The Truman legacy
After speaking to a group of 12 MU students in Memorial Union regarding the Truman Scholarship application process, Harry S Truman Foundation Executive Secretary Fred Slabach continues the conversation with sophomore biology major Angelina Taylor. Photo by Shane Epping.
A representative from the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation visited Mizzou this week to honor the university for its promotion of public service. Mizzou is one of two universities to be designated a 2009 Truman Foundation Honor Institution.
During the visit, Executive Secretary Fred Slabach talked with students about what it takes to be a Truman Scholar. Each year the foundation awards 60-65 of the $30,000 graduate-school scholarships to exceptional college juniors nationwide on the basis of four criteria:
- service on campus and in the community;
- commitment to a career in public service ;
- communication skills and aptitude for being an agent of change; and
- academic talent that ensures acceptance into a first-rate graduate school.
Tigers have been well represented among Truman Scholars. So far 14 Mizzou students have been awarded the scholarships; political science major Rick Puig is the most recent. In 2008, an unprecedented two Mizzou students, Laura Merritt and Jennifer Kimball, earned the honor, and Merritt was later named one of Glamour magazine’s Top 10 College Women.
For more information about applying for a Truman Scholarship, visit www.truman.gov.
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