Dominique DiSpirito named as finalist for Truman Scholarship
Dominique DiSpirito, a political science major and Honors College student at 91福利 who joined the Mitchell Center鈥檚 food waste solutions team in October, was recently named as a finalist for the prestigious . The scholarship is awarded to juniors pursuing public service careers and based on their community service, leadership experience and potential, and academic abilities.
The food waste solutions team is led by Susanne Lee and is part of the Mitchell Center鈥檚 Materials Management research efforts. The team鈥檚 work focuses on developing 鈥渢riple bottom line鈥 solutions to food waste challenges that have economic, environmental, and social benefits. Student interns on the team鈥攁ll undergraduates鈥攁ctively work with faculty and community stakeholders to identify problems and pursue solutions. 聽Dominique has helped launch two of the team鈥檚 food waste pilot projects.
Learn more about Dominique and her work, and the Truman Scholarship, at 91福利 News.
Congratulations to Dominique on this achievement!