The student with the most ambitious schedule for the next year is Smith. This summer he will work for the volunteer group he helped start at home in Texas.
Then, on the Richardson fellowship, he will go to Botswana to work in alleviating the AIDS crisis in that country.
He’ll then move back to Boston and help Sociology Professor Marshall Ganz for a month before setting out on a three-month road trip in which he will head to 100 schools to teach students about community activism.
He also has tentative plans to write a book about his techniques while he is on the road.
Certainly, the Class of 2002 has an impressive track record when it comes to service, but most people hope this extraordinary collection of leaders is the sign of a trend rather than a spike.
Dominguez, who will be on the committee choosing the Stride Rite awards for the class of 2003, wants to face the same dilemma they dealt with this year.
“I hope next year we have trouble choosing between 10 people,” she says.