Student to Compete for Udall Scholarship

Courtesy of K-State Media Relations and Marketing

Among the five Kansas State University students nominated to receive $5,000 Morris K. Udall scholarships is Anneliese Byram, third-year student in interior architecture and product design, Council Grove.

Byram is the vice president of K-State Fair Trade Advocates, the social chair for interior architecture and product design student council, and a student ambassador for the College of Architecture, Planning and Design. She also is a member of Emerging Green Builders, Students for Environmental Action, Philanthropic Educational Organization and Amnesty International. Byram graduated from Council Grove High School in 2004. She is the daughter of Melanie and Harry Byram II, Council Grove.

The congressional scholarship honors Udall, a former congressman from Arizona, for his legacy of public service. Recipients must seek either a career related to environmental protection or be Native Americans or Native Alaskans seeking careers in health care or tribal policy.

“All our Udall nominees reflect a strong commitment to stewardship of the natural world and to environmental sustainability,” said James Hohenbary, K-State assistant dean for nationally competitive scholarships. “This is important to the Udall Foundation because these same concerns defined many pieces of legislation that were successfully sponsored by Congressman Udall during his career.”