{"id":10902,"date":"2022-05-17T21:31:13","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T21:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=10902"},"modified":"2022-06-07T15:03:43","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T15:03:43","slug":"alyssa-parkhurst-23-named-2022-udall-scholar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/17\/alyssa-parkhurst-23-named-2022-udall-scholar\/","title":{"rendered":"Alyssa Parkhurst &#8217;23 Named 2022 Udall Scholar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/05\/2022_AlyssaParkhurst.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10903 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/05\/2022_AlyssaParkhurst-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"Alyssa Parkhurst\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/05\/2022_AlyssaParkhurst-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/05\/2022_AlyssaParkhurst-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/05\/2022_AlyssaParkhurst-1024x683.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Alyssa Parkhurst, a senior majoring in environmental studies and American Indian studies, has been named a 2022 Udall Scholar. Only 55 students across the United States are selected each year, and Parkhurst is only the second Auggie ever to have received this scholarship.<\/p>\n<p>As a Udall Tribal Public Policy Scholar, Parkhurst will receive $7,000 and spend five days in Tucson, Arizona, at Scholar Orientation, where she will extend her professional network, meet other scholars and alumni, and learn new skills.<\/p>\n<p>The Udall Foundation awards scholarships to college sophomores and juniors for leadership, public service, and commitment to issues related to Native American nations or to the environment.<\/p>\n<p>Parkhurst is an Act Six Scholar, summer intern and farmer at Dream of Wild Health, environmental stewardship coordinator at Augsburg, oshkaabewis (ceremonial helper) to her Elder, Noodinesiikwe, and an old-style jingle dress dancer and educator. Congratulations, Alyssa!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/udall.gov\/News\/NewsAndEvents.aspx?Item=12185\">Learn more about the 2022 Udall Scholars.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alyssa Parkhurst, a senior majoring in environmental studies and American Indian studies, has been named a 2022 Udall Scholar. Only 55 students across the United States are selected each year, and Parkhurst is only the second Auggie ever to have received this scholarship. As a Udall Tribal Public Policy Scholar, Parkhurst will receive $7,000 and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":499,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3228,8],"tags":[3472,2997],"class_list":["post-10902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kudos","category-students","tag-awards","tag-udall-scholarship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/499"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10902"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10917,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10902\/revisions\/10917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}