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Oglethorpe University Student Selected as
Finalist in Truman Scholarship Competition
Atlanta – Oglethorpe University junior Ann-Hsiang Hsu of
Greer, South Carolina, has been selected as a finalist in the 1999
Truman Scholarship competition. She will be interviewed on Friday,
March 5, for this $30,000 scholarship that rewards leadership
ability, academic achievement, commitment to public service, and
potential to "make a difference."
The Truman Scholarship Foundation was established by Congress in
1975 as the official federal memorial to honor our thirty-third
president, Harry S. Truman. The Foundation awards scholarships for
college students to attend graduate school in preparation for
careers in government or elsewhere in public service. The activities
of the Foundation are supported by a special trust fund in the U.S.
Treasury. There have been 1,863 Truman Scholars elected since the
first awards were made in 1977.
Each Truman Scholarship provides up to $30,000-- $3,000 for the
senior year and $27,000 for two or three years of graduate study.
Scholars receive priority admission and often supplemental financial
aid at premier graduate institutions, leadership training, career
and graduate school counseling and special internship opportunities
within the federal government.
This year, 656 candidates from 332 colleges and universities were
nominated for Truman Scholarships. An eighteen-member committee,
applying stringent criteria, chose 200 nominees from 140
institutions as 1999 Truman Scholarship Finalists. They will compete
for up to 65 Truman Scholarships to be announced March 26.
Hsu, a junior international relations major, is the daughter of
Chien-Yeh and Pen-Hsin Hsu. She is a graduate of Riverside High
School in Greer.
At Oglethorpe University, Hsu is sophomore class president,
features editor of The Stormy Petrel student newspaper, vice
president of Chi Omega Sorority and vice president of Executive
Round Table. She is a member of Alpha Chi Honor Society, Oglethorpe
Ambassadors and the Rich Foundation Urban Leadership Program.
Oglethorpe University is an independent, highly selective,
coeducational liberal arts university located in Atlanta, Georgia.
For more information about Oglethorpe University, please contact the
Office of Public Relations at (404) 364-8446.
For more information about the Truman Scholarship Foundation,
call (202) 395-4831.
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