Duke's Rhodes record Among the dozens of Duke students selected for the country's leading scholarships and fellowships in 2001, three seniors and one graduate student were named Rhodes Scholars—the highest number ever selected for the prestigious scholarships in one year at Duke. In fact, since 1996, Duke has been one of only two American universities (Harvard is the other) to have had as many Rhodes Scholars in a single year. Third-year English graduate student Christian Campbell was named one of the international Rhodes Scholars, while three A.B. Duke Scholars—English and biology major Alexis Blane, mathematics and economics major Samuel Malone, and Pavan Cheruvu, who triple-majored in biomedical engineering, electrical engineering—were among the 32 undergraduate Rhodes Scholars selected nationwide. Praising the students as "extraordinary people," Peter Wood, chair of Duke's Rhodes Advisory Committee, noted in the Duke Dialogue that "their academic and personal growth have been nurtured and encouraged from the time they arrived at Duke." Indeed, as a proud editorial about "The Scholar from Zebulon" in the local News & Observer underscores, the choice of a few students for honors like the Rhodes is evidence of an environment that helps all to thrive.