{"id":660,"date":"2018-07-13T09:47:34","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T14:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/yeager\/?page_id=660"},"modified":"2025-10-01T13:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T13:50:09","slug":"stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/yeager\/stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Yeager Scholar Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"w-full xl:container mx-auto px-6\">The following are select stories of Yeager Scholars speaking to their time in the Yeager Program at Marshall University, membership in the Society of Yeager Scholars, and engagement in a variety of ways with the many different communities of which they are a part.<br \/>\n<div class=\"marsha-row mt-4 mb-4 flex flex-wrap -mx-2 lg:-mx-6  justify-start border-0 border-gray-100 first:mt-0\"><div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-6\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\"><div class=\"\">\n<h2>Olivia Rogers<\/h2>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube Video\" class=\"w-full aspect-video  \" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CdikviEqyzw?modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\nMeet Olivia Rogers, a Yeager Scholar in the Class of 2021, majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Spanish. Olivia is now a graduate student in Engineering at Cornell.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-6\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\"><div class=\"\">\n<h2>Sonia Chandi<\/h2>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube Video\" class=\"w-full aspect-video  \" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wbsBgw7q4nU?modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\nSonia was the first international Yeager Scholar, hailing from Mississauga, Ontario. A member of the James and Verna Gibson Class of 2018, Sonia was a biology major with a pre-med concentration. She is now in medical school.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"marsha-row mt-4 mb-4 flex flex-wrap -mx-2 lg:-mx-6  justify-start border-0 border-gray-100 first:mt-0\"><div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-6\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\"><div class=\"\">\n<h2>Rob Engle<\/h2>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube Video\" class=\"w-full aspect-video  \" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2lVMo4oJ-hQ?modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\nRob was a broadcast journalism and English double-major. The Washington, Pa., native is a member of the Society of Yeager Scholars James \u201cBuck\u201d H. Harless Class of 2016. Rob was active in MU Report and interns for the Marshall&#8217;s A.E. Stringer Visiting Writers Series.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-6\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\"><div class=\"\">\n<h2>Courtney Kramer<\/h2>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube Video\" class=\"w-full aspect-video  \" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a5Pzkij3KVM?modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\nCourtney is a Yeager Scholar in the James \u201cBuck\u201d H. Harless Class of 2016. She is a native of Naples, Fl., and majored in biology education.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"marsha-row mt-4 mb-4 flex flex-wrap -mx-2 lg:-mx-6  justify-start border-0 border-gray-100 first:mt-0\"><div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-6\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\"><div class=\"\">\n<h2>Katie Kramer<\/h2>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube Video\" class=\"w-full aspect-video  \" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gUmp_AphdkA?modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\nKatie is a Yeager Scholar in the Ashland 25th Anniversary Class of 2015. Katie earned a bachelor\u2019s from the Marshall School of Business and is working toward her MBA. In May of 2014, Katie became the youngest American woman to successfully swim the Strait of Gibraltar.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\nSee more Yeager Stories from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/yeager\/category\/news-feed-current-yeagers\/\">Current Scholars<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following are select stories of Yeager Scholars speaking to their time in the Yeager Program at Marshall University, membership in the Society of Yeager Scholars, and engagement in a variety of ways with the many different communities of which they are a part. 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