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You'll find the Flinn Scholars community in every nook and cranny of the Internet.

For starters, visit the Flinn Foundation page on Facebook, follow @flinnscholars on Twitter, and--if you're a Scholar yourself--join the Scholars group on LinkedIn.

Want a quick answer to a burning question? You can reach me via email at mellsworth@flinn.org.

And who is this writing, anyway?

Since 2007, I've been a part of the Flinn Foundation's communications team, writing about all of the Foundation's initiatives, including the Flinn Scholars.

I'm also a Flinn Scholar alum myself, from the class of 1993. After my undergraduate years in Arizona, I completed an MFA in creative writing at George Mason University in Virginia. Now and then, I do type things not entirely true.

May 01, 2009
Matt_badge-author Matt Ellsworth

Yale? Who Needs Yale?

Tags: 92, education, harvard, shelly lowe, yale

We know--that's a little cavalier. We don't mean it.

We apologize. Yale's a perfectly good university.

Shelly Lowe, new executive director of the Harvard University Native American Program

It's just that we're thrilled for Shelly Lowe ('92), who is trading in her responsibilities as dean of Yale's Native American Cultural Center for a new role: executive director of the Harvard University Native American Program.

If anybody out there is taking notes, this is a pretty fantastic way to start an announcement about a new hire:

After an exhaustive national search and the opportunity to interview a number of highly-qualified educational leaders, based on the depth and breadth of her experience, expertise and ideas, Ms. Lowe emerged as the ideal candidate to take the new lead as Executive Director.

More smiley faces from Harvard here, with frowny faces from Yale here.