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Class of 2008 Honor graduates Becca Brown and Alyssa Kulik were awarded a post graduate scholarship by the ACC.  Becca Brown is on the Clemson Rowing Team and Alyssa Kulik is on the Clemson Cross Country and Track Team. Congratulations, Ladies!!

Clemson University story on Brown and Kulik

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Congratulations to Mauldin alumni Megan Steele ('07) who was awarded the Morris King Award at Clemson University for outstanding Senior Education Major. Megan is graduating Summa Cum Laude(4.0), with General Honors from Calhoun Honors College with TWO degrees! A bachelors of arts in Secondary Education- Mathematics and a BA in Mathmatical Sciences with a minor in Education and all this in only 4 years time!

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Congratulations to Laura Simon MHS '09! Laura just found out she is the recipient of the prestigious Skelton Award for Academic and Athletic Excellence. Given each year to two VT scholar-athletes (one male one female). Congratulations Laura! Laura recently placed 9th in the 1650 free at ACC Swimming Championships and is a Dean's list student stuying Biochemistry at Virginia Tech.

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Mauldin's outstanding student Lindsey Wallace, Class of 2007 was just named a 2010 Truman Scholar.  Lindsey is a junior at Duke University on the B.N. Duke scholarship (which cover full tuition and more).  Congratulations, Lindsey! 

Ms. Lindsey Marie Wallace

Duke University

State: SC

Majors: Political Science and Psychology

Degree Sought: Joint Degree - JD and MPP

Career Goal: Public Interest Law

As a vegetarian and member of the local animal welfare community, Lindsey has worked to raise supplies and grant money for local low-cost spay/neuter clinics. She is president of the PetICare animal volunteer organization at Duke and has established a student advocacy group with the mission of obtaining a $100,000 grant to fund TNR programs in Durham county. She plans a joint degree of Law and a Masters of Public Policy to arm her in shaping the nation’s social policy with a special eye toward animal issues.

2010 Scholars Announced 

March 30, 2010 

Madeleine K. Albright, president of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, announced that 60 students from 54 US colleges and universities have been selected as 2010 Truman Scholars. They were elected by sixteen independent selection panels on the basis of leadership potential, intellectual ability, and likelihood of 'making a difference.'

The 60 Scholars were selected from among 576 candidates nominated by 245 colleges and universities. Each selection panel interviewed Finalists from a 3 - 4 state region and generally elected one Scholar from each state and one at-large Scholar from the region. Each panel typically included a university president, a federal judge, a distinguished public servant, and a past Truman Scholarship winner.

Each Scholarship provides up to $30,000 for graduate study. Scholars also receive priority admission and supplemental financial aid at some premier graduate institutions, leadership training, career and graduate school counseling, and special internship opportunities within the federal government. Recipients must be US citizens, have outstanding leadership potential and communication skills, be in the top quarter of their class, and be committed to careers in government or the not-for-profit sector.

The Truman Scholarship Foundation was established by Congress in 1975 as the federal memorial to our thirty-third President. The Foundation awards scholarships for college students to attend graduate school in preparation for careers in government or elsewhere in public service. The activities of the Foundation are supported by a special trust fund in the US Treasury. There have been 2730 Truman Scholars elected since the first awards were made in 1977.

The 2010 Truman Scholars will assemble May 25 for a leadership development program at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, and receive their awards in a special ceremony at the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, on May 30, 2010. For a listing of the 2010 Scholars and more information on the Foundation, see www.truman.gov.

MHS Alumn Cam Bloomquist ('08) - lacrosse was named the 2010 Clemson University Sophomore Chemistry Student of the Year!  Congratulations, Cam!

MHS Alumn Megan Steele ('07) - Megan won the John Charles Harden, Jr. award for a junior with a Mathematical Sciences degree. Only four awards for the junior class!

MHS Alumn Lauren Klas '06 awards from Clemson University

ACC All Academic Team
2010 Clemson Marketing Distinction Award
2010 Athletics Drirector's Academic Excellence Award

Congratulations to Mauldin Cross Country & Soccer athlete Michelle Nance '06 for receiving an Atlantic Coast Conference post graduate scholarship.  Michelle competes for the Clemson crew team. 

 ACC Announces 2010 Post-Graduate Scholarship Recipients

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