Nicholasville native named 2025 U.S. Presidential Scholar

Nicholasville native named 2025 U.S. Presidential Scholar

When Palmer M. Schmidt received an email this fall notifying him he had been selected as a 2025 U.S. Presidential Scholar, he was more surprised than anything. “I was kind of shocked,” Schmidt said. “They were supposed to have sent it out over the summer, and I hadn’t heard anything for a while. So when the email came, I was like, ‘Oh, wait, I kind of forgot this was happening.’ It was exciting.” The U.S. Department of Education recently named S…

Folarin named Presidential Scholar

PAWTUCKET – The U.S. Department of Education has announced the selection of Haadiyah Omorinsola Abike Folarin, of Pawtucket, who attended William M. Davies Jr. Career and Technical High School as a 2025 U.S. Presidential Scholar.