Four UArizona Students Named 2021 Udall Scholars
Sharia Betsoi, Sebastian (Sebo) Diaz, Abigail Kahler, and Nadira Sage Mitchell are among fifty-five students from 42 colleges and universities that have been selected as 2021 Udall Scholars. A 20-member independent review committee selected this year's group of Udall Scholars on the basis of commitment to careers in the environment, Tribal public policy, or Native health care; leadership potential; record of public service; and academic achievement. The review committee also awarded 55 Honorable Mentions.
The University of Arizona awardees seek to address grand challenges in the areas of Native health care, water resources, and Tribal land management and natural resources policy. The four students represent 5 colleges, including the Honors College, the Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, the College of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences, the College of Engineering, and the College of Science.
Nadira Sage Mitchell is a Doris Duke Conservation and Arizona Science Engineering & Math Scholar studying Natural Resources – Wildlife Conservation and Management at the University of Arizona.
https://www.udall.gov/OurPrograms/Scholarship/MeetScholars.aspx?webid=7735
Each scholarship provides up to $7,000 for the Scholar’s junior or senior year. Since the first awards in 1996, the Udall Foundation has awarded 1,788 Scholarships totaling over $9.1 million and 1,169 Honorable Mentions.
The 2021 Udall Scholars connected August 3-6 for the annual Udall Scholar Orientation to meet one another and program alumni; learn more about the Udall legacy of public service; and interact with community leaders in environmental fields, Tribal health care, and governance.
About the Udall Foundation
The Udall Foundation awards Scholarships, Fellowships, and Internships for study in fields related to the environment and to Native Americans and Alaska Natives in fields related to health care and Tribal public policy; connects youth from underserved communities to the Nation’s public lands and natural resources to foster greater understanding, appreciation, stewardship, and enjoyment of those lands and resources through photography, positive outdoor experiences, and environmental education through Parks in Focus®; provides funding to the Native Nations Institute for research, education, and outreach on Native American and Alaska Native health care issues and Tribal public policy issues; provides funding to the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy to conduct policy research and outreach on the environment and related themes; and provides impartial collaboration, consensus-building, and conflict resolution services on a wide range of environmental, natural and cultural resources, Tribal, and public lands issues involving the Federal Government through the John S. McCain III National Center for Environmental Conflict Resolution.
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More Information
For more information about the Udall Foundation, please visit their website. For additional information about the Scholarship program, please contact Jason Curley at 520-901-8564 or curley@udall.gov.
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