March 2, 2012
St. Paul, Minnesota
Interviewing finalists from Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
St. Catherine University
Coeur de Catherine
President's Dining Room and Room 362
2004 Randolph Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105
This panel will convene at 8:30 a.m.
For the past several years, the Truman Scholars Association (an organization of Truman Scholar alumni) has hosted pre-interview dinners in the interview cities the night prior to the finalist interviews. The dinners are informal, fun, optional events (interview panelists do not attend). Invited to the dinners are incoming Truman Scholar candidates as well as older Truman Scholars from the area. The dinner locations are chosen at relatively inexpensive restaurants close to the venue where the students will be interviewed, and each person attending the dinner covers his or her own meal and transportation expenses.
The Minneapolis/St. Paul panel host is Michelle Tran (Michelle.Kansas@gmail.com). Please contact her for more information.
Panel Members
Katherine Blauvelt -- Field Representative, Office of U.S. Senator Al Franken; 2001 Truman Scholar
Judy Grew -- Management Consultant, State Government of Minnesota; 1986 Truman Scholar
Heidi Heitkamp, Chair -- Public Interest Attorney; Former Attorney General of North Dakota
Amy Hertel -- Manager of Strategic Development, Research and Evaluation, The Minneapolis Foundation; 1998 Truman Scholar
Jennifer Ford Reedy -- Chief of Staff and Vice President of Strategy, Minnesota Philanthropy Partners; 1994 Truman Scholar
Lynda Szymanski -- Associate Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Sciences and Associate Professor of Psychology, St. Catherine University
Andrew Rich, Secretary -- Executive Secretary; Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1991 Truman Scholar