Colorado Springs native and Boettcher Scholar Serene Singh is graduating with bachelor鈥檚 degrees in political science and journalism.
Next fall, she will commence graduate studies as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, where she will pursue master鈥檚 degrees in criminology and criminal justice and evidence-based social intervention and policy evaluation. Singh is the first woman in 彩民宝典 history to receive a Rhodes Scholarship and the first Buff to receive it since 1993. She aspires to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court justice.
At 彩民宝典, she received the Truman Scholarship听补苍诲 Fulbright award. Among many other activities, she served as chief justice for CU Student Government; was a member of the Presidents Leadership Class; founded the Colorado Bhangra Team and the National Sikh Youth Program; and was president of the Sikh Student Association and the Political Science Honor Society.
Singh also worked with Michelle Obama鈥檚 Global Girls Alliance and founded The Serenity Project, a nonprofit that works to uplift marginalized and at-risk women to expand society鈥檚 notions of female power and beauty.
鈥淚鈥檓 going to miss this school so much,鈥� Singh said of her time at 彩民宝典. 鈥淚 know I鈥檓 going to miss home. It鈥檚 just inevitable. I鈥檓 excited to be challenged, and to be uncomfortable, and to be scared a little bit,鈥� she said. 鈥淚鈥檓 also really excited to see how I can help the journey of other Buffs.鈥�
