CEI grad earns prestigious scholarship and acceptance to Stanford

May 22, 2023

IDAHO FALLS — Gabe Clark of Idaho Falls sees a world of possibilities at his fingertips.

The College of Eastern Idaho graduate learned on his graduation day last week that he has been awarded the highly-competitive Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. As part of that — his dream of attending Stanford University in California has also become a reality.

“Actually, I was asleep,” he told EastIdahoNews.com. “And I got a call from my professor that wrote one of the letters of recommendation for me … she calls me and yells over the phone, ‘Congratulations!'”