In this episode, Sydney Hunt ('23 cohort) and Anson Zhou ('24 cohort) speak with Christian Tanja (Senior Assistant Director of Admission) and Jordyn Sanico (Admission Outreach Coordinator). Jordyn and Christian share their guiding values, experiences with mentorship, and interesting aspects of the work that they do at Knight-Hennessy Scholars. They also share their improbable facts--such as performing in the Carnegie Hall on two different occasions and being able to three prong spearfish!

Highlights from the episode:

(04:04) Home and their journeys to Stanford

(13:40) Singing in the Carnegie Hall twice

(15:07) Mentorship and the people who've supported them along their journeys

(19:46) Handling negative inner voices and imposter syndrome

(22:56) Interesting aspects about their work

(27:17) The inspiration behind their Imagine a World statements

(37:12) Improbable facts and rapid fire questions

(44:20) What they wish scholars knew

In this episode, Willie Thompson ('22 cohort) and Sydney Hunt ('23 cohort) speak with Yousuf Khan ('19 cohort) about how basic science research can directly improve the lives of everyone, the role that tennis has played in his life, and his experience traveling to New Mexico for a game show.

Highlights from the episode:

(04:34) The story behind Yousuf's name

(06:11) Growing up in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) and attending the University of Maryland

(12:05) Developing his current research interests

(28:15) Facilitating the KHS conversation

(30:53) Writing his Imagine a World statement and reflecting on the importance of academic humility

(36:12) Participating in a Netflix game show

In this episode, Willie Thompson ('22 cohort) and Ashley Yeh ('24 cohort) speak with a group of scholars and friends about how their Knight-Hennessy Scholars friend group came to be. Sanaa Alam ('23 cohort), Hannah Melville-Rea ('23 cohort), Leona Neftaliem ('23 cohort), Jocelyn Ricard ('23 cohort), and Takondwa Semphere ('23 cohort) give us an insider's look at some of the beautiful moments within their friendship and discuss how various aspects of KH programming have helped them to meet and strengthen their bonds with each other--mentioning Immersion Weekend, Day One, the retreats, Storytelling with Dan and Lisa, and the Deep Dive sessions.

Highlights from the episode:

(05:43) How they met--reflecting on KH Immersion Weekend, Day One, Fall Retreat, Storytelling with Dan and Lisa, and Deep Dive sessions.

(13:36) First impressions of each other.

(18:16) How regularly meeting at Denning for Lunch helped with strengthening their bond

(21:35) Sanaa's Dance Moms Instagram fan page

(26:06) Watching Alma compete in the Miss USA competition on TV

(30:53) Some favorite memories and experiences with each other

(35:51) Staying in touch after graduating

(41:30) Their similarities

(44:12) Rapid fire questions about who is the most likely to start a viral TikTok trend, survive a Zombie apocalypse, plan a spontaneous trip to another country, and win an argument with a complete stranger.

(51:43) Advice on building authentic and enduring friendships while in KH