Chloe Goode's impressive academic record and commitment to service led many on campus — including her faculty, mentors, and friends — to encourage her to apply for a Truman Scholarship, a prestigious and highly competitive award for aspiring public service leaders in the United States.

In April, Goode was named a 2025 Truman Scholar. She was one of 54 award recipients out of 743 nominations. She is the University of Richmond’s ninth Truman Scholar since the program’s inception in 1977, with the most recent one in 2013.

Among her many accomplishments, Goode is a Presidential Scholar and Oliver Hill Scholar. In 2023, she became the first Richmond student selected for a prestigious summer Fulbright scholarship to Northern Ireland. She is also the inaugural recipient of the Dr. Tinina Q. Cade Scholarship, named for the retired associate vice president for student development and director of the Student Center for Equity and Inclusion.

She is also the founder and president of R.E.A.C.H., a mentoring program that connects underserved high school students in the area with University of Richmond students who serve as mentors. Goode has also collaborated with the Central Virginia chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, giving presentations to reduce the stigma of mental illness at local high schools and the Henrico Juvenile Detention Center.

Each scholar receives funding for graduate studies, leadership training, career counseling, as well as special internship and fellowship opportunities within the federal government.

Following her graduation from UR next year, Goode,  a double major in sociology and Africana studies, plans to participate in two flagship programs for Truman Scholars — the Truman Foundation's Summer Institute, which brings the scholars to Washington, D.C. for internships at government agencies and nonprofit organizations, and the Truman-Albright Fellowship, a yearlong program for recent graduates that places the scholars in a public service position in the nation’s capital.  She will also attend bi-weekly professional development sessions and engage with a mentor.

“Using her own lived experience as motivation to help make the world a safer and more stable place for the next generation of children, she is ready to take the next step in her path, with the help of the Truman Scholarship,” said Dana Kuchem, director of the Office of Scholars & Fellowships, which supports UR’s Truman applicants.

Goode plans to pursue a Master of Public Administration with a specialization in public and nonprofit management policy, while focusing her career on the U.S. education system. 

“I want to keep learning about effective ways to build strong communities, and these programs will allow me to gain hands-on public service experience,” Goode said. “When I enter public service, I want to ensure that all students are given the opportunity to thrive.”