Student Highlights

Below are some of the highlights of ISP Students and their recent achievements. If you know of anyone who should be highlighted, please email jenks.isp@jenksps.org and we will take a look.

Abigail Chow

Abigail is a Finance and Accounting major with minors in Spanish and Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Tulsa where she is a recipient of the Presidential Scholarship and the Friends of Finance Scholarship. Abigail serves as Senator for the Collins College of Business and Chair of the Student Engagement Committee on the Dean’s Undergraduate Advisory Board. Abigail is the Founder and Director of Red Equity Oklahoma and was selected to be part of the Bank of America Student Leader 2023 Cohort.

Alexis Lund

Alexis is a graduate of Jenks High School and a current student at the University of Oklahoma. She is an Oklahoma Reagent’s Scholar and is studying French and Community Health. At Jenks High School, Alexis was a member of the International Scholars Program.

Sazel Pokharel

Sazel is a second-year Electrical Engineering student at the Colorado School of Mines. Sazel is a Harvey Scholar at Mines, a full-tuition scholarship of 12 students per incoming school year. The scholarship’s motto is “paying it forward” through community service and giving back to others. At Jenks High School, Sazel was in the International Scholars Program, President of Science Olympiad, and a National Honor Society member.

Matthew Williams

Matthew is a student at the University of Notre Dame. Matthew is studying International Economics with an East Asian concentration. He is also a member of the Glynn Family Honors Scholar Program. Matthew was a member of the International Scholars Program at Jenks High School and took AP Human Geography his senior year. He plans to continue using the lens of a human geographer through future research and his career.

Abigail, Alexis, Sazel, and Matthew recently published a paper with Dr. McCrackin about linking Human Geography concepts to their ISP senior year travel in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19338341.2024.2373703

Elaine Gao recently authored and published a book "The Oracle." It is available on amazon.com. She also published a paper entitled "The Relationship between Recreational International Travel Experience, Openness to Experience and Cultural Intelligence in High School Students. This paper can be found in Knowledge Cultures Vol. 11(2) in 2023. Please consider supporting Elaine's writing endeavors.

Elaine is a member of our 2024 cohort.

Morgan Berry, a 2021 ISP graduate is currently a member of the Global Engagement Fellowship at OU, where she has the chance to take part in multiple study abroad opportunities. She was also named Miss Teen Oklahoma 2021 and placed in the top 15 nationally.

2021 ISP graduate Anna Tharakan is currently attending Duke University where she was recently appointed Vice President of External Affairs of the Healthy Hands Initiative, a nonprofit aimed at providing water pumps in rural communities in Northern India. She is also engaged in multiple endeavors as a research assistant.

Class Distinctions

Back Row: Zihao Jiang, Ethan Chen, Anna Tharakan, Caroline Kizziar, Ella Bingham, Max McCarthy

Middle Row: Nem Sung, Emma Zemanek, Savannah Baldwin, Avery Slick, Rhea Katari, Holly Hilst

Front Row: Ariana Sayeed, Chloe Gough, Salma Waheed, Priya George, Rachel Tiong, Audrey Guymon

(Not pictured: Morgan Berry, Madison Resendiz, Olivia Warner)

Back row: Christopher Thi Dinh Diep, Scott Li, Ryan Short, Justin Chavez, Easton Deyoe, Paul Atiyeh, Tommy Repke, Ezra Power, Caleb Mangesho

Front Row: Cing Kim, Langh Guite, Adam Fletcher, Victoria Ling, Maddox McCune, Audrey McGee, Kayla Cao, Lauren Clary, Jolie Abdo, Savannah Durham, Elizabeth Benitez, Mariam Siddiqui, Paula Lopez, Dim Lun, Vung Kop

Back row: Meghan D'souza, Matthew Williams, Michael Bahle, Alexis Lund, Elizabeth McKeown, Lily Stanton, Emma Cinocca, Sophia Smith, Diego Tejada, Roman Trice, Thomas Deutscher

Front Row: Bryanna Kirha, Sazel Pokharel, Lilian Mellor, Abeer Shoaib, Rena Uddin, Cing Hung, Mercy Kim, Kirti Gowda, Gabriel Tiong, Lauren Cargal

Not pictured: Emily Chen, Abigail Chow, Bailey Preston, and Jeremy Song

Back row: Shilpi Bardhan, Harish Vaithianathan

Middle row: Abigail Coakley, Ann Gao, Elaine Gao, Maggie Weikel, Davis Keator, Kate Hill, Analicia Wilde, Ella Walentiny, Sara Moreno, Lizzy McKenzie, Whit McManus, Kate Pinnell, Diya Patel, Ashley Wagga, Alyssa Engle, Ngaih Cing, Rebecca Annor, Gaby Samuel

Front Row: Isabel Villalobos Ward, Emma Reilly, Abby Zemanek, Greta Mueller, Sofie Carter, Avani Chandwaney, Joi Claros, Phoebe Storm, Andrea Luviano-Lagunas, Awi Kiim, Lian Huai, Leslie Pacheco Salas

Not pictured: Samuel Abiel, Jes Cates, Ethan Harder, Dean McCune, Darci Mitchell, Favor Mulalira, Ning Siam, Gin Tuang, Addie Warlick

Class of 2025 Graduates with Distinction

Back row: Jaxen Strow, Porter McCuistian, Olivia Strickland, Joey Repke, Ian Pollard, Jackson Garrott, Marissa Williams, Hari Pasupathy, Ethan Edwards

Middle row: Lucas Elneser, Hendrik DuBois, Jenna Abdo, Madalyn Strawn, Brody Scott, Lauren Marnell, Din Dai, Isla Walker, Grace Lee, Glory Lun, Adam Humphrey, Kezia Thomas, Mustafa Siddiqui, Valery Gutierrez, Heidi Livingston, Athena Gadiwalla, Harini Senthil, Tessa Summerlin, Eva Mahajan, Maggie Scruggs, Isabel Martin, Rayleigh Johnson, Ananya Genge Patil

Front Row: Lynn Chemutai, Trista Wang, Nick Sweet, Darby Graff, Reagan Beck, Hadley Kirk, Akshitha Vemula, Dim Hoih, Desire Lucero, Serena Cing, Ragon Francy, Daphne Reagle, Emily Seo, Samantha Kotas, Parker Miner

Not pictured: Elisha Dalmeida, Avery Umble

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