Namibian student wins Rhodes scholarship

BRONWYN Tarr, a Namibian student studying in South Africa, has been selected as the St Andrew’s College Rhodes Scholar-Elect to go to Oxford University in 2009.

She is the daughter of Peter and Jacquie Tarr, well-known Namibian environmentalists. She completed Grade 9 at the Windhoek International School and Grade 12 at the Diocesan School for Girls (DSG) in Grahamstown in 2003.Earlier this year she was chosen as one of only 25 African students to receive a prestigious 2008 Mandela Rhodes Scholarship.Bronwyn Tarr graduated with distinction from the University of Cape Town with a BSc degree in biodiversity, evolutionary biology and ecology and she is currently completing her BSc honours dissertations with UCT’s Department of Zoology, receiving a number of awards along the way.She has also studied ballet and music and is involved in a number of community projects.She intends studying further in the field of environmental change and management at Oxford.She completed Grade 9 at the Windhoek International School and Grade 12 at the Diocesan School for Girls (DSG) in Grahamstown in 2003.Earlier this year she was chosen as one of only 25 African students to receive a prestigious 2008 Mandela Rhodes Scholarship.Bronwyn Tarr graduated with distinction from the University of Cape Town with a BSc degree in biodiversity, evolutionary biology and ecology and she is currently completing her BSc honours dissertations with UCT’s Department of Zoology, receiving a number of awards along the way.She has also studied ballet and music and is involved in a number of community projects.She intends studying further in the field of environmental change and management at Oxford.