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Category: News

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How Tasia Tran Builds Belonging

Tasia Tran is a member of Cohort 14 and a fourth-year student at Central Washington University, where she studies film and digital marketing. In addition to her role as a Res[..]

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26 Years Later, a Cohort 1 Scholar Returns to Lead Rainier Scholars Seattle

In 2000, Lenda Nguyen entered Rainier Scholars as a fifth grader in the organization’s inaugural cohort, beginning what would become a 12-year journey through its rigorous [..]

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How Career Development Coaches Support Scholars

For many students, the job and internship search can feel unfamiliar and isolating. At Rainier Scholars, we want to do all we can to support students in landing their fi[..]

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Designing His Own Path: Elijah Smith’s Journey to Art School 

Elijah Smith is a Rainier Scholars (Cohort 26) senior at Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences (SAAS) preparing to study fashion design. Instead of pursuing a traditional S[..]

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Climbing Fuji, Finding Himself: Ayimen Hussien’s Study Abroad in Japan

It was pitch black when Ayimen Hussien and his friends started the final push up Mt. Fuji. They’d taken the Yoshida Trail, the easiest of Fuji’s f[..]

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From Glow Fish to Post-Graduate School: Jaqui Meza’s Lab Life and a PhD

Jaqueline “Jaqui” Meza was only 12 years old the first-time science knocked the wind out of her.  She was sitting in [..]

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Black History Month Recommendations & Resources

Black History Month is an annual celebration each February to honor the achievements, culture, and central role of Black Americans in United States histor[..]

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The Weight We Carry: Rainier Scholars on Sacrifice and Growth 

Sopheary Wiley-Ly remembers the Wednesdays of her Academic Enrichment Phase (AEP) year vividly. She got up early and went to school like your average student. But then she st[..]

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The Building Blocks of Persuasive Writing

As part of our continued evolution, we continue to research and evaluate the best ways to support our scholars. In a recent blog, The Writing Revolution: How We’re Evo[..]

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