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You'll find the Flinn Scholars community in every nook and cranny of the Internet.

For starters, visit the Flinn Foundation page on Facebook, follow @flinnscholars on Twitter, and--if you're a Scholar yourself--join the Scholars group on LinkedIn.

Want a quick answer to a burning question? You can reach me via email at mellsworth@flinn.org.

And who is this writing, anyway?

In 2007, I joined the Flinn Foundation's communications team, writing about all of the Foundation's initiatives, including the Flinn Scholars. In 2012, I became director of the Flinn Scholars program.

I'm also a Flinn Scholar alum myself, from the class of 1993. After my undergraduate years in Arizona, I completed an MFA in creative writing at George Mason University in Virginia. Now and then, I do type things not entirely true.

Aug 20, 2008
Photo_3-author Matt Ellsworth

We're soooo 21st-century now

Tags: 05, 07, 08, amy stabler, matt hom, nicole rennell, sam wang, sarah trainor, youtube

What you've heard is true. The fledgling Flinn Scholars YouTube channel is up.

The mission is grand (creepy?): We'll document the lives of every last Scholar, from birth to death. No, not really. But it's going to be big!

To get things rolling, we've scoured The Internets and collected a few videos that were already out there, of such luminaries as Sean Aiken ('02), Clare (Ellsworth) Aslan ('96), Esther Cardona ('00), David Hernandez ('04), Zeb Hogan ('91), John Ingraham ('08), Matt Petterson ('05), Wayne Shen ('04), Anna Thanukos ('93), and Mitch Turbenson ('08).

We've also got the Flinn-centric band Hermit Tree, the Classes of 2004 and 2007 in Europe, and that same Class of 2007 doing something SPAM-related at a talent show.

And... we've added to the pile the same videos you can see over on The Deal:

  • A 2008 retreat montage (above).
  • Matt Hom ('08) recounting his way-ahead-of-schedule mentorship experience.

  • Nicole Rennell ('05) describing a year of study and travel in southern Africa.

  • Amy Stabler ('07) telling a Sandra Day O'Connor tale.

  • and Sarah Trainor ('07) and Sam Wang ('07) delivering an enticing account of the Scholars community.

Come back for more from time to time. And, all you Steven Soderbergh wanna-bes: Send us your finest work!