Congrats to Ricky Holder, 2023 Marshall Scholar!

Congratulations to fourth-year UChicago student and Navy veteran Ricky Holder, who has been named a 2023 Marshall Scholar. A public policy major, Ricky is one of 40 students nationwide to receive this prestigious fellowship. Motivated by his nine years in foster care, Ricky's goal is to build a world-class welfare system for children in foster care in the US. As a Marshall Scholar, Ricky will pursue an MPhil in Comparative Social Policy at the University of Oxford. 

Named in honor of US Secretary of State George C. Marshall, the Scholarships commemorate the humane ideals of the Marshall Plan and they express the continuing gratitude of the British people to their American counterparts. The Marshall Scholarship recognizes academic excellence, leadership, and ambassadorial potential, and enables America's future leaders to pursue graduate study in almost any academic subject at any University in the UK.

Read more about Ricky's story here