{"62945":{"#nid":"62945","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Alumnus Named Marshall Scholar","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERecent Georgia Tech alumnus Nick Wellkamp has\nbeen named a Marshall Scholar and will attend the University of Oxford to\npursue a master\u2019s degree in economics.\u0026nbsp;\nWellkamp was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, plans on pursuing\na doctorate as well.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u0027s a tremendous honor and a dream come true,\u201d\nsaid Wellkamp. \u201cThe chance to study at Oxford will be exciting, challenging and\nintellectually enriching. I feel incredibly blessed to get an opportunity like\nthis.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWellkamp says he\u2019s eager to pursue a world-class\neducation in economics and already realizes how the degree can help him with\nhis long-term goals.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGiven the economic challenges our country and\nour world are facing right now, and looking forward to our long-term challenges\nsuch as energy, climate change and sustainable economic development, I think we\nneed more leaders who are well-versed in economics,\u201d said Wellkamp.\u0026nbsp; \u201cI am also excited to\u0026nbsp;gain a\nglobal outlook on the challenges facing humanity through exposure to British,\nEuropean and\u0026nbsp;other international perspectives.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWellkamp, who was awarded the Harry S. Truman\nScholarship in 2009, graduated from Georgia Tech last year with a double major\nin industrial and systems engineering and public policy.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAs a student, Wellkamp was elected Undergraduate\nStudent Government Association President for 2008-09, during which time he led\ninitiatives to promote campus sustainability and reform the Institute\u2019s\npolicies regarding football ticketing, campus e-mails and final exam\npreparation. In addition, he served on the Georgia Tech Presidential Search\nCommittee and was a member of the Student Advisory Committee to the Board of\nRegents. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWellkamp was also active in politics and public\npolicy outside of campus, spending one summer working in the Office of Science\nand Technology Policy at the White House and another summer with a political\nconsulting firm in Atlanta. Wellkamp is not resting on his past success and\nhopes to pursue his passions relating to clean energy.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Wellkamp, he began contemplating\nwhether to apply for the Marshall Scholarship more than a year and half ago.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u0027s an intense and highly reflective process,\u201d\nsaid Wellkamp. \u201cThe application itself involves a 1,000-word personal\nstatement, two more 500-word essays about your proposed program of study and\nwhy you want to study in the UK, and several other smaller essays as well. I\nalso had to get four letters of recommendation (a of mix academic and\nprofessional references) and an institutional endorsement from Georgia Tech.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter being selected as a finalist, Wellkamp had\na 30-minute interview with a six-member panel in Atlanta, where they asked him\nquestions ranging from subjects in economics to solar panel technologies to the\nBritish prime minister candidate debates this past April.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Nick Wellkamp to attend University of Oxford"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERecent Georgia Tech alumnus Nick Wellkamp has\nbeen named a Marshall Scholar and will attend the University of Oxford to\npursue a master\u2019s degree in economics.\u0026nbsp;\nWellkamp was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, plans on pursuing\na doctorate as well.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Nick WellKamp will attend the University of Oxford as a Marshall Scholar."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2010-11-23 14:45:51","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:50","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-11-23T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-11-23T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"62944":{"id":"62944","type":"image","title":"Nick Wellkamp","body":null,"created":"1449176409","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:00:09","changed":"1475894549","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:29","alt":"Nick Wellkamp","file":{"fid":"191688","name":"Nick_Wellkamp.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Nick_Wellkamp_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Nick_Wellkamp_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5686879,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Nick_Wellkamp_0.jpg?itok=sjWc8dgi"}}},"media_ids":["62944"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/fellowships.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Fellowships Office"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.marshallscholarship.org\/","title":"Marshall Scholar"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"3280","name":"Marshall Scholar"},{"id":"980","name":"Nick Wellkamp"},{"id":"9699","name":"University of Oxford"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["mattnagel@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}