Life as a Knight-Hennessy Scholar

Stanford grad student and Knight-Hennessy Scholar Azizjon Azimi outside Denning House. (Image credit: Andrew Brodhead) Expansion of knowledge, development of skills and strengthening of character are some of the benefits of being a Knight-Hennessy Scholar. MBA candidate and entrepreneur Azizjon Azimi shares his experience in the program and how it's helping him be a better leader. When Azizjon Azimi graduated from New York University in 2016, he knew he was lucky. Most students in his home country of Tajikistan do not have the educational opportunities that he has had after coming to the United States as a teenager. "What kind of use would they have made of those opportunities had they been in my place?" Azimi wondered. The following year, Azimi launched TajRupt, a nonprofit venture pioneering development of critical thinking skills and civic engagement among the youth in Tajikistan.