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When she was a junior at the University of Delaware, Natalie Walton was one of 62 students selected nationwide as a Truman Scholar. She also wrote and published a book.
Award-winning U of D student writes book about girls dealing with privacy and relationships in the digital age By Betsy Brewer Brantner Contributing writer
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y the time Natalie Walton graduated from the University of Delaware, she had not only written and published a book, she was also named a Truman Scholar, a highly competitive national award. Walton, of Newark, Del., was one of 62 scholars selected nationwide as a Truman Scholar, with the selection based on a student’s record of leadership, public service
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and academic achievement. The Truman Scholar honor was created to support the next generation of public service leaders as they pursue graduate studies. Twenty-three-year-old Natalie Walton admits that when she tells people she is passionate about teaching sex education, eyebrows might raise. “Yes, sometimes it stops the conversation when I tell people I am an advocate for teaching sex education, but I’m not uncomfortable talking about sex anymore. I have always been interested in education in general and I
