Search for the Next Truman Scholar from UOG begins!
Search for the Next Truman Scholar from UOG begins!
Search for the Next Truman Scholar from UOG begins!
9/25/2024
The University of Guam will kick off the 2025 Truman Scholarship application cycle with its first Truman Application Open House on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. ET. Hosted by the Truman Scholarship Foundation, the webinar is for students applying this cycle or considering future applications.
Recent Truman Scholars will share their application experiences and discuss an overview of the scholarship program and selection criteria. The webinar will cover reasons for applying and strategies for a successful application. Attendees will also learn how to navigate common challenges that arise during the process.
The Open House is open to all 2025 applicants, potential applicants, and advisors.
More information about the Truman Open House can be found at https://www.truman.gov/OpenHouse.
The session will take place over Zoom (Meeting ID: 852 2624 0356 Passcode: 779317).
About the Truman Scholarship Program
The Truman Scholarship is a highly competitive national scholarship for aspiring public service leaders in the United States, with 55 to 65 scholarships granted from over 600 applications each year.
If you can check “YES” beside each of the following statements, you should be a strong candidate for a Truman Scholarship. If more than two do not apply, the Truman Scholarship is probably not right for you.
Basic and legal requirements (must be met)
- I am a full-time student at the University of Guam
- At the time I apply (February 2025), I will be a full-time student pursuing a bachelor’s degree in my junior year. Note: Students who are already attending graduate school are not eligible.
- I am a U.S. citizen (or a U.S. national) or I expect to receive my citizenship by the date the scholarship will be awarded.
Career and graduate study interests
- I hope to be a “change agent,” in time, improving the ways that government agencies, nonprofit organizations, or educational institutions serve the public.
- There are conditions in our society or the environment that trouble me.
- I want to work in government, education, the nonprofit sector, or the public interest/advocacy sector to improve these conditions.
- I am comfortable committing to work in public service for three of the first seven years after I complete a Foundation-funded graduate degree.
- I would like to get a master’s degree, a doctorate, or a professional degree, such as a law degree or a Master of Public Administration, Master of Public Health, Master of Social Work, Master of Education, Master of Public Policy, or Master of International Affairs.
Community service and academic record
- I have participated extensively in two or more of the following sets of activities:
- Student government and/or campus-based extracurricular activities;
- Community service–related activities that were not organized by my school or by my fraternity/sorority;
- Government internships, commissions or boards, advocacy or interest groups, nonpartisan political activities, or military/ROTC;
- Partisan political activities and campaigns.
- I have been involved with organizations or activities related to my career interests.
- I have demonstrated some of my leadership potential.
- I have sufficiently strong grades and coursework to gain admittance to a first-rate graduate institution.
- I am academically in the top 25% of my major.
- I read regularly a good national newspaper and a thoughtful periodical.
- I have had one or more courses relating to my career interests.
How to apply
Serious candidates must email their intent to apply to the UOG Truman Representative, Dr. Gena Rojas at rojasg@triton.uog.edu.
The deadline to submit your interest in applying is November 8, 2024.
For more information, visit www.truman.gov.
For any questions, contact Professor Kristina Sayama at kristina@triton.uog.edu or Dr. Gena Rojas at rojasg@triton.uog.edu.
Past Truman Scholars from UOG:
Our 2024 Truman Scholar was Julie Ann L. Laxamana, a senior majoring in Criminal Justice and Biology, was among the 60 exceptional students from 54 U.S. colleges and universities named Truman Scholars. Recipients receive up to $30,000 toward their graduate studies, priority admission at premier institutions, and significant federal internships and professional development opportunities.
The University of Guam, established when Harry Truman was president, has a long history of Truman Scholars dating back to 1978.
- Julie Ann Laxamana - 2024
- Christian Gyles Ramos - 2023
- Kehani Mendiola - 2021
- Athena McNinch – 2017
- Rebecca Casimbon – 2015
- Jose Salas Cruz, Jr. – 2009
- Elvira Manglona – 2007
- Sahara June Defensor – 2006
- JakinDee M. Aguon-Perez – 2005
- Donna L. Gomez – 2001
- Mary Grace Mendoza-Lapid – 2000
- Willian B. Cruz-Jones – 2004
- Gena A. Rojas – 2002
- Jesse T. San Nicolas – 1990
- Duane M. George – 1989
- Demian M. Fitzgerald – 1988
- Leilana V. Lujan – 1986
- John Jerry Ignacio – 1985
- Marie T. Deloso – 1983
- Maria Nancy V. Guhit – 1979
- Joaquin V. Leon Guerrero – 1978