Students score Truman, Udall scholarships

Andy Erickson, a UM junior from Missoula, has been named a 2007 Truman Scholar. The Truman Scholarship Foundation, established by Congress in 1975, awards scholarships to students who demonstrate outstanding potential for public service and are committed to making a difference through careers in government, the nonprofit or advocacy sectors, education or elsewhere in the field.

Erickson is one of 65 Truman Scholars selected this year from a field of 585 applicants. He will receive an award of $30,000 for graduate studies, as well as leadership training and internship opportunities in the federal government. Erickson majors in environmental studies at UM.

He also received an honorable mention award and $350 in the Udall scholarship competition in which three UM students were named Udall Scholars, maintaining the University’s lead nationally in total Udall awards.

The 2007 Udall Scholars are: environmental studies majors Kendra Kallevig of Sidney and Katie Pritchard of Walla Walla, Wash., and Rebecca Guiao of Seattle, who majors in environmental studies and resource conservation. Each received a $5,000 Udall Scholarship award for use in the 2007-08 academic year at UM. Eighty students from 60 colleges were selected for the Udall award from 434 candidates nominated by 221 colleges and universities. Sophomore Shannon Kuhn of Anchorage, Alaska, also received an honorable mention award of $350.