A big thank you to Secretary
@PeteButtigieg
for coming to our final session of Summer Institute and inspiring our SI Scholars to lead lives of public service. It was an amazing conclusion to SI 2022!
#TruFam
In 2005, the Truman community awarded
@StaceyAbrams
(MS 94) the Elmer B. Staats Award in recognition for her service to our Scholars.
She told our 2005 class to be bold, be restless, be wrong, be foolish, and be friends. 👥
As a U.S. Senator in President Truman's former seat, Sen. Claire McCaskill served as one of our Trustees.
For her lifelong service to Missourians, she was awarded
@CityOfIndepMO
's Harry S. Truman Public Service Award.
Congratulations,
@clairecmc
! 🏅
📰
Congratulations, Stacey, on your hard-fought efforts. 🗳
A full copy of her 2005 speech is available here ➡️
(Thank you for resurfacing this,
@JMaddenMass
!)
We are pleased to introduce the Class of 2021 Truman Scholars! 🎉
These 62 leaders make up the fabric of our communities and are eager to tackle society’s greatest challenges.
Meet
#Truman21
👇
📰 Press Release:
🖥 Bios:
Congratulations to our newest
@rhodes_trust
Scholars: Stephen Damianos (NH 18), Wawa Gatheru (19 CT),
@PrathmJ
(IN 19) Christina Pao (OR 19), Jake Reagan (CO 19), and Kritika Singh (VA 19)!
We are pleased to introduce the Class of 2022 Truman Scholars! 🎉
These 58 leaders make up the fabric of our communities and are eager to tackle society’s greatest challenges.
Meet
#Truman22
👇
📰 Press Release:
🖥 Bios:
A Truman Scholar collab with Cardi B? We like it like that. 🎶
Watch our Emily Calandrelli (WV 08) aka
@TheSpaceGal
lead a preschool science lesson with
@iamcardib
today. 🧪🔬
Today, we are proud to announce the 193 students from 129 institutions selected to interview virtually for our
#Truman21
class! 🎉
Congratulations to all of our finalists.
📝 Full List:
📰 Press Release:
It's official: we've now reviewed all *845* applications from 328 institutions for our
#Truman21
class - our new record for applicants in a cycle. 🎉
To all applicants, faculty reps, candidate allies... you should be proud of this next generation of inspiring public servants.
Congratulations to the 773 students nominated by 316 institutions for the 2020 Truman Scholarship!
Snacks consumed, files checked, confirmations sent. Good luck to everyone!
Harry Truman was the first president to deliver a "State of the Union" and tonight one of our
@trumanscholars
will deliver the response. Good luck to
@staceyabrams
(94 MS)!
(gets on soapbox)
The culture of the 'unpaid internship' is corrosive. Limiting access to only those with financial ability is untenable and anti-merit. This is long overdue: The Senate Finally Wants to Pay Its Interns
(gets off soapbox)
Our Emily Calandrelli (WV 08) is helping to craft legislation that will make it easier for breastfeeding parents to pass through airports! ✈️
Read more below ⬇️
#TrumansInTheNews
📰
2019 Scholars: If your graduation gets cancelled but we make it to SI, we're totally doing a Fake Graduation where I horribly mispronounce your name and you have to wear a gown made from an inexplicably sheer, unnatural fabric.
"Building progressive governing power requires organizing. At its most basic, organizing is talking to people about important issues, plus moving them to take collective action," write
@staceyabrams
and
@gwlauren
.
Two of our Scholars joined the Truman-Rhodes club this weekend, and we are proud to support them in their journeys to Oxford.
Congratulations to our Asma Rahimyar (CT 20) & Arye Brown (MD 20)!
More on Asma, Arye & the 2021 Rhodes Scholars ➡️
We are pleased to introduce the Class of 2023 Truman Scholars! 🎉
These 62 leaders make up the fabric of our communities and are eager to tackle society’s greatest challenges.
#truman23
#Leadership
#PublicService
#FutureLeaders
Institutions had to get creative to notify Scholars of their awards this year, and
@NYUAbuDhabi
’s Tatyana Brown (TX 21) was certainly surprised when her roommate coordinated with Vice Chancellor
@MHWestermann
to share the news. 🎊
With heavy hearts and deep appreciation, we offer Secretary Albright's family condolences from the entire
#TruFam
.
She served as the Foundation's President for over two decades, endowed our Truman-Albright fellowship, and inspired Trumans and public servants around the world.
Congratulations to our newest Truman Marshalls!
Our
@Annah_Chollet
(MA 20),
@AnnaLandre
(NJ 20) &
@LeahTrotman
(VI 20) will continue their paths in public service to the United Kingdom. 🇬🇧
📰
Today, we are proud to announce the 189 students from 126 institutions selected as
#Truman22
finalists. 🎉
Congratulations to all, and we look forward to introducing you to our Regional Review Panels!
📰
Today, we begin the Foundation’s first-ever virtual finalist selection committee.
We will keep you posted on our progress. All candidates will receive a notification, one way or the other, by Sunday at 9:00 pm EST.
#Truman21
So the TSLW Debt Session - always an uplifting crowd pleaser - is now an early morning Zoom call. I feel like only the power of Gas Station Breakfast Pizza can save us now.
Final (probably) count and emails sent! Thank you for the 838 applications from a record breaking 345 institutions! Everyone should have an email confirming...but we're just excited to be able to go home before midnight.
#TrumanTips
All nominees have been notified. All files have been checked. All paper cuts have been bandaged. And you better believe all candy has been consumed.
#TrumanTime
You have 20 minutes to show passion for service, leadership chops and various smarts. There is no time to be anyone but yourself. If you don't know an answer, say so. If you disagree, speak up. If you love watching bad telenovelas, admit it.
#TrumanTips
Congratulations to the 199 students from 133 institutions that have been selected as
#Truman23
finalists! 👏🎉
You can read the full list of finalists below⬇️
Andrew Rich is named Dean of
#CCNY
's Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership and Professor of Political Science. Rich will advance the
@cpowellschool
's distinctive mission of
#leadership
development and
#service
among social sciences students
Finding a sense of purpose from making government effective and impactful, our
@GabeAmo
(RI 09) serves as
@POTUS
's Deputy Director of the
@WhiteHouse
Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. 🇺🇸
The
#Truman22
Scholars completed their in-person TSLW experience last week in Liberty, Missouri.
Thank you to our dedicated Senior Scholars, our wise speakers, and our generous hosts for providing an inspirational week for the newest members of our
#TruFam
!
Today, our
#Truman22
finalist selection committee convenes. We will keep you posted on our progress. All candidates will receive a notification, one way or the other, by Sunday at 9:00 pm EST.
"I'm so in awe of the new generation of students who are advocating for themselves. To be a spokesperson, to take on extra responsibilities beyond their academic goals to create a better campus, that definitely takes a toll on the individual."
Our
@itsamiabusiness
(AR 19) ⬇️
After earning a coveted Truman Scholarship, Samia Ismail has set her sights on continuing her education in hopes of becoming a healthcare policy advocate. Read her story:
#WomensHistoryMonth
#WomensHistory
We are a few hours away from announcing our 2020 Scholars - and I am already getting questions about the 2021 cycle & COVID-19. The anxiety, I get it. Let's try to calm it - a thread: 1/6
We are pleased to introduce the Class of 2024 Truman Scholars! 🎉
These 60 leaders make up the fabric of our communities and are eager to tackle society’s greatest challenges.
#Truman24
Press release & scholar biographies are link in our bio.
"Good instruction should be student-centered, and student-centered is being culturally responsive and anti-racist."
Our
@DenaSimmons
(CT 04) shares six ways to be antiracist in the classroom for
@edutopia
. 📝🍎
"I am hopeful because I truly believe that within my lifetime, I will take my grandparents to al-Aqsa Mosque to pray with me."
Our
@NooranHamdan
(NH 19) publishes a perspective piece for
@TheLilyNews
as she follows the news in Palestine. ⬇️
Congrats to our Scholars appointed to agency review teams!
•
@DrLisaDCook
(GA 84), Federal Reserve
•
@DerekChollet
(NE 92), Department of State
•
@Leonardo_MD1
(IL 98), United States Mission to the United Nations
A
#TrumanTip
and
#HotTake
rolled into one: No one knows why they were (or were not) selected. General advice is fine, but resist acting in a way that doesn't feel authentic to you just because someone who interviewed ten years ago swears it worked.
“This cohort is remarkably diverse ... 41 are women & one is a nonbinary student. Many are students of color, first-generation college students & recent immigrants to the United States.”
@MikeNietzel
highlights the future of public service for
@Forbes
! 📰
Thank you to our
@ChrisCoons
(DE 83) for the perfect finale to our TSLW! Congratulations to all our Scholars and the family, friends and mentors who helped to get them here!
Today, we announce our newest graduate school partnership:
@ASU
.🔱
Scholars pursuing degrees at
@ASUGradCollege
can now attend for two years tuition-free. Thank you
@MichaelCrow
,
@Libby_Wentz
& the Sun Devils for investing in the future of public service.
The count is in: we've processed all *703* applications for our
#Truman23
class. 🎉
To all applicants, faculty reps, candidate allies... you should be proud of this next generation of inspiring public servants!
Next step: Finalist selection.
Congratulations to the ELEVEN
@trumanscholars
selected as 2019
@rhodes_trust
Scholars! So many, we need two tweets! Link here: Roll call in the next tweet! 1/2
Let's get ready for an election day filled with
@trumanscholars
on the ballot! Good luck to the candidates and as well as all the Trumans who are volunteering. There are so many, it's a thread: 1/5
Introducing our 2021 Truman-Albright Fellows!
This cohort of 24 young professionals will embark on a year's worth of public service programming in the Washington, DC area, graciously sponsored by Sec.
@Madeleine
Albright.
📰 Read more on our cohort:
The count is in: we've now processed all *705* applications from 275 institutions for our
#Truman22
class. 🎉
To all applicants, faculty reps, candidate allies... you should be proud of this next generation of inspiring public servants.
Next step: Finalist selection.
No one wins a Truman on the strength of their prose. Before you give me an exegesis on the meaning of service, tell me how many people came to the meeting, how much funding you secured, how many doors you knocked on. Nouns and verbs, not adjectives.
#TrumanTips
Our search for our next class of public service leaders begins. The application for the 2022 Truman Scholarship competition is officially OPEN. 📬
📅 Deadline: February 1, 2022
ℹ️ For details, visit .
That weird feeling in the pit of your stomach? It's
#TrumanTime
! Your files (and hopes and dreams) could be in the hands of the readers rite naw. Follow along and turn your anxiety up to 11.
Congratulations to everyone on their nominations and all the great work you do in your communities and the world. Let it be
#TrumanTime
(minus the anxiety) all the time.
Your interview should be a conversation. You know, a casual convo about pressing social issues of the day between you and 5 to 9 adults in fancy suits where you feel your entire future is on the line. We realize this is more difficult than it sounds.
#TrumanTips
The Truman Foundation is committed to transparency in our application process amid disruptions of this year and will be releasing an info video for 2021 Applicants.
If you are an applicant with questions or a Scholar with suggestions on content, please DM us.📬
Today, our staff begins logging in your
#Truman21
applications to ensure we have everything we need.
Be patient – you will have confirmation by Monday. If you do not receive confirmation by Monday at midnight, please contact us directly. 📧
Our
@KeshaRam
(CA 07) becomes the first woman of color elected to the Vermont State Senate, winning election in Chittenden County. Congratulations!
She says: "I may be the first, but I will not be the last."
#TrumansOnTheBallot
That's a wrap on
#TrumanTime
! Congratulations to every one of our 840 applicants and their 346 institutions. It was a great competition and we expect to see all of you changing the world for the better.
Not only following the
@fleetwoodmac
voting trend, our
@RobSandIA
(IA 05) coincidentally first found a love for public service through skateboarding as well. 🛹
He led a two-year organizing mission for a new skatepark in his hometown of Decorah, Iowa.
We are pleased to introduce the Class of 2023 Truman Scholars! 🎉
These 62 leaders make up the fabric of our communities and are eager to tackle society’s greatest challenges.
#truman23
#Leadership
#PublicService
#FutureLeaders