University President Jim Ryan surprised Liu with the news last week.
“I was informed that I had been selected as a Truman Scholar following a meeting with President Ryan about my plans for Student Council over the next year,” said Liu, a third-year student from San Anselmo, California, who is double-majoring in economics and sociology. “I was surprised by my wonderful mentors and letter-writers in the lobby of Madison Hall. I could only repeat my thanks and shock and was essentially speechless until I left the building.”
But that was not the end of his celebration.
“I did a little dance when I got to the parking lot, and I couldn’t stop smiling for the rest of the day,” he said. “I am humbled to join the ranks of a national community of change agents.”