{"id":462422,"date":"2020-11-19T15:41:40","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T20:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=462422"},"modified":"2021-04-02T11:59:22","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T15:59:22","slug":"beauclaire-mbanya-awarded-rhodes-scholarship-462422","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/beauclaire-mbanya-awarded-rhodes-scholarship-462422\/","title":{"rendered":"Beauclaire Mbanya \u201920 awarded Rhodes Scholarship in global competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"width: 85%; font-weight: bold; line-height: 135%; margin-bottom: 0.5em;\">As a Global Rhodes Scholar, the Cameroon native will head to Oxford, UK, to pursue a master\u2019s degree relating to sustainable energy.<\/h2>\n<p>Beauclaire Mbanya Jr. \u201920 has been named a 2021 Global Rhodes Scholar\u2014one of only two students selected worldwide among candidates from any country not in an existing Rhodes jurisdiction or competition zone. The Cameroon native is the third University student or alumnus to receive a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk\/scholarships\/the-rhodes-scholarship\/\">Rhodes Scholarship<\/a>, and the first in 56 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am thankful to God for this prestigious scholarship,\u201d Mbanya says. \u201cI\u2019m very excited but humbled, as this is a major step in a long journey. I\u2019m glad I am able to make my family and loved ones proud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>First awarded in 1902, the Rhodes is the oldest international scholarship program for postbaccalaureate study at the University of Oxford in Great Britain. More than 100 students are selected globally each year.<\/p>\n<p>The Rhodes Global Scholarship was launched in 2018 as part of the expansion of the scholarship program to enable students from any country in the world to apply. It\u2019s awarded to two academically outstanding young leaders who are motivated to engage with global challenges and promote international understanding and peace. Mbanya was selected along with Hanna Yovita of Indonesia out of 80 nominations from 46 countries.<\/p>\n<p>Mbanya graduated in May with a bachelor\u2019s degree in chemical engineering. An alumnus of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/university-remains-leading-us-institution-for-african-leadership-academy-graduates-332972\/\">African Leadership Academy<\/a>, he previously was awarded a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/alumni\/news\/rochester-students-to-receive-davis-projects-for-peace-grants\">Davis Projects for Peace grant<\/a> and selected as a 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/two-rochester-students-selected-as-schwarzman-scholars\/\">Schwarzman Scholar<\/a>. He has been completing his Schwarzman program\u2014a master\u2019s degree in global affairs from China\u2019s Tsinghua University\u2014remotely from the home of his host family in the Rochester suburb of Pittsford.<\/p>\n<p>While at Rochester, he was a senator in the University\u2019s chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers, worked on a Chem-E-Car project that created a car powered by a chemical energy source, and was a peer tutor in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/\">Department of Chemistry<\/a>. His volunteer service included providing assistance with home repairs for the elderly and working at a food bank.<\/p>\n<p>Wendi Heinzelman, dean of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hajim.rochester.edu\/\">Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences<\/a>, says she can\u2019t think of anyone more deserving of this honor. \u201cBeauclaire was an outstanding student, someone who took full advantage of every opportunity in the Hajim School from research to the NAE Grand Challenges Scholars program to a leadership position within the National Society of Black Engineers,\u201d she says. \u201cHis work to better his home country through a Davis Project for Peace Fellowship as well as through a company he co-founded to develop renewable energy solutions for remote villages, is inspiring.\u00a0I cannot wait to see what the future holds for this very promising leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"pullquote\">\u201cBeauclaire stands out among his peers for his sharp mind, his deep empathy, and his commitment to improving himself and the world around him.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u2014Karen Berger<\/div>\n<p>Karen Berger, an associate professor of instruction in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/\">Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences<\/a>, taught Mbanya and has served as an informal advisor. \u201cBeauclaire stands out among his peers for his sharp mind, his deep empathy, and his commitment to improving himself and the world around him,\u201d she says. \u201cHe is not only outstanding in the classroom, he\u2019s also driven by a deep commitment to give of himself to causes that he cares about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mbanya worked with Douglas Kelley, an associate professor in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hajim.rochester.edu\/me\/\">Department of Mechanical Engineering<\/a>, as a full-time undergraduate researcher in the summer of 2018 as a Xerox Research Scholar. Kelley says it\u2019s \u201cabsolutely fantastic\u201d that Mbanya was selected as a Rhodes Scholar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s super professional and poised, and focused on his goals without being narrow or falling down rabbit holes,\u201d Kelley says. \u201cI offered him\u00a0easier research\u00a0projects, but he consistently chose electrochemical energy technology because of\u00a0his\u00a0focused goal to start a career in energy resources. He often worked weekends, he solved\u00a0many problems independently, and also knew when to ask for help and strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Belinda Redden, director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/studentfellowships\/about\/contact.html\">fellowships in Arts, Sciences &amp; Engineering<\/a>, says Mbanya exemplifies the scholarly achievement and cocurricular contributions expected of a Rhodes Scholar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf more import, I believe, are his character and profound commitment to continuous challenge and self-improvement so that he can serve a purpose greater than himself,\u201d Redden says. \u201cI have known Beauclaire for almost four years and have had the privilege to mentor him through his pursuit of multiple competitive fellowship opportunities. What has always struck me are his sense of purpose and his authenticity and humility; he is without pretense or affect and always expresses gratitude for whatever is done on his behalf.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mbanya learned he had been chosen through a Zoom call. He received a phone call from a member of the Rhodes selection team inviting him to join a Zoom teleconference. That\u2019s when the chair of the panel, Dame Pamela Banks, announced that Mbanya and Yovita had been selected.<\/p>\n<p>Mbanya will travel to Oxford in October 2021 to begin his two-year, all-expenses paid graduate program, the master of science by research in engineering science degree program. He intends to conduct research on issues at the intersection of sustainable energy, technology, and policy development. His ultimate career goal is to work as an energy consultant, advising government and private institutions in developing nations on how to leverage sustainable energy solutions that promote infrastructure and economic development.<\/p>\n<p>Rochester\u2019s previous two Rhodes Scholars were the late Robert Babcock \u201937, who would later become lieutenant governor of Vermont, and J. Timothy Londergan \u201965, a member of the University\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/athletics\/halloffame\/bios\/londergan_timothy.html\">Athletic Hall of Fame<\/a> and a professor emeritus of physics at Indiana University\u2013Bloomington.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, Angela Remus \u201916 was a 2016 Rhodes finalist and Yaneve Fonge \u201911 also reached the final round of interviews in 2010.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"large-up-3\">\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"padding-left: 0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/two-rochester-students-selected-as-schwarzman-scholars\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/fea-schwarzman-kumar-mbanya.jpg\" alt=\"two student portraits\" \/><strong>Rochester senior, recent alumnus named Schwarzman Scholars<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: .9em;\"> One Rochester graduate and one senior are among the 145 Schwarzman Scholars selected this year from a global applicant pool of more than 4,700 applicants to complete a multidisciplinary one-year master\u2019s program at China\u2019s Tsinghua University.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"padding-left: 0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/rochester-students-to-receive-davis-projects-for-peace-grants-372342\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/fea-davis-peace-prize-2019.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;three\" \/><strong>Rochester students to receive Davis Projects for Peace grants<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: .9em;\">Four Rochester students will lead two projects as part of a national program in which college students design and implement projects that promote peace and intercultural understanding.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"padding-left: 0px;\"><a href=\" https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/fatima-zaidouni-20-awarded-gates-cambridge-scholarship-427112\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Fatima-Zaidouni.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;student\" \/><strong> Fatima Zaidouni \u201920 awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: .9em;\"> The award will allow the physics and astronomy major to pursue a postgraduate degree at the University of Cambridge in the UK beginning this fall.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beauclaire Mbanya is the third Rochester student or alumnus to receive a Rhodes Scholarship. 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