• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

The Inside Press

Magazines serving the communities of Northern Westchester

  • Home
  • Advertise
    • Advertise in One or All of our Magazines
    • Advertising Payment Form
  • Print Subscription
  • Digital Subscription
    • Subscribe
    • Subscriber Login
  • Contact Us

A Dream Come True: Greeley Grad is Named Rhodes Scholar

January 27, 2012 by The Inside Press

On November 4, Harvard senior Brett Rosenberg logged into her email. A message appeared in her inbox from the Rhodes scholarship committee. When she clicked on it, the news that she was one of 12 finalists in the New York region appeared. “I was thrilled,” Rosenberg said. The email contained an invitation to a reception on Park Avenue on the evening of November 18. While the energy at this event was decidedly one of high anxiety, Rosenberg reveled in the congenial atmosphere amongst the finalists. “They’re really incredible people,” Rosenberg observed.

At five o’clock on the 19th, after the conclusion of the interviews, the two winners for the New York region were announced. Rosenberg had been selected as a Rhodes scholar. ”There are now two in Chappaqua,” she said. The honor is also held by former President Bill Clinton.

Her first phone call was to her parents. The next two calls were to her roommates in Cabot House and Mr. Houser, her social studies teacher and coach for four years on the cross country and track teams at Greeley who provided one of the eight required letters of recommendation for the scholarship. “He was definitely one of my mentors and heros at Greeley. I’m a history major. He was definitely a huge influence in that,” she added.

Rosenberg thrived at Greeley; availing herself of the wide array of clubs and courses and exhorted current students to do the same. “There are really great opportunities at Greeley. There’s something for everybody.” She participated in the Jeopardy club and discovered that she enjoyed singing when she landed a part in the senior musical. Rosenberg graduated in 2008 as co-valedictorian.

At Harvard, she sings with the Kuumba choir, a group founded in 1970 by black students seeking a source of inspiration and community during a turbulent era. Rosenberg examined the dichotomy of being a white Jew from Chappaqua in this ensemble and chronicled the experience of singing the national anthem at Fenway Park in her column for the Harvard Crimson. While at Harvard, she is also a stringer for the New York Times.

This fall she conducted man on the street interviews with a Harvard student and several Cambridge residents to assess reaction to the scheduling of Obama’s jobs speech on the same day as a Republican debate.
Rosenberg’s thesis topic is the Special Studies Project, a panel of 108 luminaries convened by Nelson Rockefeller in 1956 to examine the challenges facing the nation. Four members of the group went on to serve in the Kennedy administration. “It’s a really fascinating exercise outside the government right at the beginning of the Cold War.” Rosenberg explained. She unearthed the topic while conducting research for Niall Ferguson, the renowned historian who is currently writing the authorized biography of Henry Kissinger. The topic is particularly intriguing to Rosenberg because of the sharp contrast between its import and its lowly status in the annals of history.

After graduation this spring, Rosenberg is planning to pursue her studies in the field of International Relations at Oxford. She looks forward to reading “The Anglo Files,” by Sarah Lyall and “Brideshead Revisited” by Evelyn Waugh, both congratulatory gifts.

Filed Under: In and Around Town

Primary Sidebar

Recent Posts

  • Holocaust Survivor Helga Luden Relates her Story of Escape, Rescue and Survival
  • Four Winters Shines a Light on the Bravery of World War II Survivors Among the 25,000 Jewish Partisans
  • $86K State Grant Awarded to 2023 Phoenix Festival Signals Growing Focus on Tourism
  • Scarsdale Music Festival Gearing Up for a June 3rd Event: Sponsorships, Performers and Vendors Sought
  • Governor Hochul Urges: SHOP SMALL to Help Small Businesses Which Make Up 98% of New York State’s Economy
  • Chappaqua’s Always Magical HOLIDAY STROLL on December 3rd: Ice Sculpting, Tree Lighting, Horace Greeley Encords… and More!

Please Visit

White Plains Hospital
Boys & Girls Club
Compass: Goldman and Herman
Compass: Generic
Desires by Mikolay
William Raveis – Chappaqua
William Raveis – Armonk
Dodd’s Wine Shop
Houlihan Lawrence – Armonk
Houlihan Lawrence – Chappaqua
Lumagica Enchanged Forest
Compass: Miller-Goldenberg Team
Compass: Natalia Wixom
Eye Designs of Armonk
Stacee Massoni
Club Fit
Beecher Flooks Funeral Home
NYOMIS – Dr. Andrew Horowitz
Houlihan Lawrence: Harriet Libov
Compass: Aurora Banaszek
Play Nice Together
Dr. Briones Medical Weight Loss Center
Sir Speedy Pleasantville
Houlihan: Danielle Orellana
King Street Creatives

Follow our Social Media

The Inside Press

Our Latest Issues

For a full reading of our current edition, or to obtain a copy or subscription, please contact us.

Inside Chappaqua Inside Armonk Inside Pleasantville

Join Our Mailing List


Search Inside Press

Links

  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Digital Subscription
  • Print Subscription

Footer

Support The Inside Press

Advertising

Print Subscription

Digital Subscription

Categories

Archives

Subscribe

Did you know you can subscribe anytime to our print editions?

Voluntary subscriptions are most welcome, if you've moved outside the area, or a subscription is a great present idea for an elderly parent, for a neighbor who is moving or for your graduating high school student or any college student who may enjoy keeping up with hometown stories.

Subscribe Today

Copyright © 2023 The Inside Press, Inc. · Log in