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title: UDallas Scholar Receives Sumners Honor
description: One of only three PhD students in the nation to receive the prestigious Sumners Scholarship, a UDallas doctoral student in politics is being recognized for his civic engagement, academic excellence and leadership.
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# UDallas Scholar Receives Sumners Honor

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 Oct 23, 2025 9:47:54 AM

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One of only three PhD students in the nation to receive the prestigious Sumners Scholarship, a UDallas doctoral student in politics is being recognized for his civic engagement, academic excellence and leadership. **Austin Choate**’s goal of shaping education and child welfare policy and his research on **St. Robert Bellarmine** reflect the foundation’s mission to strengthen American self-governance.

Since 1949, the Sumners Scholarship has recognized the nation’s most promising students in civic engagement, leadership and academic excellence — a distinction that endures throughout their careers.

Read the full story [here](https://udallas.edu/news/2025/05-16-25-doctoral-student-receives-sumners-scholarship.php).

 

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