
“I feel like he has always been there for us, whether for academic or personal needs. “One of the biggest impacts of being in the program would be having Dr. In addition to the friendships the Clark Scholars program has provided Lynn, she also values the mentorship she gained as a cohort. “I lost my two pairs of keys, my umbrella and my glasses, and she was the one that backtracked with me to go find these things,” Lynn said.Īfter bonding together during the retreat and other social events, the Clark Scholars formed study groups that regularly met throughout their first semester at Tech. They met during the summer retreat, and their friendship was cemented when Lynn lost some of her belongings the weekend of the retreat and Sheriff offered to help her. Lynn even met one of her roommates and closest friends through the Clark Scholars program, Fatima Sheriff. I felt a lot more connected to the scholars, like I could tell them anything whether it's academic or personal.” “When we went on our summer retreat camp in 2018, we all got to know each other better and formed a community that I wouldn’t have had otherwise. “I haven’t felt homesick since I got here,” Lynn said. But, once she went on the 2018 Clark Scholar summer retreat with her fellow scholars, she gained an unexpected community of friends and mentors that would shape her next few years at Tech. When he wakes and has no memory of his identity or past, she takes the only precaution that will keep her and her grandmother safe she destroys the evidence of his past life.As a native to Mississippi, Lynn left behind her friends and family when she came to campus feeling a little lonely. When Violet stumbles upon an unconscious and injured Kingsman in the woods, despite the consequences, she is compelled to take care of the injured man. The despair and fear that has taken over their lives has ruled out any level of hope.


Taxes are bleeding the people dry and without the money or goods to pay, they have been forced into penal servitude and imprisonment by the Kingsmen, who show no mercy.

Unlike the kindly king before him, the new ruler is overbearing, frightening and tyrannical in his rule.

With the new regent on the throne till the prince comes of age, the country has been thrown into a turmoil. She follows the rules, stays out of trouble and does her best to remain out of sight from the dreaded and overbearing Kingsmen. Violet lives her quiet life in her sleepy village, trying to remain as dead to the politics that are threatening their world as possible.
