Harry S. Truman Scholarship

This scholarship provides $30,000 for graduate school to students committed to a career in public service.  It supports a wide variety of fields that can lead to public service careers:  labor relations; government; history; women's studies; education; economics; public health; policy analysis; engineering; environmental management; agriculture. 

To be eligible, you must be a US citizen or national in the junior class with a minimum GPA of 3.5.  You must demonstrate a sustained record of public and community service and evidence of leadership through class work, participation in student or community organizations, or through work experience.

ILR students Jonathan Adler, '00, and Betsy Cooper, '04, both became Truman Scholars.

View the Truman web site for more information and application procedures and then call 255-6931 for an appointment to discuss the possibility.  The campus application deadline is November 28.