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Patrick Oathout Earns Praise from Chelsea Clinton

Duke junior was mentioned in a TIME article by Clinton for work with Uhuru Mobile

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On April 12th, TIME magazine published Chelsea Clinton's article "Four Myths About Millenials," which analyzed trends of college and university students based on her observations at the Clinton Global Initiative U conference held the week before at Washington University at St. Louis. In reflecting on this colloquium of over 1,000 college students including a handful of Duke students, she praised Duke junior Patrick Oathout for his work with Uhuru Mobile, which he presented at the 2012 CGI U event.

Patrick A. Oathout's mobile phone application uhuru gives refugees and aid workers an opportunity to cope with inadequate infrastructure in refugee camps as well as in resettlement areas. It allows those at Jordanian refugee camps to connect and keep track of refugees through the use of smart phones.

In the summer of 2011, Oathout worked at African Immigrant and Refugee Foundation in Washington D.C., serves as Treasurer of Duke Refugee, and participated in the Kenan Institute for Ethics Focus Program "Ethics, Leadership, and Global Citizenship," which offered a class on refugees. Each of these experiences inspired him to reach out and help refugees.

Oathout's list of accomplishments is too long to list, but highlights include being named a 2013 Truman Scholar, serving as Executive Vice President of Duke Student Government, and holding a column in The Chronicle.

Read Chelsea Clinton's article here.