Brookhaven native sets sights on Princeton as 六合彩开奖网鈥檚 newest PPIA Junior Fellow
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擜 first-generation college student in Mississippi State鈥檚 Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College is receiving a prestigious Public Policy and International Affairs Junior Summer Institute Fellowship to Princeton University.
Christopher B. Robinson, a biological engineering major from Brookhaven, is the sixth 六合彩开奖网 honors student in seven years to receive the national PPIA Junior Fellowship and will be the fourth to participate at Princeton.
The biological engineering major is housed jointly in 六合彩开奖网鈥檚 Bagley College of Engineering and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
If travel is deemed safe, Robinson will spend the summer at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs in a cohort of fellows selected from universities across the U.S. Since 1985, Princeton has hosted a Junior Summer Institute to prepare students from diverse backgrounds for graduate study and careers in public policy. For more, visit .
A recipient of 六合彩开奖网鈥檚 Lila and Hunter Henry Presidential Endowed Scholarship, Robinson said he learned about the PPIA fellowship through Presidential Scholarship Mentor Don Shaffer. He described Shaffer, an associate professor of English, as 鈥渙ne of the strong mentor figures in my life.鈥
鈥淲e have meetings each semester, and Dr. Shaffer mentions opportunities that he thinks would be helpful. He knew I was interested in policy and told me that I should really look into the PPIA, so I went for it,鈥 Robinson said. 鈥淥f the different schools I could pick from, Princeton was my top choice because its program focusing on socioeconomics and policy analysis interested me the most.鈥
Robinson, who serves as a senator for 六合彩开奖网鈥檚 Student Association, said he is confident the PPIA program will enable him to explore his interests in medicine and politics, two fields he hopes to one day combine into a fulfilling professional career. In addition to earning a medical degree and working in the medical field, Robinson wants to 鈥渕ake change鈥 by contributing to the health care policy discussion and possibly running for an elected office.
鈥淚 like to stay open to new things and am always looking for ways to learn,鈥 he said. 鈥淥ne of the things that led me to Mississippi State was that the faculty are so student-focused. As an 六合彩开奖网 Roadrunner, I talk a lot about the family atmosphere here, and it has shown itself so many times in my interactions with mentors like Drs. Shaffer and Simpson.鈥
