<p>2011</a> Truman Scholars Announced</p>
<p>"Madeleine K. Albright, president of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, announced that 60 students from 54 US colleges and universities have been selected as 2011 Truman Scholars. They were elected by seventeen independent selection panels on the basis of leadership potential, intellectual ability, and likelihood of 'making a difference.' </p>
<p>The 60 Scholars were selected from among 602 candidates nominated by 264 colleges and universities. Each selection panel interviewed Finalists from a 3 - 4 state region and generally elected one Scholar from each state. Each panel typically included a university president, a federal judge, a distinguished public servant, and a past Truman Scholarship winner. . . . (continued)"</p>
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<p>This year, Princeton had one Truman Scholar, junior Haley White. Within the Ivy League, Brown, Dartmouth, Penn and Yale also had one Scholar each. Harvard led with two.</p>
<p>"Princeton University junior Haley White has been awarded a 2011 Truman Scholarship, which provides up to $30,000 for graduate study.</p>
<p>The prestigious award, which was given to 60 students among 602 candidates nationwide, "recognizes college juniors with leadership potential who are committed to careers in government, the nonprofit or advocacy sectors, education or elsewhere in public service," according to the Truman Scholarship Foundation.</p>
<p>White, a native of Chatham, N.J., who is majoring in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, said, "This opportunity would not have been possible without the support of the University and Wilson School. I am extremely grateful for all of the opportunities I have received to explore my passion for public service and develop as a thinker and leader."</p>
<p>Believing that food insecurity is one of the most pressing problems facing society, White plans to use her Truman Scholarship to pursue a career in agricultural development. She has explored that interest through several activities, including developing a project for which she lived with subsistence farmers in Central America, funded by a Dale Summer Award from the University; writing a policy paper this fall titled, "Making Loaves and Fish in the Land of Qat: Food Security in Yemen"; and serving as an intern on a farm in the Wachusett Mountains in Rutland, Mass., for Heifer Project International, a nonprofit organization focused on ending poverty. . . .(continued)"</p>
<p>Princeton</a> University - White awarded Truman Scholarship for public service pursuits</p>