[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 177 (Thursday, December 8, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1636]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              HONORING 2017 RHODES SCHOLAR LAUREN JACKSON

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                          HON. J. FRENCH HILL

                              of arkansas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, December 8, 2016

  Mr. HILL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Lauren Jackson, who 
became one of 32 American students to be named as a 2017 Rhodes Scholar 
to the University of Oxford in England.
   A 2013 graduate of Pulaski Academy in Little Rock, Lauren became the 
first Arkansan to be named a Rhodes Scholar since 2003.
   She received a full merit scholarship to the University of Virginia 
(UVA) and a $20,000 Jefferson Public Citizens research grant to study 
post-traumatic stress syndrome in post-genocide Rwanda.
   Currently a senior at the University of Virginia, Lauren is 
completing a bachelor's degree in political and social thought with the 
plan to pursue master's degrees in both global governance and diplomacy 
and refugee and forced migration studies at Oxford.
   While at the University of Virginia, Lauren has been on track to 
pursue her goal of a career in journalism, writing as a columnist for 
the Cavalier Daily while serving as creative director for V Magazine 
and president of the Latter-Day Saint Student Association.
   On behalf of all Arkansans, congratulations, and we look forward to 
following your continued success.

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