SEATTLE — Two Yale University students from the Pacific Northwest have been named Rhodes scholars.
Mason Ji, of Shoreline, and Jared Milfred, of Portland, Oregon, and are among the 32 American students chosen as Rhodes scholars for 2016.
Ji is a senior majoring in global affairs. He also was a student at the School of International Studies at Peking University. His senior thesis focuses on East-West dialogue and dispute resolution. He has interned at the White House and for one of China’s largest law firms, and is a competitive table tennis player in the U.S. and China.
Milfred is a senior studying for a bachelor’s degree in ethics, politics and economics. He has combined research in political theory and political science with a passion for social justice advocacy and campaign finance reform. He works as an EMT on campus and is editor of Yale’s Journal of Political Thought.
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