The March 24 article in The Times-News of Burlington told the story of Sarah Rawls, a member of Elon Academy's first cohort who will begin pursuing her doctorate at Temple University this year.
As a teenager, Sarah Rawls set her sights on a career goal — becoming “Dr. Rawls.” A graduate of Williams High School in Burlington, Rawls was among the first cohort of students to participate in Elon Academy, the college access and success program at Elon University that in 2016 celebrated its 10th year.
Reporter Jessica Williams with The Times-News recently connected with Rawls to learn about her story and talk about the impact that the Elon Academy has had in her academic career so far.
“When I had my Elon Academy interview for the program, I remember saying I wanted to get my Ph.D. I didn’t know what I wanted it in, but I knew I wanted to be Dr. Rawls. … I’ve wanted to be Dr. Rawls for a while. I was like, ‘That just sounds good,’” Rawls told Williams.
Read the entire article about Rawls here.