{"id":150,"date":"2009-11-20T17:16:51","date_gmt":"2009-11-20T23:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezing.me\/transfer\/?p=150"},"modified":"2014-09-23T08:35:54","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T13:35:54","slug":"chamblee-rhodes-finalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/chamblee-rhodes-finalist\/","title":{"rendered":"Fulton Native Vincent Chamblee\u00a0Finalist for Rhodes Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"
OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 Tommy Vincent \u201cVince\u201d Chamblee of Fulton interviewed Saturday (Nov. 21) \nas a finalist for a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. \n <\/p>\n
\nA senior in \nthe UM Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College who is on track to graduate in \nMay 2010, Chamblee participated in the rigorous selection finals in Kansas City, \nMo. The academic distinction is shared by some of the world\u2019s great leaders and \nintellectuals of the past century.\n<\/p>\n
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\nVince Chamblee\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nThe \nscholarship provides an all-expenses-paid opportunity to study for two years at \nOxford University in England, one of the world\u2019s oldest universities. It is the \nmost coveted academic award for American undergraduates.<\/o:p>\n<\/p>\n
\n“Vince \nChamblee has distinguished himself as one of our most accomplished students,\u201d \nsaid Chancellor Dan Jones. \u201cPreviously, he received the Lott Institute\u2019s most \nsignificant scholarship award and a Taylor Medal (the university’s highest \nacademic award). Our entire community takes pride in his having been \ninterviewed as a finalist in this year\u2019s Rhodes Scholarship program.\u201d<\/o:p>\n<\/p>\n
\nChamblee \nwon the Barksdale Award last spring for a project that includes travel to Switzerland, \nDubai and Tanzania for independent research into the economics of human \ntrafficking. He also studied at the University of Edinburgh through the UM \nStudy Abroad program and held an internship under a member of the Scottish \nParliament.\n<\/p>\n
\n“Mr. \nChamblee is an outstanding economics major,” said Jon Moen, UM chair of economics. \n“His attention to detail in class makes teaching a pleasure. Ole Miss is \nfortunate to have had a student like him.”\n<\/p>\n
\nIn \nhis endorsement of Chamblee for the Rhodes, honors college Dean Douglass \nSullivan-Gonzalez described him as “following a path without landmarks. \nVince has the courage to ask substantive questions and, even more importantly, \nto hear the difficult answers that sometimes come back to him.”<\/o:p>\n<\/p>\n
\nIt’s \na path that has been instilled in Chamblee all his life, the honoree said.\n<\/p>\n
\n\u201cMy \ngrandfather shared this quote from Woodrow Wilson: \u2018You are not here to merely \nmake a living; you are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, \nwith greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement,’\u201d Chamblee \nsaid. \u201cI hope the decisions I\u2019ve made have directed me toward that goal.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\nChamblee \nentered UM as a Trent Lott Leadership Institute Scholar and an honors college fellow. \nHe received Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Beta Kappa honors and was named a Taylor \nMedalist as a junior. He is earning bachelor\u2019s degrees in economics, public policy \nleadership and accountancy.\n<\/p>\n
\nAfter \ngraduation, Chamblee said he plans to earn an intermediary post-doctorate \ndegree, refine his understanding at the World Bank in its social development \nsector, then spend a year in eastern Africa. Following his time there, Chamblee \nplans to attend law school in the United States and specialize in international \nlaw, with a particular academic emphasis on the expansion of powers for the \nInternational Court of Justice to policy areas concerning global \nsustainability.\n<\/p>\n
\nAfter \nhigh school, Chamblee applied to at least 17 colleges and universities, \nspanning from as far south as Tulane University to as far north as Syracuse \nUniversity. A week before the April 1 decision deadline, he narrowed the pool \ndown to three: Vanderbilt University, Marquette University and Ole Miss.\n<\/p>\n
\n“That \nweek, my father and I decided to take a trip to look at each of them one last \ntime,” he said. \u201cDuring that last visit to Ole Miss, I had the opportunity \nto meet with Dean Sullivan-Gonzalez and Dr. John Samonds from the Honors \nCollege. I based my decision on the fact that Ole Miss genuinely believes its \nown success is predicated upon the well-being and success of its students.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\nThough \nhe has always been an exceptional student, Chamblee hasn\u2019t had it easy, his \nfather said.\n<\/p>\n
\n\u201cVince \nhas been blessed with a tremendous amount of determination to achieve whatever \ngoals he sets for himself,\u201d Tommy A. Chamblee said. \u201cI remember as a fifth-grader, \nhe had a 100 average in history and still wanted to write a five-page paper for \nextra credit. I\u2019m very proud of him and his accomplishments.”\n<\/p>\n
\nChamblee \nwould have been the second UM student in two years to win the Rhodes Scholar. \nShadrack \u201cShad\u201d Tucker White of Sandersville won the honor in 2008. Over the \npast 10 years, Ole Miss has produced several Rhodes Scholarship finalists, as \nwell as five Truman, eight Goldwater and six Fulbright scholars, plus one \nMarshall, one Udall and one Gates Cambridge scholar.\n<\/p>\n
\nRhodes \nScholarships were started after the death of Cecil Rhodes in 1902 and bring \naccomplished students from around the world to the University of Oxford. The \nfirst American scholars were elected in 1904, according to the scholarship’s \nWeb site.\n<\/p>\n
\nRegional \ncommittees select 32 American Rhodes Scholars annually from nominees in each \nstate.\n<\/p>\n
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