Rahul Joseph receives prestigious Brown Fellowship at Centre College

2010 Jul 19

Rahul Joseph of Lexington is one of 10 first-year students at Centre College to receive "full-ride-plus" scholarships as part of The Brown Fellows Program. The initiative, in collaboration with the James Graham Brown Foundation, covers not only tuition and room and board but four remarkable summer enrichment programs, field-based experiential learning opportunities, on-campus program mentors, and customized Leadership Projects.

The initiative is the premier undergraduate scholarship in Kentucky and is among the top scholarship programs in the nation. Centre is the only private college in Kentucky selected for a Brown Fellows Program. The foundation has also initiated a Brown Fellows Program at the University of Louisville.

Joseph is the son of Jiju and Metty Joseph of Lexington.

Centre is ranked by U.S. News and World Report among the country's top 50 national liberal arts colleges and is the most affordable college in that group. Centre is ranked by Forbes magazine as No. 14 among all colleges and universities, and Consumers Digest as the No. 1 educational value among U.S. liberal arts colleges. In addition, over the last 25 years Centre leads all colleges and universities in the percentage of alumni who give annual financial support.