The new class includes students from 20 different colleges and universities, including the first ever Rhodes Scholars from Eastern Mennonite University, Virginia and Pepperdine University, California.

A group of 32 students from the United States have been selected to attend the University of Oxford as part of the prestigious Rhodes scholar program in the coming year.

Rice University senior Jae Kim was named a Rhodes scholar on Saturday, the only Texas university student to receive the prestigious award this year.

A Chesapeake student and fourth-year graduate student at the University of Virginia has been named a Rhodes Scholar. It’s a rare achievement in the academic world, an opportunity to study at the University of Oxford in England.