Staff Reports
MORENCI — Morenci senior Roselyn Dorrell, of Clifton, was recently announced as one of the 20 students throughout Arizona to be named a 2025 Flinn Scholar. This is not only the first time a Morenci student has won the award, but also the first in program history from all of Greenlee County.
Dorrell graduated with an associate’s degree from Eastern Arizona College while still a junior at Morenci and plans to attend the University of Arizona in the fall.
According to a press release from the Flinn Foundation, Dorrell was one of 20 recipients chosen from a pool of more than 1,100 applicants statewide.
“The 40th class of Flinn Scholars receives a comprehensive package valued at more than $135,000 over four years, including the cost of tuition, fees, housing, meals, and at least two study-abroad experiences, including a two-week group summer seminar following freshman year,” the release stated.
The Flinn Scholarship is supported by the Phoenix-based Flinn Foundation in partnership with Arizona’s three public universities.
The Foundation, which announced its first class of Flinn Scholars in 1986, created the scholarship to retain Arizona’s highest-achieving students while bolstering the universities’ Honors Colleges as destinations for academic excellence.
“Watching these young adults move seamlessly from explaining complex scientific ideas to unpacking global political challenges leaves no doubt that the future is in capable hands,” said Anne Lassen, Flinn Foundation vice president, scholarship and education initiatives. “It’s no surprise that the nation’s top universities compete so fiercely to recruit them.”
Computer science, engineering, biological and physical science, social sciences and law, business, education, visual and performing arts, and data science and public policy are some of the fields of study the 2025 Scholars plan to pursue.
The Flinn Scholarship application requires academic transcripts, minimum standardized test scores, essays and short-answer questions, and recommendations. Flinn Scholars are typically in the top 5% of their graduating class and demonstrate leadership and service in extracurricular activities.
“For 40 years, the Flinn Scholars have studied, innovated, created, and formed community at Arizona’s three public universities. The Flinn Foundation is grateful for this decades-long partnership that has led to three exceptional Honors Colleges that benefit not only the Flinn Scholars, but our universities and the state of Arizona,” said Tammy McLeod, Ph.D., Flinn Foundation president and CEO.
The Flinn Scholars Class of 2025 will be introduced formally on May 3 at the program’s annual Recognition Luncheon, where they will be honored before some 200 family members, university officials, community leaders, and graduating Flinn Scholars. Arizona Treasurer Kimberly Yee will deliver the keynote address. She is a respected public servant and trailblazer whose steadfast leadership and dedication to education make her an ideal speaker to inspire and encourage Arizona’s future leaders.
