Charles Koch gave $25m to our university. Has it become a rightwing mouthpiece?
We are student journalists at Utah State University. Our investigation found an effort to inject universities with conservative thinking
- This story is published in collaboration with the university’s student newspaper, the Utah Statesman
At first, Angel Lopez felt honored to have won the scholarship.
In 2017, the marketing student at Utah State University’s business school was named a Koch Scholar, a program sponsored by Charles Koch, the ultra-conservative billionaire. Fifteen students are given a $1,000 stipend and selected to participate in the “reading group”, tasked with reading one book a week.