Five University undergraduate students recently received national recognition from two Congressionally established scholarship programs.
Third-year college students Katie Hamm and Sean Driscoll were two of 76 college juniors to win Truman Scholarships.
The scholarships, awarded by the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, recognize students with exceptional leadership potential who are committed to careers in government.
Scholars are given $3,000 to $30,000 for their senior year and $27,000 for graduate study. Recipients also are given priority admission and supplemental financial aid at premier graduate schools, leadership training, career and graduate school counseling and special internship opportunities with the federal government.
The Truman Scholarship Foundation was established in 1975 as a federal memorial to America's 33rd president.
The University has graduated 20 Truman scholars.
Three other University undergraduates were named 2003 Goldwater Scholars in acknowledgment of academic excellence in the fields of mathematics, natural sciences and engineering.
William H. Harman, Yvonne M. Mowery and Anna M. Palumbo all will receive one or two-year scholarships covering the cost of tuition, fees, books and room and board from the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program.
The program was formed in 1986 to honor Goldwater who served the nation for 56 years as both a soldier and a politician, and to recognize sophomore and junior students pursuing careers in math, science and engineering.
Harman, Mowery and Palumbo are three of 300 scholarship winners from across the country.
The University has turned out a total of 36 Goldwater scholars.
-Comp. by Angela Manese-Lee
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