Fellowships Home | International | National | Undergraduate | Scholar Profiles Jake Heller '07, Truman Scholar
As a junior, Jake Heller earned the distinguished honor of being the second ever recipient of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship at Pitzer College. Only 75 of 700 Truman Scholar candidates are selected for this special honor. The mission of the scholarship foundation is to find and recognize college juniors with exceptional leadership potential who are committed to careers in government, the nonprofit or advocacy sectors, education or elsewhere in the public service; and provide them with financial support for graduate study, leadership training, and fellowship with other students who are committed to making a difference through public service. A double major in Political Studies and Economics, Jake opted to attend Pitzer to avoid the typical number crunching undergraduate education devoid of the human aspect of most major universities.
Other achievements include the Deborah Bach Kallick ’78 Community Service Award (2005), in which he was one of two students awarded for sustained commitment to community service; Parliamentary Debate Nationals (2004), in which he placed third among 300-plus competitors; Freeman Foundation Japan Economic Study Scholar (2005), as one of 12 students funded to travel to Japan to study the Asian economy; and A World Connected Scholarship (2005), awarded for study on international debt forgiveness.
The Truman Scholarship provides up to $30,000 in funding to students pursuing graduate degrees in public service fields. Students must be college juniors at the time of selection. For more information about the Truman Scholarship, go to www.truman.gov Fellowships Home | International | National | Undergraduate | Scholar Profiles
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