Truman Scholar at UNL

Emily Schlichting, a junior Communication Studies and Political Science student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has won the Truman Scholarship.
Schlichting already has her fair share of experience in the public sector, both on and off campus. On campus, she founded and serves as the campaign chair for Employee +1, which is a campaign to let University of Nebraska employees claim a financially dependent family member or domestic partner on their insurance plans.
Schlichting is currently serving as ASUN's Chief of Staff. She also works as a research assistant in the UCARE program. The Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experiences program lets undergraduates get involved in research early in their college careers, by paring the student with a faculty advisor.
Off campus, Schlichting works at Bold Nebraska, a progressive political website, as a news media intern.
Last summer, she worked as an intern for Campus Progress, part of the Center for American Progress, in Washington, D.C.
In January, she testified on behalf of the Patient's Coverage and Affordable Care Act, President Obama's healthcare plan, in front of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in the U.S. Senate.

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