Sandy Creek High School Alumni Named a 2021 Rhodes Scholar

Phaidra Buchanan, a 2017 graduate of Sandy Creek High School, has been named a 2021 Rhodes Scholar.

The Rhodes Scholarship is an international postgraduate award for college students who are given the opportunity to study at the University of Oxford; this is one of the oldest and most celebrated international fellowship awards in the world.

Buchanan, a current student at the University of Georgia majoring in social studies education and minoring in German, is joined by scholar recipients from 64 countries around the world.

In addition to their exceptional academic achievements, Rhodes Scholars are also chosen based on their character, commitment to others and to the common good, and for their potential for leadership in whatever domains their careers may lead.

Planning to generate policy that promotes equitable funding, school desegregation, and culturally responsive curricula, pedagogy and assessments, Buchanan hopes to work as a secondary social studies teacher.

“The University of Georgia is very proud of our newest Rhodes Scholar,” said President Jere W. Morehead. “Phaidra has amassed an impressive record of academic achievement, engagement and leadership already as a UGA student, and we look forward to the positive impact she will continue to make on the world as she pursues her education and career path.”