Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities Names Two Students as Leaders-in-Residence
The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) has announced that Jennifer Quispe, C’25 (pictured right), and Stefen Rincon, C’25 (pictured left), have been selected as leaders-in-residence for the 2023-24 academic year.
As part of the highly competitive program, Quispe and Rincon will join leaders from HACU member institutions across the United States and Puerto Rico for leadership and career development training. Over the course of the coming year, they will participate in the ¡Adelante! Leadership Institute at the HACU Annual Conference and engage in regular leadership development activities. They will also serve as an HACU resource for their peers at Sewanee, helping to increase engagement in HACU programs and advocacy efforts.
Tony Calderon Gonzalez, C’25, Awarded Military Officers Association of America Award
A member of Posse Cohort 15, Tony Calderon Gonzalez, was recently recognized as one of the top 5 recruits out of a class of 638 upon graduation from Navy bootcamp. Additionally, he was awarded a Military Officers Association of America award for his outstanding performance under pressure, all while exhibiting professionalism, integrity, and strong leadership skills.
Upon reflecting on his experience in the Navy thus far, Tony shared, “Posse’s encouragement for scholars to venture into unfamiliar environments and extract valuable insights from them has played a pivotal role in my achievement within the Navy.
This fall, he is stationed in Gulfport, Mississippi, where he is currently engaging in both construction and combat warfare training. The Sewanee community looks forward to welcoming him back to Sewanee in the spring of 2024.
Congratulations, Tony! Your accomplishments and determination are truly admirable and serve as an inspiration to us all.
Jenkins Darbney, C’25, Awarded 2023 Jeff Ubben Posse Fellowship
The Posse Foundation has announced that Jenkins Darbney, C’25, was selected as a 2023 Jeff Ubben Fellow. The Jeff Ubben Fellowship is among the most prestigious awards given to Posse Scholars. Of the over 700 Posse sophomores enrolled at elite colleges and universities nationwide, just five are awarded the fellowship each year. Darbney is the first Posse Scholar from Sewanee to be named a Jeff Ubben Fellow.
Fellows receive a stipend and complete a summer internship under the mentorship of a leader from one of the following industries: arts, media, entertainment, STEM, law, government, education, nonprofit, business and finance. Darbney’s mentor will be Pfizer Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla.
The Posse Foundation launched the Jeff Ubben Fellows Program in 2017 in recognition of then ValueAct Capital CEO Jeff Ubben, who served as Posse’s board chair from 2007 to 2016. Previous internship hosts have included the late U.S. Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, and LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky.
Since 1989, the Posse Foundation has identified, recruited, and trained more than 12,000 public high school students with extraordinary leadership and academic potential. These students—many of whom might have been overlooked by traditional college selection processes—have received more than $2 billion in full-tuition leadership scholarships from Posse’s partner colleges, including Sewanee, since the program’s inception.
Read more about the 2023 Jeff Ubben Fellows here.
