain and empower themselves. “As an outsider, I will meet them in their worlds of expertise, contributions, and pride,” she says. An anthropology major from the Maryland town of Stevenson, in Baltimore County, McKenzie is among 42 Watson awardees across the nation for 2021. Each Watson Fellow will receive $36,000 for 12 months of travel and college loan assistance, as applicable. ....
Lucas spent a week in Washington, D.C., with other freshmen Bonner Leaders in March 2019. He met her at West End Ministries, the local nonprofit that follows the motto, “We serve God by helping others.” Lucas worked there as its community garden coordinator when Mary came up to talk. She was 60 and homeless. She came by to see Lucas almost every day, sharing with him the details of her life – getting evicted from an apartment and living on the streets because her monthly Social Security check couldn’t cover the rent. When Lucas talks about Mary, his voice rises, and his hands move in rapid circles. He’s angry at what he sees. Thanks to what he’s learning at High Point University, he wants to put his education to work and help people like Mary. ....