Wilmington's Holdsworth named UD Plastino Scholar

2016 Jul 25

Max Holdsworth, an Honors student with a dual major in public policy and economics at the University of Delaware, has been named one of six David A. Plastino Scholars for "exhibiting extraordinary talent, promise and imagination."

Through the Plastino Scholars program, Holdsworth, of Wilmington, Del., will travel to England to assist in research on prevention programs operated through Great Britain's National Health Service. He will examine the perspectives of academics, healthcare professionals and consumers.

Holdsworth and his fellow scholars were welcomed to the program at this year's annual dinner, held May 4 on UD's campus. At that celebration, the program's 2015 scholars gave presentations describing their own now-completed projects.

Established in 2007 by a generous gift from Plastino, a 1978 graduate of UD's College of Arts and Sciences, the Plastino Scholars Program awards grants to undergraduates to support self-designed, off-campus projects reflecting their passion. The awards give students a chance to discover and follow their interests, with projects that might involve research, community service or any other form of personal growth and enrichment.

The amount of each award will depend on the nature of the experience proposed. Except in unusual circumstances, the maximum individual award will be $6,000.