Ahmed Hanafy of Bellevue was named an Annika Rodriguez Scholar at Washington University in St. Louis. Ahmed, one of 19 Rodriguez Scholars selected this year, is a 2017 graduate of Interlake High School.
Ahmed is a first-year student at Washington University. The Rodriguez Scholarship is awarded to incoming first-year students of exceptional academic merit who show commitment to community service and a demonstrated ability to bring diverse people together.
The awards range from partial tuition to full tuition and a $2,500 stipend. The scholarship is renewable for all four years of undergraduate academic study, dependent upon the student’s satisfactory academic progress. Tuition for the 2017-2018 academic year is $50,650.
Scholars participate in the Annika Rodriguez Scholars Program throughout their four years at Washington University, including biweekly meetings, seminars and community service projects.
The scholarship is named in honor of an exceptional young alumna of Washington University, Annika Rodriguez, who was killed during a flash flood while working for the Peace Corps in Honduras.
Washington University in St. Louis is counted among the world’s leaders in teaching, research, patient care and service to society.
The university draws students to St. Louis from about 90 countries and all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The total student body is more than 14,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students.
The approximately 3,600 faculty teach in seven schools: Arts & Sciences, Brown School, Olin Business School, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, School of Engineering & Applied Science, School of Law and School of Medicine. The university has been affiliated with 24 Nobel laureates, many of whom did a significant portion of their award-winning work at the university.
The university offers more than 90 programs and almost 1,500 courses leading to bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in a broad spectrum of traditional and interdisciplinary fields, with additional opportunities for minor concentrations and individualized programs.
