Some students may talk a good game about changing the world but Steven Olikara is following through.The UW-Madison junior from Brookfield is active in the university?s sustainability initiative and is helping to create a study abroad program in China focused on sustainability issues. Olikara, 21, was recently elected senior class president for the 2011-12 school year, has spoken at two rallies for Barack Obama, one since Obama became president, and serves on the program committee of pop artist Usher?s New Look youth empowerment organization. Olikara, who plays guitar, bass and drums, just received a $30,000 Truman Scholarship for graduate study and a $5,000 Udall Scholarship for his senior year.
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