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Joel Ben Thomas

Joel Ben Thomas

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  • Cadiz, KY

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Education

  • Majors in Political Science and Anthropology
  • Minor in Economics

Honors Programs

  • University's Honors Scholars Program 

Campus Involvement 

  • Harlan Scholars Program
  • Freshmen LEAD Program
  • University Shadow Host volunteer 
  • Sigma Chi Fraternity  (Risk Management Chair and Scholarship Chair)

Awards 

  • University of Louisville Greek Life Awards: "Up & Coming Leader Award"

Community Service 

  • Americana Center
  • Kentucky Refugee Ministries
  • Big Brothers/ Big Sisters

Foreign Travel 

  • Europe 
  •      - Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
  • Middle East 
  •      - United Arab Emirates and Qatar
  • South East Asia
  •      - Bangladesh 

High School

  • Joel was a 2011 graduate of Trigg County High School where he served as an active member on the 2010-2011 Kentucky YMCA Childhood Obesity Youth Advisory Board (COYAB),  represented COYAB at Kentucky's Children Advocacy Day in Frankfort, and worked on Thanksgiving can-drives.

Favorite Books and Quotations

  • The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, Animal Farm, Fahrenheit 451, To Kill a Mockingbird, Profiles in Courage
  • “Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal." -John F. Kennedy 
  • "Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself." -William Faulkner 
  • "Be the change you wish to see in the world." -Mohandas Gandhi
 
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