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A Los Altos native was selected as one of 32 students this year to study at Oxford University starting in October as part of the Rhodes Scholar Class of 2017, University of Notre Dame officials said today.
Alexis Doyle is a senior at the University of Notre Dame where she is a biological sciences major and international peace studies minor. She graduated from St. Francis High School in Mountain View in 2013, according to her LinkedIn profile.
All Doyle’s expenses for two to three years of study at Oxford will be paid for through the scholarship. Sometimes funding is given for a fourth year of study, according to university officials.
“I am deeply grateful for everyone who has supported my learning and personal growth over the past four years at Notre Dame,” Doyle said in a statement.
Following her studies at Oxford, Doyle will study at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.
Last year Doyle spent a semester studying in Puebla, Mexico, where she had an internship at a hospital.
Earlier in 2015, Doyle volunteered at a medical clinic in Guatemala.
Doyle said receiving the scholarship is a “huge honor” and she plans to use the opportunity to better prepare herself to be an “advocate for health.”
Alexis Doyle: Bless your heart and all my warmest wishes for success at Oxford and beyond. Obviously you are a self-starter so my input is probably superfluous but nonetheless I happily sent it on to you.
We need all the talented young women we can find and support in this world. Go get ’em girl.
I would love the opportunity to get out of the county while Trump is President
So, what’s the connection to Los Altos here?
@reader. She is from Los Altos,
Kudos to Alexis. Quite an accomplishment.
@Reader – Ms. Doyle grew up in Los Altos and graduated from St. Francis High School in Mountain View
And kudos to Saint Francis HS, that connection should have been mentioned as the school is in Mountain View and the publication is the Mountain View Voice. IMO the Mtn View Voice headline should have been ‘Saint Francis Alum named Rhodes Scholar’.
Yep. The article and the headline both stink. The only local connection mentioned in the article is the phrase “a Los Altos woman”. That’s not even correct since she doesn’t currently live in Los Altos!