To Our Pullman Scholar Community, We are disappointed, but we have made the decision to not bring our Pullman Scholar Community together as initially planned at this year’s Pullman Scholar Symposium, scheduled for Wednesday, May 20th. Coming together as a community is important to us. The annual Pullman Scholar Symposium is our chance to do […]
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Florence Lowden Miller had a bold idea. As president of the Board of Directors of the Pullman Free School of Manual Training, the vocational school endowed by her late grandfather, the industrialist George Pullman, she faced a dilemma. Innovative for its time, for 33 years Pullman Tech (as it was affectionately known in the community) […]
Catherine (shown center) enrolled in Northwestern University this fall to study journalism. Since then, she has gotten involved in local journalism on campus and throughout Chicago. Read on to learn more about Catherine. What drew you to your college? When admissions letters came out in March last year, it became clear that my primary […]
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Orlando enrolled in the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) this fall to study kinesiology. Since then, his first year has been full of new learning experiences. Read on to learn more about Orlando. What drew you to your college? What drew me into college was my desire to one day do something that […]
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Hannah Kim packed up and headed to Savannah, GA this fall to pursue her dream of becoming an artist. She’s now studying sequential art at the Savannah College of Art and Design. We caught up with Hannah to hear how her first year is going, and why she enjoys being a Pullman Scholar What […]
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Weronika Rybarska headed to Illinois State University this fall to study business management. She loves campus, but also loves to travel and expand her horizons. Read on to see how her first year is going and what being a Pullman Scholar means to her. What drew you to your college? The one thing that […]
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Taofeeq Rasaki enrolled at the University of Southern California this fall to study mechanical engineering. With a passion for aviation guiding his goals, he is already involved in several engineering clubs on campus and starting to conduct research. We checked in with Taofeeq to see how his first year is going and to ask what […]
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When the Peter Stange arrived in Chicago as a refugee, he had little money and struggled with English. Peter exceled academically in high school, earning him a Pullman Foundation Scholarship to attend DePaul University. Now, Dr. Stang is a pioneer of organic chemistry research, earning him the United States National Medal of Science in 2010. […]
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