Updated April 30, 2019

Vanderbilt University junior Andrew Harwell has been awarded a prestigious Udall Scholarship for his dedication to environmental conservation efforts locally and globally.

He will join a national cohort of exceptional undergraduates for seminars, workshops and professional development over the course of his year as a Udall Scholar, working with other dedicated student leaders on environmental issues and policy and health issues related to Native American communities.

“The greatest environmental challenges of our generation demand a unified, large-scale response, so I applied for the Udall hoping to engage early with the incredible environmental network that the Udall Foundation facilitates,” said Harwell, a double major in environmental sociology and ecology, evolution and organismal biology.

Fifty-five students from 50 colleges and universities were selected as 2019 Udall Scholars. A 14-member independent review committee selected this year’s group on the basis of commitment to careers in the environment, native health care, or tribal public policy; leadership potential; record of public service; and academic achievement.

Harwell, from Pulaski, is a recipient of the Maggie S. Craig Memorial Scholarship at Vanderbilt. Throughout the course of his time at the university, he has displayed dedication to the pursuit of sustainability on campus, in Nashville and across the United States.