The Simmons Foundation
President’s Scholar
2005-2006

JENNIFER RACHEL MCDOWELL

Jennifer is a senior from Nashville, Tennessee, majoring in Broadcast Journalism and Political Science. Jennifer wants to produce and report national news at one of the major networks after graduation. Her hobbies include crafts, theater performance, reading, bargain shopping, cooking, and community service.

HIGH SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS

• National Merit Commended Scholar
• Young Life
• Mu Alpha Theta
• Who’s Who Among American High school students
• High school Theatre
• Service Leadership Club
• Habitat for Humanity, coordinator of fund raising
• National Forensic League
• Honors English

SMU ACTIVITIES AND HONORS

• Senate Organizations Chair
• Residence Hall Council
• Campus Crusade for Christ
• Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority
• Study Abroad, Oxford University
• National Dean’s List
• National Society of Collegiate Scholars
• Honors Program
• Top 15% Freshmen
• SMU TV
• Society of Professional Journalists
• Radio and Television News Directors Association
• Political Science Symposium
• Group Excellence Tutor