| Humphrey student awarded 2007 Jack Kent Cooke scholarship
 Humphrey Institute graduate student Mohamed
Bakri has been awarded a 2007
Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarship. Bakri is a 2006 summa cum laude graduate
from the University of Minnesota, and with the support of the Cooke Scholarship,
he will begin work toward a master's of public affairs degree this fall at the
Institute.
A native of Sudan, Bakri earned an undergraduate degree in law from the Khartoum
branch of the University of Cairo in 1987 and began a promising career as a
journalist. An outspoken advocate for democracy, religious tolerance, and women's
rights, Bakri won recognition in journalism, poetry, and drama before leaving
Sudan as a political refugee in the late 1990s. He and his family settled in
Minnesota, where he began taking classes at Century College before transferring
to the University of Minnesota.
The Jack
Kent Cooke Foundation is a private, independent foundation established in
2000 through the will of Jack Kent Cooke. When he died on April 6, 1997, Cooke
left most of his fortune to establish the Foundation, which offers several types
of scholarships to help students of exceptional promise reach their full potential
through education. The 2007 Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarships have been
awarded to 34 scholars, out of 977 candidates who were nominated for the award
by their undergraduate institutions. The scholarships are for beginning graduate
or professional study in any field, and cover tuition, room, board, fees, and
books—up to $50,000 annually—for up to six years of graduate study.
July 18, 2007
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