Truman Scholars Association

Jamaal Barnes (NC ‘09) just took on a new role at Harvard University and is currently the Assistant Director of Admissions at Harvard Graduate School of Education. He looks forward to chatting with Trumans who are interested in social impact in the education sector. Katie Blaisdell (HI ‘08) is excited to start a joint degree [...]

Ashley Bittner (FL ’06) interviewed Samuel Roe of the Hope Street Group to learn how the organization is bringing together people from across the private, public, and social sector to solve our nation’s biggest problems.  Hope Street Group was founded by young entrepreneurs from a wide range of industries in 2003. Byron Auguste (AZ ’87) [...]

The following is an excerpt from a press release from The Charles Bronfman Prize. Eric Greitens, the visionary founder of an organization challenging post-9/11 veterans to build lives of purpose, strengthening individuals and communities while changing the national conversation about returning service members, is the 2012 recipient of The Charles Bronfman Prize. Each year, The [...]

The nominating committee for the Truman Scholars Association is now accepting applications for open seats on its board of directors.  Truman Scholars from all class years and backgrounds are encouraged to apply by midnight ET on Monday, August 20, 2012. About the Truman Scholars AssociationThe Truman Scholars Association (TSA) is comprised of all recipients of [...]

The following is an excerpt from a White House press release. Today, the White House announced that current Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs David Agnew will now serve as the Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs.  Mr. Agnew will oversee the Obama Administration’s relationship with state, county, local, and tribal officials [...]

The following is an excerpt from an article in The Honolulu Star-Advertiser. The state’s largest public pension fund has an interim chief investment officer. Vijoy Paul Chattergy, an investment specialist with the Hawaii Employees’ Retirement System, has been appointed by its eight-person board of trustees to oversee the $11.5 billion fund while a search is undertaken [...]

“The world’s biggest problems cannot be solved by one sector.” For this profile, Byron Auguste (AZ ‘87), the global leader of McKinsey’s Social Sector Practice and co-founder and board chairman of the Hope Street Group, was interviewed by Ashley Bittner (FL ’06), joint MBA-MPP graduate student at The Wharton School and Harvard Kennedy School. Byron [...]

Wendi Adelson (FL ‘00) has two boys who are now 2.5 (Benjamin) and 16 months (Lincoln Jonah). In August 2011 she started a new job as a clinical professor at Florida State University College of Law where she directs a Medical Legal Partnerhship. Also, she has published a book, This is Our Story, that chronicles [...]

Congratulations to Fred Slabach who, on January 27, 2012, was inaugurated as the 20th President of Texas Wesleyan University, a position he has held since one year ago. He brings decades of legal and political experience to this role, and has already articulated a strong vision for the future of the institution. According to the [...]

The Board of Directors for the Truman Scholars Association held its annual in-person meeting in November 2011 in Washington DC.  The in-person meeting is an invaluable tool for the geographically diverse board, as it allows directors to meet face-to-face and spend a weekend dedicated solely to TSA issues.  The primary goal of this meeting was [...]