Nick Wellkamp, a 2009 engineering graduate of Georgia Tech, has been selected for the Marshall Scholarship.  Wellkamp, who also received the Harry S. Truman scholarship in 2009, graduated with a double major in industrial engineering and public policy.  Wellkamp intends to pursue a master's degree in economics while studying at Oxford. 

“It's a tremendous honor and a dream come true,” said Wellkamp. “The chance to study at Oxford will be exciting, challenging and intellectually enriching. I feel incredibly blessed to get an opportunity like this.”

As a student, Wellkamp was elected Undergraduate Student Government Association President for 2008-09, during which time he led initiatives to promote campus sustainability and reform the Institute’s policies regarding football ticketing, campus e-mails and final exam preparation. In addition, he served on the Georgia Tech Presidential Search Committee and was a member of the Student Advisory Committee to the Board of Regents.

Wellkamp was also active in politics and public policy outside of campus, spending one summer working in the Office of Science and Technology Policy at the White House and another summer with a political consulting firm in Atlanta. Wellkamp is not resting on his past success and hopes to pursue his passions relating to clean energy.

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