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As vaccinations begin across the world, our Truman physicians, nurses, epidemiologists, policymakers & others in the COVID-19 trenches are sharing powerful stories from the past nine months.
Dr. Clarissa Barnes (SD 03), Dr. Kent Bradley (KS 86), and Dr. Lisa Doggett (TX 94) were honored to be among the first to receive their vaccinations last week. 💉
As City Manager of Pismo Beach, California, our Jim Lewis (CA 96) finds inspiration in local government. ☀️
Lewis took President Truman’s challenge to be a public servant to heart, seeking to improve the quality of his residents’ lives every day. #TruFamFriday
A member of the Apsáalooke Nation, our Brianna Bull Shows (MT 20) strives to improve health outcomes and access to care for her community.
Through the Indigenous non-profit Messengers, Bull Shows facilitates patient-provider communication and cultural education, work recognized as a McNair and Udall Scholar. #TruFamFriday 👥
Congratulations to our newest Truman Marshalls! 🇬🇧
Our Annah Chollet (MA 20), Anna Landre (NJ 20) & Leah Trotman (VI 20) will continue their paths in public service to the United Kingdom.
📰 https://www.marshallscholarship.org/articles/winners-of-the-2021-marshall-scholarship-announced
Author, lawyer, former GA legislator & national voting rights advocate, our Stacey Abrams (MS 94) continuously adapts her efforts to best serve her community. 🗳
Now Chair at Fair Fight Action, she acknowledges the role her TruFam played in her life and career. #TruFamFriday
To our Board of Trustees, their staffs & our Scholars in attendance, thank you for a substantive & engaging 2020 Board of Trustees meeting.
We appreciate your service, and we thank you for your continued support of public service and the living memorial to our 33rd President. 🇺🇸
We are continuously grateful for our partnership with Partnership for Public Service. 🏛🇺🇸
Thank you Mr. David Marchick, Director of the Center for Presidential Transition at PPS, for joining our Governance Fellows last night for a post-election transition conversation!
Today, we were honored to host Mr. David Rubenstein of The Carlyle Group to discuss his bestseller How To Lead.
Deemed “the essential leadership playbook”, Mr. Rubenstein surely inspired our Scholars in their public service pursuits.
Thank you for your patriotic leadership! 🇺🇸
We are proud to announce that our partner nonprofit organization Friends of the Truman Foundation was named a “Best of 2020” nonprofit by GreatNonprofits! 🏆
Read more & add your story ➡️ https://greatnonprofits.org/org/friends-of-the-truman-foundation
Fighting COVID in a national hotspot, Dr. Clarissa Barnes (SD 03) is an internist, hospitalist & physician advisor at Avera McKennan Hospital in South Dakota. 🏥
COVID provided her role new meaning but her motivation stays the same: care for patients & improve the practice. #TruFamFriday
Growing up on his family's farm in Ray, North Dakota, our Matthew Perdue (ND 15) knew he wanted to serve farming and ranching families for his career.
After working for U.S. Department of Agriculture and National Farmers Union in DC, his career has taken him full-circle back home - now serving as Government Relations Director at North Dakota Farmers Union. #TruFamFriday 🌾
Truman Scholars define service in many ways, but they all share a drive to help others. 💙
Lt. Governor of Washington Cyrus Habib (WA 02) has served in public office since 2012. Now, he will be joining the Jesuits to serve his community in a new capacity. #TruFamFriday
In 1917, President Truman enlisted in the Army - the only president to see combat during World War I. After, Truman affirmed his “whole political career is based on my war service”.
This #VeteransDay, we extend gratitude to our Scholars who have served in our armed forces.
Dr. Friend has served as a chair of our Philadelphia Regional Review Panel and was a friend to many in our community. Our thoughts are with his family. https://www.inquirer.com/obituaries/theodore-wood-friend-iii-president-swarthmore-college-eisenhower-fellowships-historian-died-dies-obituaries-obituary-20201109.html
Not only was Dr. Friend a historian, college leader, and president of the Eisenhower Fellowships; he also wrote four books, one of which received the prestigious Bancroft Prize.
Among the first female officers to serve on board American submarines, Lieutenant Phoebe Kotlikoff (NY 12) is a trailblazer. ⚓️
As she makes history in the submarine service, she thinks of her Tru-family as a source of hope. #TruFamFriday
Our Raie Gessesse (MN 19) participated in this summer’s virtual Summer Institute, training 10,000+ young women to engage their community politically with Ignite National. 🗳
Hear Raie’s reflections on the summer and her gratitude for the support of the Truman community.
On this #ElectionDay, our #TrumansOnTheBallot seek to serve their communities across party lines and levels of government.
Running for office takes courage, and we are proud of our candidates. 🗳
See the list of our Scholars on 2020 ballots ➡️ https://www.truman.gov/whats-new/2020-trumans-ballot
Appointed to lead NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene on August 5th, our Dave Chokshi (LA 02) enters with diverse experience across medicine & health. 🏥
Chokshi finds his Truman community to be a source of inspiration during this unprecedented public health challenge. #TruFamFriday
We are so appreciative of Sec. Madeleine K. Albright for her service as President of the Truman Foundation.
Thank you for answering our Truman-Albright fellows' questions and for your commitment to the next generation's public service leaders. 🌎
📨 To our #Truman21 applicants:
Curious about discussing the realities of 2020 in a Truman application? Watch this video for specific #TrumanTips.
ℹ️ For more COVID-19 FAQs, visit: https://www.truman.gov/guidance-faculty-representatives-and-applicants-regarding-covid-19
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Information and advice on applying for the Truman Scholarship in 2020.
Our Mara Menahan (MT 14) learned to draw by copying illustrations from her dad's bird guides. 🖌
The artist-naturalist has worked at the US Botanic Garden, the Baja California Peninsula, and currently is on the Greenland ice sheet at Summit Station for the National Science Foundation. #TruFamFriday 🏔
Today, we announce our newest graduate school partnership:
Arizona State University. 🔱
Scholars pursuing degrees at ASU Graduate College can now attend for two years tuition-free. Thank you President Crow, Dean Wentz & the Sun Devils for investing in the future of public service.
The Graduate College is partnering with the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation to bring more Truman Scholars to ASU to complete their graduate or professional degrees. To do this, the Graduate College has committed to providing a full-tuition award for up to two years to Truman scholarship recip...
Our Stacy Aldinger (HI 06) serves as the Chief of Staff & Strategy at CARE, an international humanitarian organization fighting global poverty and world hunger by working alongside women and girls.
CARE's first CARE Packages were delivered to France, after President Truman asked Americans to support CARE in the wake of World War II.
Now, CARE reaches 70 million people through 1,000 programs and has launched one of its largest emergency response efforts in its 75-year history. Read more here ➡️ https://care.org
An elected official of Anchorage, Alaska since 2016, our Forrest Dunbar (AK 05) is looking to serve as the city’s top executive.
He continues to see support from the Truman community in Alaska, as well as the Lower 48. #TruFamFriday
Their states ranked first and second nationally for voter participation, MN Sec. Steve Simon (MN 90) and Fmr. CO Sec. Wayne Williams (VA 85) joined us today for our October Speaking with Friends event moderated by Raie Gessesse (MN 19).
Thank you for talking all things voting, the role of a Secretary of State, and the 2020 election! 🗳
Our Jill Stoffers' (OR 94) trajectory changed upon being named a Truman Scholar.
Today, she is a leader in higher education, making students' dreams come true at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, a proud Truman institutional partner. #TruFamFriday
Two-term Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley (OH 95) has led Ohio's largest metropolitan area through a period of economic growth he calls "The Cincinnati Miracle", adding jobs, reducing poverty, expanding opportunities for all, reducing gun violence, and improving the quality of the city's environment.
He finds continuous inspiration from his '95 Scholars. #TruFamFriday
Governance Fellows 2020 has now adjourned!
Thank you to our guest speakers, those offering words of wisdom, and our passionate cohort of Scholars looking to extend their service to the highest levels of the executive branch. 🏛
Introducing our Class of 2020 Truman Governance Fellows! 🏛
This cohort of 27 public service leaders will convene via Zoom this week to discuss key issues and challenges associated with senior executive branch service (as political appointees or in senior executive service roles).
📰 Read more on our cohort: https://www.truman.gov/whats-new/truman-governance-fellows
A racial justice advocate through his nonprofit and government service, our Caleb Gayle (OK 10) was recently named a New America Fellow - writing on history, race, and identity.
His guiding principle? Prioritizing people. #TruFamFriday
📰 More on Caleb: https://www.newamerica.org/our-people/caleb-j-gayle/
Introducing our Class of 2021 Truman-Albright Fellows!
This cohort of twenty-four young professionals will embark on a year's worth of public service programming in the Washington, DC metro area, graciously sponsored by Secretary Madeleine Albright.
📰 Read more on our cohort: https://www.truman.gov/truman-albright-fellows-program/
Please join us in remembering the legacy of Louis Blair, the Foundation’s Executive Secretary from 1989 to 2006.
View Louis Blair's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.
Our Sophie McKibben (VT 15) has worked as a journalist and producer at a variety of public radio stations, becoming an avid storyteller for the public interest.
She is currently producing historian Jill Lapore’s “The Last Archive” podcast and is the show runner for “Deep Background” by fellow Truman Scholar Noah Feldman (MA 90). #TruFamFriday 🎙📰
📚 Truman, Rhodes Scholar
🌎 Henry Crown, Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow
💡 2019 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship
🇿🇦 CEO of Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator, securing jobs for >100,000 South African young workers
Our Maryana Iskander (TX 96) finds continuous motivation from her Truman community. #TruFamFriday
Now introducing #TruFamFriday, highlighting Scholars’ service across sectors, around the world. 🌎
Our Honorable Neil Gorsuch (CO 87), Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court, sees the Truman community as a source of inspiration.
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Our Raie Gessesse (MN 19) participated in this summer’s virtual Summer Institute, training 10,000+ young women to engage their community politically with Ignite National. 🗳 Hear Raie’s reflections on the summer and her gratitude for the support of the Truman community.
Secretary Madeleine Albright, Truman Foundation President, shares her #FirstWomanVoter story: a shared experience in 1960 between her and her mother. 🗳
Truman Scholars champion the impact of public service. This week we celebrate the 19th Amendment's 100th anniversary with First Woman Voter. To commemorate, share the story of your family’s #FirstWomanVoter & continue the fight for equality at the polls. 🗳 Our Executive Secretary Terry Babcock-Lumish honors her Grandmom Goldie voting for the first time in 1920 at age 22.
Announcing the 2020 Class of Truman Scholars! Congratulations to the 62 new Truman Scholars!! Read more about the Scholars here: https://go.usa.gov/xv83P
Many of our younger Truman Scholars have been competing for additional national fellowships over the past year—the Marshall, Mitchell, Rhodes, Schwarzman, and Soros. Of the 48 new Marshall Scholars, two are Truman Scholars: •Akshayaa Chittibabu (MA 18), a senior at the University of Connecticut •Dina Eldawy (FL 18), a senior at Syracuse University Of the 12 new Mitchell Scholars, one is a Truman Scholar: •Makayla Haussler (NE 18), a senior at Yale University Of the 32 new Rhodes Scholars, eleven are Truman Scholars: •Hadeel Abdallah (KY 18), a senior at the University of Kentucky •James Brahm (AL 18), a senior at the US Air Force Academy •Jaz Brisack (MS 18), a senior at the University of Mississippi •Elena Gallina (ID 17), Outreach Specialist at CEED-Albania and a graduate of Boise State University •Kushal Kadakia (TX 18), a senior at Duke University •Anea Moore (PA 18), a senior at the University of Pennsylvania •Lia Petrose (MD 16), Research Assistant at MIT and a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh •Serene Singh (CO 18), a senior at the University of Colorado, Boulder •Maddy Tung (CA 18), a senior at the U.S. Air Force Academy •Claire Wang (UT 18), a senior at Duke University •Kristiana Yao (IL 17), a Dunn Fellow with the State of Illinois and a graduate of the University of Miami Of the 56 new Schwarzman Scholars from the United States, two are Truman Scholars: •Mussab Ali (NJ 17), member of the Jersey City School Board and a senior at Rutgers University, Newark •Tayler Ulmer (IL 14), a graduate of Spelman College and the School for Oriental and African Studies, where she was a Marshall Scholar Of the 30 new P.D. Soros Fellows named earlier this year, two are Truman Scholars: •Ben Chou (TX 12), pursuing a joint JD/MBA at Northwestern University •Hamid Nasir (AK 12), a law student at Georgetown University
Last week we announced the 2018 Class of Truman Scholars. Here are a few of their reactions!! Thank you Western Kentucky University, NC State University, Arkansas State University, Arizona State University, and the University of Colorado Boulder for the videos! For further information and scholar bios: https://www.truman.gov/whats-new/2018-truman-scholars
Congratulations to the 2018 Truman Scholars! To learn more about these fifty-nine outstanding college students go to: https://go.usa.gov/xQbYp
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