AREA GRAD NAMED RHODES SCHOLAR.Byline: Enrique Rivero Daily News Staff Writer The way Daniel P. Kim sees it, a couple years stay in England as a Rhodes scholar Rhodes scholar n. A student who holds a scholarship established by the will of Cecil J. Rhodes that permits attendance at Oxford University for a period of two or three years. Rhodes scholarship n. could give the 21-year-old Harvard University Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. student some insights into how Americans perceive art. Kim, a 1993 graduate of Agoura High School Agoura High School is a four-year high school, freshman-senior, in Agoura Hills, California, United States. It is the largest high school in the Las Virgenes Unified School District, with an enrollment of approximately 2,400 students. , is studying American history and literature at the Ivy League Ivy League Group of eight universities in the northeastern U.S., high in academic and social prestige, that are members of an athletic conference for intercollegiate gridiron football dating to the 1870s. school. Being a classical oboe oboe (ō`bō, ō`boi) [Ital., from Fr. hautbois] or hautboy (ō`boi, hō`–), woodwind instrument of conical bore, its mouthpiece having a double reed. player, he's had a nearly lifelong interest in the arts and hopes one day to be involved in the field. The Rhodes scholarship Rhodes scholarship Grant to attend the University of Oxford. The program was established in 1902 by the will of Cecil Rhodes. Until 1976, candidates had to be unmarried male residents in a Commonwealth country, the U.S., or South Africa. In 1976 women were accepted. he just received to Oxford University in England could lead him in that direction, he said. ``In the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , art seems a little removed from popular culture, and perhaps in Europe people participate in it a little more,'' Kim said Monday in a phone interview from Cambridge, Mass. ``It'll be interesting to live there the next two or three years and see why that is the case - or if that is the case.'' On Saturday, the Rhodes Scholarship Trust named Kim one of 32 American recipients of the prestigious award. It entitles them to begin two or three years of study at Oxford University, beginning in October. Although he had been going through the lengthy application and interview process since early October, Kim said he was still stunned when he was picked as a winner. ``They have all these applicants in the room, and they just say very matter-of-factly these four people (are getting it), and there's complete shock in the room,'' Kim said. He was still reeling Monday. ``I felt very disoriented dis·o·ri·ent tr.v. dis·o·ri·ent·ed, dis·o·ri·ent·ing, dis·o·ri·ents To cause (a person, for example) to experience disorientation. Adj. 1. at that moment, and it still feels very surreal to me,'' he said. Kim's mother, Sunny Kim, said she and her husband, Keun, were thrilled when their son called them about noon Saturday with the good news. ``We were expecting him to call either way, and when he called and said `I made it,' my husband just screamed,'' she said. The Rhodes scholarships are an international study award created in 1902 through the will of British philanthropist and colonialist Cecil Rhodes. Applicants are judged on high academic achievement, integrity of character, spirit of unselfishness, respect for others, potential for leadership and physical vigor. Though unsure what he'll study at Oxford when he goes next October, Kim said he probably will focus on music or art history or enroll in the politics, philosophy and economics program. ``It would give me two or three years to do more academic and musical explorations and just give me some room to explore some projects on my own,'' he said. He's also looking forward to studying with Oxford's other students from around the world. ``There's a real international community at Oxford - even more international than it is at Harvard.'' Most of all, he likes having the two or three years following graduation from Harvard mapped out for him. ``Just waking up in the morning and knowing I have something planned for the next year is a great thing,'' he said. ``And just knowing that you're part of this greater community of scholars Noun 1. community of scholars - the body of individuals holding advanced academic degrees profession - the body of people in a learned occupation; "the news spread rapidly through the medical profession"; "they formed a community of scientists" and people is a real honor.'' |
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