LAWRENCE Four outstanding juniors will be the University of Kansas nominees for Harry S. Truman Scholarships.
The students are competing for the prestigious national awards, which provide up to $30,000 for graduate study. The awards are given to college juniors for leadership in public service. They are highly competitive, with only about 60 Truman Scholars named nationwide each year.
This year’s KU nominees:
Radhia Abdirahman, majoring in global & international studies and human biology (applied behavioral sciences)
Rachel Hall, majoring in global & international studies and political science and minoring in intelligence and national security studies
Gustavo Murillo-Espinoza, majoring in molecular, cellular & developmental biology and a minor in Latino/a studies