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Title Wild about Harry : everything you have ever wanted to know about the Truman Scholarship / edited by Suzanne McCray and Tara Yglesias ; foreword by secretary Madeleine K. Albright
Published Fayetteville : The University of Arkansas Press, 2021
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 174 pages)
Contents Truman scholars : a living memorial / Terry Babcock-Lumish -- Broadening horizons and building community : the Truman Foundation's Summer Institute / Andy Rich -- The Truman Scholarship community : unconventional scholarship serving the public good / Tara Yglesias -- Public service, power, and the challenges facing future public servants / Andy Rich -- Suspenders and a belt : over preparation and the overachiever / Tara Yglesias -- Non ducor, duco : leadership and the Truman Scholarship application / Tara Yglesias -- I love it when a grad plan comes together : graduate school advising and the Truman application / Tara Yglesias -- When the abyss stares back : the Eldritch horror of the "additional information" prompt / Tara Yglesias -- Enough about me, what do you think about me? : surviving the Truman interview / Tara Yglesias -- An advisor's perspective on reading applications for Truman / Paula Warrick -- You sank my fellowship : the "near miss" Truman application / Tara Yglesias -- The Truman Scholarship : having a winner every time / Louis Blair -- Giving shape to a future career path through the Truman process / Jane Morris and Elizabeth Vardaman -- Appendix A. The Truman Scholarship application -- Appendix B. The Truman Scholarship review rubric
Summary "Wild about Harry delivers on its promise to make the Truman Scholarship application process transparent to applicants and their advisors. Truman Scholars are widely known as energetic leaders from a variety of disciplines who have in common the desire to make a difference, to bring about sustainable positive change, and to serve the greater public good"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 22, 2021)
Subject Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation.
SUBJECT Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation fast
Subject Truman scholarships.
Public administration -- Study and teaching (Graduate) -- United States
EDUCATION / General
Truman scholarships
Public administration -- Study and teaching (Graduate)
United States
Form Electronic book
Author McCray, Suzanne, 1956- editor.
Yglesias, Tara, editor.
LC no. 2021003484
ISBN 1610757475
9781610757478
1682261719
9781682261712