25 NSCS Members Awarded Truman Scholarship

April 19, 2011 - PRLog -- Twenty-five members of The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) are among the 197 students selected as Truman Scholars for 2011. NSCS is an honor society inviting high-achieving first – and second –year students.

The Truman Scholarship Foundation, which was started in 1977 to honor President Truman, awards each scholar $30,000 for graduate study, priority admission to several elite graduate programs, leadership training, career counseling and internship opportunities within the federal government.

According to the scholarship website “The Truman is a very competitive national scholarship. Each year, the Foundation reviews over 600 applications for our 60 to 65 Scholarships awarded annually.”

The 2011 NSCS members who received this esteemed award are:


•   Bradley Watts, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
•   Ian Magruder, University of California-Berkeley
•   Anjali Thakkar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
•   Benjamin Wallace, The University of Virginia
•   Dayron   Silverio, Florida State University
•   Chelsea  Takahashi, Chapman University
•   Elizabeth Flesch, Montana State University-Bozeman
•   Emily Gottschalk-Marconi, College of William and Mary
•   Alexa Kissinger, Arizona State University
•   Christopher Jozwiak, Butler University
•   Megan   Whitacre, Ball State University
•   Elizabeth Davis, University of Notre Dame
•   Daniel Hains, University of South Carolina-Columbia
•   Lane Carr, University of Nebraska
•   Zachary Smith, University of Nebraska
•   Weddy Worjroh, Villanova university
•   Mandisa Bradley, The University of New Mexico
•   Jake Wellman, The University of New Mexico
•   Adam Ferguson, The University of Dayton
•   Matthew Cournoyer, Northeastern University
•   Scott Jackson, Brigham Young University
•   Daniel Richardson, James Madison
•   Rachel Schneider, The University of Vermont
•   Ethan Erickson, Cornell University
•   Allison   Cole, West Virginia University

About the Scholarship
The Harry S. Truman Scholarship is a highly competitive federal scholarship granted to U.S. college juniors for demonstrated leadership potential and a commitment to public service.

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NSCS is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and is the nation's only interdisciplinary honors organization to invite first and second year college students. NSCS has more than 725,000 members and more than 280 chapters in 50 states.