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JONAH DRIGGERS NAMED UDALL SCHOLAR
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ourth-year Honors student and Foundation Fellow Jonah Driggers was named a 2016 Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Scholar. This scholarship is awarded annually to outstanding students nationwide who are pursuing careers related to environmental or Native American public policy. Jonah, from St. Simons, is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in geography and a combined bachelor’s and master’s degree in conservation ecology. He is the ninth UGA student to be awarded the Udall Scholarship in the past six years, all but one of whom were Honors students. He is one of 60 Udall Scholars selected this year from nearly 500 nominees. An avid outdoorsman, Jonah has taken many opportunities to explore his passion for environmental policy. Among other experiences, he is a founder and co-executive director of The Energy Concept, an organization that stimulates discussion of interdisciplinary energy strategies, and he served as an intern in the Office of Climate Preparedness at the White House Council on Environmental Quality through the Honors in Washington Internship Program. Jonah has participated in several research projects through CURO, both as a graduate student researcher at the UGA River Basin Center and in the lab of James Porter, Josiah Meigs Distinguished Professor of Ecology. Jonah is the head gardener for the Lunchbox Garden Project, a student-led organization, sponsored by the Honors Program, which aims to educate school children about gardening, nutrition, and environmental issues. Following graduation, Jonah plans to pursue a Juris Doctor and work as a policy leader to help the United States transition to clean energy.
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