Ashley Archer, an MSU Honors College junior majoring in fisheries and wildlife in Lyman Briggs College, has earned an honorable mention for the nationally competitive Udall Scholarship.
The Udall Foundation awards scholarships to college sophomores and juniors for leadership, public service and commitment to environmental problems or issues in American Indian nations. Each year, the foundation awards up to $7,000 for educational expenses to 60 outstanding students in the United States.
Archer is one of 50 undergraduate students selected across the United States for an honorable mention. She earned a one-year scholarship from the Udall Foundation in 2016.
Archer is from Howell, Michigan, and is a graduate of Brighton High School. She works in the MSU Applied Forest and Wildlife Ecology lab and is a member of both the Native American and Indigenous Student Organization and the MSU Fisheries and Wildlife Club.
