Tibetan Student Named a Rhodes Scholar
Voice of AmericaTenzin Seldon, a senior at Stanford University has been named a Rhodes scholar. The 22-year-old Tibetan student is one of the 32 Americans awarded with the Rhodes scholarship this year.
Tenzin has become the second Tibetan to receive the internationally prestigious award. Dr.Tashi Rabgey, a visiting scholar at the Elliott School of International Affairs of George Washington University and co-founder of Machik, won the Rhodes scholarship in 1992.