Knight-Hennessy Scholars

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Knight-Hennessy Scholars
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Established2016
Director John L. Hennessy
StudentsUp to 100
Location
Stanford, CA
,
USA
Affiliations Stanford University
Website knight-hennessy.stanford.edu

Knight-Hennessy Scholars is a graduate-level scholarship program for study at Stanford University. Established in 2016, the program was founded with the aim of preparing students to address complex global issues. Scholars receive funding support to pursue any graduate degree at Stanford.

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Knight-Hennessy Scholars was founded in 2016 with a $400 million pledge from Phil Knight, the co-founder of Nike and a Stanford alum. [1] Knight’s donation, which was one of the largest ever made to an American university at the time, was combined with $350 million in additional gifts from other Stanford alumni. [2] Named for Knight and John Hennessy, Stanford’s 10th president, [3] the program was founded to prepare graduate students to address global issues like climate change and poverty. [1]

Scholars receive full funding to pursue any graduate degree at Stanford and participate in additional opportunities for leadership training, mentorship, and experiential learning across multiple disciplines.

The Knight-Hennessy Scholarship program enrolled its first cohort of 51 graduate students in 2018, with participating students hailing from 21 countries and pursuing 31 different degree programs. [4] A cohort of new Knight-Hennessy Scholars has been selected in each subsequent year. Notable alumni of the program include Alma Cooper, Andrew Leon Hanna, Aya Mouallem, and Maike van Niekerk.

Program

Knight-Hennessy Scholars supports scholars with coaching, funding and mentors, and provides workshops to help them develop their ideas to address important regional or global issues. The program's Global Impact Fund also offers one-time grants of up to $100,000 to scholars who have demonstrated a compelling commitment to the greater good by launching a nonprofit designed to improve lives and drive meaningful change. [5]

The program provides financial support comprising full tuition and fees, living and academic expenses (such as room and board, books, academic supplies, instructional materials, local transportation, and reasonable personal expenses), a travel stipend, a relocation stipend, and health insurance. [6]

Selection

Potential applicants are required to apply to the Knight-Hennessy scholars program and, separately, to a Stanford University graduate degree program; [7] those accepted receive three years of funding to study at one of Stanford’s seven schools. [2]

The program provides students with annual financial support to cover tuition, housing, and a stipend for living expenses. [3]

Denning House

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Denning House

In 2018, Denning House on the Stanford campus became the headquarters of the Knight-Hennessey Scholars. [8] The Denning House was designed and constructed to house the program. [9]

The New York architectural firm Ennead designed the two-story building, which has classrooms, a dining area, meeting and lecture rooms, as well as office space for a fellow-in-residence and for the program's administrative staff. [10] The building was a gift from Steven A. Denning and his wife, Roberta Bowman Denning. [10]

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  2. 1 2 Song, Jason (24 February 2016). "Thanks to Nike's Phil Knight, Stanford is planning an ambitious graduate scholars program". LA Times. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  3. 1 2 Germano, Sara (24 February 2016). "Nike Founder Phil Knight Donates $400 Million to Stanford". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "Knight-Hennessy Scholars program announces pioneer cohort of future leaders". news.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  5. ↑ "KHeystone Projects | Knight-Hennessy Scholars at Stanford University". knight-hennessy.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  6. ↑ "Funding | Knight-Hennessy Scholars at Stanford University". knight-hennessy.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  7. ↑ Michael Gioia, "Stanford launching Knight-Hennessy scholarship to attract top graduates," Stanford Daily , February 24, 2016.
  8. ↑ Alspaugh, Zack (6 December 2018). "Ennead Designs Sustainable Home for Stanford's New Knight-Hennessy Scholarship Program". Metropolis magazine. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  9. ↑ "Ennead Architects Completes Denning House at Stanford University". Dexigner magazine. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  10. 1 2 Kathleen J. Sullivan, "Knight-Hennessy Scholars program wins approval for Denning House, holds first meeting of faculty advisory board," Stanford News, December 8, 2016.
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