1. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP Campus Deadline: December 2016

2. Udall Scholarship Awards: Eligibility:
60 Awards + 4 day summer institute/orientation, & professional network resources
50 Honorable Mentions
Up to $7,000
Eligibility:
Sophomores/Juniors (If awarded as a soph. may apply again as a jr.)
3.0+ GPA
US Citizen, US National, or Permanent Resident (Environmental)
Native American, Alaskan Native/Aleut/Canadian 1st Nation (Environmental, Tribal Public Policy or Native Health Care)
Awards:
$5K for tuition, room & board, or other educational expenses
Summer Orientation: Tuscon, AZ
4-Day Udall Orientation in Tucson, AZ (held in August); required participation
Access to a network of environmental professionals and Udall Alumni listserv
Honorable Mentions:
$350 + Access to Network/Listserv

3. Udall Scholarship: EnvironmentalTribal Public Policy or Native Health Care
Any field including policy, STEM, education, urban planning/renewal, business, health, justice, economics, …
Tribal Public Policy [TPP]
Any field affecting Native communities including tribal sovereignty, governance, law, education, justice, natural resource management, economics, cultural preservation/ revitalization, development, …
Native Health Care [NHC]
Any field including health care administration, social work, medicine (all fields, incl. vet, dent, opt, pod), counseling, research, drug/alcohol rehab, …

4. Orientation Weekend “This is the best-possible celebration &
affirmation of my work I’ve ever received.”
(-2009 Udall Scholar)
“…[T]he orientation was a life changing experience to meet & learn from the next tribal & environmental leaders.” (-2011 Udall Scholar)
Participation is mandatory
8-13 August 2017
Tucson, AZ
All expenses paid: travel, meals, lodging
Purpose:
Encourage networking (network is over 2,000 members strong as well as the independent Udall Alumni Association formed by Udall Scholars)
Provide educational opportunities
Empower Scholars
Introduce Scholars to the life & legacy of Morris & Stewart Udall
Meet members of the Foundation (including Udall family)
Wkend: 5-9 August 2015

5. Application Components
Basic Biographical/Resume Data
Udall Specific Questions (incl. 7 short questions)
Udall Essay (800 words)
Transcript/s
3 Letters of Recommendation that speak to your leadership, public service and academic achievements
The entire application should tell a cohesive “story”: beginning with the career goal statement and supported by activities, research, jobs/internships, transcripts, essay, and LORs
Use the short question answers to demonstrate your commitment to environmental issues
Basic Resume Items:
Includes Public Service/Community Activities: This includes work for government at any level (paid or volunteer); education; work for non-profit or public interest groups (paid or volunteer); preservation and/or restoration off natural and cultural resources; volunteer campus activities, etc.
Demonstrate your desire for problem-solving or consensus-building: convince readers that you are going to make a difference
Illustrate your leadership potential: the readers will look for students who can motivate others, bring people together, take initiative, and implement practical solutions
Briefly identify and explain any activities or honors that readers are unlikely to understand
Alert the Foundation to any unusual circumstances or hardships that may have affected your academic performance or limited your activities
Read widely among the speeches, legislation, and policy statements of Congressman MK Udall or Sectary of Interior SL Udall. Choose works that clearly relate to your interests and career goals.

6. Udall Application Qs: Career Goals
1-2 sentence description of career goal/s. (575 characters w/spaces)
What are your professional aspirations? What issues, needs or problems do you hope to address? Indicate in which area(s) of the environment, TPP, or NHC you are considering making your career and specify how your academic program and overall educational plans will assist you in achieving your goals. (2000 characters w/spaces)

7. Udall Application Q: Research Experience
Describe non-course related research experience, if applicable.
Indicate which areas of the environment, TPP or NHC your research affects
Indicate how the research experience will assist you in achieving your (professional/career) goals.
(1500 characters w/spaces)
You may discuss research projects you have undertaken for campus organizations, etc. It is OK if you haven’t already participated in formal research. Readers do not penalize applicants who leave the question blank. But do dig deep and think about what you have done or will be doing down the road.

8. Udall Application Q: Leadership Experience
Describe a leadership experience in which you made a difference on campus or in your community.
It is OK if you have not held a formal position
Seek examples that are recent or ongoing
If you have a question about which experience to use, ask me (Dean Goldberg) and consult with Udall Scholar, Emily Crossette ’15
(2400 characters w/spaces)
It is OK if you haven’t held a formal position.
Readers look for applicants who bring people together by inspiring or motivating others to act, or by mediating opposing factions or groups to bring about consensus; identify problems or needs and propose and implement solutions; take initiative by looking for and creating opportunities.
The readers also use this question to get a sense of your ability to make an impact down the road.

9. Udall Application: Motivational Experiences (2 questions)
Describe a specific activity or experience that has been important in clarifying or strengthening your commitment to the environment. (1000 characters w/spaces)
Describe your most significant public service, community, or campus activities associated with your interests in the environment/TPP/NHC in which you regularly participate.
Explain duration, degree and significance of your involvement.
(2200 characters w/spaces)

10. Udall Application Q: Additional Information
Provide Selection Committee with additional information.
Do not ignore this question, nor take it lightly
Your response helps contextualize your application for the Selection Committee
Committee may award “Discretionary Points”
(1100 characters w/spaces)
This is a very useful question and should not be taken lightly. It is useful for providing a context for how the selection committee should review your application. On the selection committee’s rating form they have the ability to add Discretionary Points for working to help pay for college, for overcoming significant hardship, for being a first-generation or non-traditional student, or for those who otherwise promote the diversity of the scholar pool.
Take advantage of the invitation to address an interest, activity, research project, or anything else that hasn’t been expanded upon elsewhere.

11. Udall Application: Essay
Discuss a significant public speech, legislative act, book or public policy statement by either Congressman Morris K. Udall or Secretary of Interior Stewart L. Udall
Essay must include discussion of how the speech, act, … has had an impact on your field of study, interests, and career goals
800 words or less, including references
The essay is important!!! Do your research…find a work, speech, … that is meaningful to you!
This essay is harder than it seems.
It is neither a personal statement nor a a policy proposal or a synopsis/review. It falls somewhere in-between.
The best essays demonstrate a sophisticated and nuanced understanding of Morris or Stewart Udall’s legacy and clearly relate the chosen topic to your interests and career goals.
It will do more than summarize the item selected. The analysis should demonstrate that you are well informed about past and/or present environmental issues, and are familiar with Morris or Stewart Udall’s legacy. By relating your analysis to your career goals, you engage with the text of the speech, article, legislation, etc. and/or the intent and/or impact of that text, speech, etc.

12. Essay Advice
The essay is neither a personal statement NOR a policy proposal NOR a “book review/synopsis” but a combination of all 3
The best essays demonstrate a sophisticated, nuanced understanding of Morris or Stewart Udall’s legacy
Best essays also clearly relate the chosen topic (article, speech, legislative work,…) to the applicant’s interests & career aspirations
Essay should demonstrate that applicant is well-informed about past &/or present environmental (TPP, NHC) issues and familiarity w/Udall legacy
Engage with the work selected—grapple w/its intent &/or impact
DON’T select the obvious … dig around, find the piece that works best
Where to start…Udall Papers at the University of Arizona (
Avoid the “selected speeches” found on the Udall collection website, esp. for MK Udall—these have been so over-used that readers start to roll their eyes. Besides it is hard to write anything truly outstanding from most of them

13. What does the Selection Committee Seek?
A strong COMMITMENT to environment, tribal public policy, or native health care
A strong TRAJECTORY (evidence of future promise)
A strong CHARACTER (a.k.a. “the Mo Factor”)

14. Insights
Readers look for a coherent narrative and strong trajectory—an application that suggests you WILL (potentially) have an impact down the road
Readers also look for a strong character and ability to make a difference (aka “The Mo Factor”)—civility, integrity, consensus building
Use short answers to reveal your values, interests and motivation/s
Coherent Narrative/strong trajectory: The application provides a coherent narrative of your path. The career goals, activities, research, service, etc. demonstrate that you have begun to work towards a career that will allow you to potentially make significant contributions to environmental issues through political or public service, community action, scientific advances, education, etc.
Strong Character/The Mo Factor: Does the application reveal a desire to make a difference and solve problems. Demonstrated leadership experience goes beyond sitting on a committee or planning an event to motivating others and producing results that benefit the campus or community. General well-roundedness is also a plus.

15. Selection Committee Process
Read approx applications/day
Spend approx minutes/application
Applications are read by state, grouped & awarded by region
Readers work in pairs
Each application is read 2x (once by each member of pair); if necessary, application is read a 3rd time
Composition of selection committee:
Professors of environmental policy and science, EPA officials, scholarship advisors, honors program directors, etc.

16. How Application is Read: Scoring Sheet
5 Components (Max. 21 Points)
Commitment to Improving or Preserving the Environment (5 pts)
Personal Characteristics (5 pts)
Academic Achievements (4 pts)
Essay (4 pts)
Discretionary Points (3 pts)
5 point scale:
Average (1), Good (2), Very Good (3), Excellent (4), Outstanding (5)
Environment, TPP, NHC applications are grouped/read separately; not competing in same pool but are part of same award pool
4 point scale:
Average (1), Good (2), Excellent (3), Outstanding (4)
Most applications fall into the GOOD or EXCELLENT categories.
The BEST APPLICATIONS will either be very strong in 3 areas: Demonstrated Commitment, Academics, & Personal Characteristics OR they are truly outstanding in 2 of the 3
The Essay: Essays are read for content; quality of writing; critical analysis and relevance to applicant’s career or educational goals. Most essays typically get 2 or 3 points.

17. Commitment to Environment (5 Points)
Two or more years involvement in campus/ community activities or organizations related to environment (TPP, NHC)
Participation in research, internships, jobs related to environment (TPP, NHC)
Clearly articulated educational & professional goals
Goal/career statements supported by the responses provided throughout application
TPP = Tribal Public Policy
NHC = Native Health Care

18. Trajectory
The application provides a coherent narrative of the candidate’s path.
The career goals, activities & service experiences demonstrate that the applicant has begun to work towards a career that will allow him/her to make significant contributions to environmental, TPP or NHC issues through political or public service, community action, scientific advances, etc.

19. Personal Characteristics (5 Points)
“The Mo Factor”: Civility, Integrity, Consensus-building
Desire to solve problems, make a difference
Goes above and beyond
Compassion & integrity manifested through community/public service
Leadership in general
Recognition by peers, faculty, community
Well rounded

20. Academic Achievement (4 Points)
Letters of Recommendation (LORs) attest to academic &/or professional potential
Transcript & LORs indicate “challenging” coursework
Coursework appropriate to career/ professional goals
GPA with consistent or upward trend, esp. in major
Honors & Awards (includes presentations, research, publications, etc.)

21. Essay (4 Points)
800 words
Critical Analysis of Speech, Article, Legislation, …
Integrates Analysis with Career Goals/ Interests
Understands MK or SL Udall’s Legacy &/or Contribution to Environmental Issues
Well written
Unique or fresh perspective
Where to start…Udall website: Udall Legacy tab
Essay should also be well written AND provide a unique or fresh perspective
Best to do your homework on Udall and select item/s for analysis carefully – many are overly used/stale

22. Discretionary Points (3 Points)
Putting Self Through College, Working 20+ Hours/Week
Overcoming Adversity, Dealing With Significant Hardship/s, Balancing Work/Family & College Responsibilities
Non-Traditional or 1st Generation College Student
Otherwise Promotes Diversity of Scholar Pool
Discretionary points are awarded for overcoming adversity, balancing family and/or work responsibilities, promoting diversity.
Rarely awarded

23. Advice Activities Matter
Be Clear, Concise and To the Point: Make it easy for readers to find the important information
The Essay is VERY Important: Make the connection to your interests and projected career. This is essential. It tends to be the area where most essays fall short

24. Advice, con’t.
Grades are less important than activities and leadership
Don’t be concerned about your major/minor
Do be clear about how your particular career path and goals relate to environmental (TPP or NHC) issues

25. Advice, con’t.
Tell a cohesive “story” beginning with the career goal statement. The story should be supported by activities, research, jobs/internships, transcripts, LORs, and the all important essay.
Articulate a career path or field (not necessarily a specific profession). Where are you going?
Show a desire for consensus-building &/or problem-solving.
Illustrate leadership potential.
Convey/live the Mo Factor: Civility, Integrity, Consensus

26. Application Advice &Instructions
Follow application instructions and advice as laid out on our website at
Attend Udall student webinar/s; dates posted on
Read Guidance to Applicants advice on both the Udall and on our External Scholarships websites!!!!

27. Apply! Campus Deadline: 29 January 2016
Request Access to Application (
Follow Application Instructions & advice on our website (
Complete Application On-line through
LORs submitted as (WORD) attachments to or
Request official paper transcripts from Registrar’s Office (have sent to Dean Goldberg)

28. Application Dates & Selection Process
Campus Selection Process: Campus selection committee will nominate up to 8 candidates from the pool of submitted applications
Nominated applicants will work with Dean Goldberg to refine & finalize application before official submission
OK to submit if you are off campus in Spring 2016
LORs MUST be submitted electronically (via ) to Dean Goldberg (as attachments/WORD document/signed & on letterhead)
Official Deadline: 15 March 2017
Scholars/HM Announced: mid April 2017
Mandatory Scholars Orientation Weekend: 8-13 August 2017 (Tucson, AZ)