University Honors

Udall Scholarship

The Udall Foundation seeks future leaders across a wide spectrum of environmental fields, including policy, engineering, science, education, urban planning and renewal, business, health, justice, and economics.

The Udall Foundation seeks future Native American and Alaska Native leaders in Native American health care and tribal public policy. Tribal policy includes fields related to tribal sovereignty, tribal governance, tribal law, Native American education, Native American justice, natural resource management, cultural preservation and revitalization, Native American economic development, and other areas affecting Native American communities. Native American health care includes health care administration, social work, medicine, and research into health conditions affecting Native American communities.

Webpage: Udall Webpage

Due to the timing and components of the application, and the specifics of the campus process, students are encouraged to attend an information session at the begining of the falll semester of their Sophomore and Junior years to discuss the application process.

A campus committee will determine which candidates will be nominated to the National level.

Information Sessions:

July - August: Call 540-231-4591 to meet with Christina Mcintyre

Udall Information session
September 7, 8, & 13, 2011 6:00 pm
Location:
Hillcrest Dining Room

Campus Deadline: November 29, 2011

To Apply: Udall Webpage

 

Contact Christina McIntyre 540-231-4591
133 Hillcrest Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061 .

Virginia Tech Recipients:

 
2011 Kara Dodson Environmental Resource Management
2007 Sherri Cook Civil & Environmental Engineering
2007 Erin Rooney Civil & Environmental Engineering
2006 Sherri Cook Civil & Environmental Engineering
2004 Hilary Camblos Fisheries & Wildlife
2000 Brian Sweet Environmental Science
2000 Krista Jacobson Biology
1999 Shane Moses Biology
1998 Stacey Smith Biology & Spanish
1998 Karen Hix Mentz Environmental Science
1997 Elizabeth Embree Biology
1996 Michael Schmidt Biology

 

Faculty Contact

Christina McIntyre

Application Timeline

  • September
    Information meetings
  • Sept/Oct./Nov.
    Application materials
  • End of November
    Campus-application due to Christina McIntyre
  • Mid-December
    Campus Committee meets
  • January
    Candidates informed of finalist status.
    Applications prepared for national submission.
  • March
    Finalists informed of scholarship offer.
  • August
    Udall Scholars attend conference in Arizona