Truman Scholarship application due Jan. 9, 2008

Harry S. Truman Scholarships, which honor the thirty-third President of the United States, are awarded on the basis of merit to students who are college juniors this year and will be seniors in the 2008-09 academic year, and who have an outstanding potential for leadership in a future career in public service. Scholarships provide support up to $30,000 for graduate school. To be considered for nomination, a student must be: a full-time junior student at UAA, committed to a career in public service, in the upper quarter of his or her class, and a United States citizen or national. Professor James W. Muller is the Truman Scholarship Faculty Representative at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Interested students should visit the Truman Scholarship website, www.truman.gov, print out the application and submit it to the UAA Department of Political Science office.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2008, AT NOON.

For more information please see the Truman Scholarship website or contact the UAA Department of Political Science at 786-4897.