Unlike many graduate fellowships, the Rhodes seeks leaders who will 'fight the world's fight.' They must be more than mere bookworms. We are looking for students who wonder, students who are reading widely, students of passion who are driven to make a difference in the lives of those around them and in the broader world.

Wilson grew up around aviation and hoped to become a pilot like her father and grandfather before her. U.

Senate seat of retiring Senator Pete Domenici but finiHeather Wilsond second in the Republican primary to Congressman Steve Pearce who then lost the general election to Democrat Tom Udall. While in Congress Wilson focused on national security issues serving on the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the United States House Committee on Armed Services. She also focused on health care energy manufacturing and trade and telecommunication serving on the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce.