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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

Elise Scott, 2020 Truman scholarship recipient. Photo courtesy of Elise Scott.

Communications and Political Science Student Wins Prestigious Truman Scholarship

By Megan McKellar, News Writer May 17, 2020

  One of 62 recipients, Elise Scott, a senior studying communications and political science at the University of Utah, was recently selected to be a Harry S. Truman Scholar. The Harry S. Truman...

University of Utah President Ruth Watkins, Truman Scholarship Recipient Samantha Thorne and Hinckely Institute of Politics Director Jason Perry (Courtesy of Samantha Thorne)

U Student Named Truman Scholar for Utah

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor April 24, 2019

  On April 15, the University of Utah named its first Truman Scholarship recipient since 2014. The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation began in 1975 in honor of President Harry S. Truman....