Watch a teen who went viral for his reaction to being accepted into college learn he earned a four-year scholarship.
Booker said Amir was chosen for the scholarship by a panel of staff and current Bonner Scholars at the college.
"We develop student leaders and we start immediately. It doesn't happen after they graduate," Booker said. "And some of those student leaders selected Amir because they see in him what's needed to be a man of Morehouse, and eventually a Morehouse man."Booker said the panel saw in Amir a student who is energetic and "highly-motivated," but they did not know that he had already achieved viral fame for his energetic reaction to being accepted into Morehouse.
"Amir didn't say, 'You guys may have seen me on social media.' He didn't share any of that," Booker said. "He simply came as the person he is and earned this on his own."Germantown Friends School student Amir Staten couldn't sit still after he found out he was accepted into Morehouse College. Booker said, however, that seeing Amir's reaction to wanting to attend Morehouse moved him personally.
"As a Morehouse College alum, as a Morehouse College dad -- my son just graduated -- and an administrator, there is no better feeling for me than seeing a young man like Amir, who hasn't even walked these grounds [as a student] yet but feels what this college can do for him," Booker said. "He realizes that and wants to be a part of that history, and the history is long. We want Amir to be amongst the ranks of the great men who have come before him.
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