Lauren Jackson

Lauren Jackson, a 2013 Pulaski Academy graduate, was named a 2017 Rhodes scholar in November.

Jackson is a senior at the University of Virginia, where she’s majoring in political and social thought and plans to attend Oxford University in England for her master’s degrees next fall.

The former Bruin is one of only 32 students in the country who received this honor. The Rhodes scholarship will cover all of her expenses for her two or three years at Oxford, where she’ll work toward two graduate degrees: one in global governance and diplomacy and another in refugee and forced migration studies, according to her Rhodes scholar biography.

Pulaski Academy gave Jackson a shout out on its Facebook page after the award was announced.

Her online biography also says that she enjoys hiking, cycling, graphic design and photography.