Truman Scholars

For Ariel Helms, a genealogy search when she was young revealed a long-kept secret: Her ancestors were Cherokee Native Americans. Read More

For Vanderbilt senior Ariel Helms from Oklahoma, twists and turns in her past, including a long-kept family secret, led to her passion for discovery in a Vanderbilt lab. Read More

Two Vanderbilt juniors were selected to be 2015 Truman Scholars, good for $30,000 scholarships for graduate school. Read More

Molecular and cellular biology major Emma Steigerwald was surprised with the news that she had been named a Truman Scholar during Professor of History Tom Schwartz’s class on March 26. From left, Provost Richard McCarty, Schwartz (a member of Vanderbilt’s selection committee and a former Truman Scholar, himself), Steigerwald, … Read More