Happy 20th birthday to the Chips Quinn Scholars program! We’re celebrating this milestone year by publishing special contributions from each class of Scholars throughout 2011. We invite Chipsters everywhere to share their thoughts on what the program has meant to them. E-mail Michelle Hedenskoog for guidelines.
John Quinn, co-founder of the Chips Quinn Scholars [...]

by Augusta Liddic
I left Springfield, Mo., on May 22, 2011, to return to Texas after completing my internship at the Springfield News-Leader. The weather seemed odd as I drove through Joplin.

I learned the next day that an EF-5 tornado struck the city only hours after I had passed through. That same day, I received a [...]

This feature is meant for alums of the Chips Quinn Scholars program to periodically post updates, especially as our alum base grows and our Scholars scatter across the globe.
Fort Washington, Md.
Summer 2008 Chipsters Chloe Thompson (right) and Kelly McLain among the festive decorations at the National Harbor in Fort Washington, Md. McLain was in National [...]

By Ryan Balbuena
Chhun Sun and I embarked on a massive road trip in July from Manteca, Calif., to San Diego to attend Comic-Con International, the annual pop culture fest.
It a nutshell it was one car, two guys, four days, four cities, six Chipsters (all Summer 2005) and over 1,500 miles.
Chhun and I dubbed the adventure [...]

Summer 1997 Scholar Soljane Martinez-Quiles (center) with John C. Quinn and the late Loie Quinn at the rooftop of the Freedom Forum building in Arlington, Va., during the 1997 orientation.

Chips Quinn Scholars interning at FLORIDA TODAY in Melbourne, Fla., during a visit to NASA’s press accreditation office. They are, from left, Erin Crandall, Soljane Martinez, [...]

By Meena Thiruvengadam, CQS ‘03
We came by train, bus and car, and a Chips Quinn tote bag hanging from a mailbox in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., told us we were home.
More than a dozen Chipsters spanning the years gathered at Chips Quinn Scholars Program Director Karen Catone’s home in Reston, Va., last Saturday to [...]

By Diane Lee, CQS ‘10

I rented an apartment in this building within walking distance of downtown Bend, Ore. It had a living room, kitchen area, two bathrooms and a king-size bed with more pillows than I needed. I felt at home.

I met a lot of transplants from Hawaii in Bend and even found two Hawaiian [...]

Leezel Tanglao (Summer 2003) wrote in an essay posted to the CQS website in September that despite all the upheavals in daily journalism, some joys endure. One is the network of professional and personal friends made through the CQS program, a network she seeks to nurture and build on wherever she goes.

So it’s no surprise [...]

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