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American Graduate Fellowships
This initiative is designed to promote and support doctoral study in the humanities by accomplished graduates of small and mid-sized private liberal arts colleges. Two fellowships, worth up to $50,000 each and renewable for a second year, will be awarded annually through 2011. The fellowships will be available to students from eligible institutions who enroll in doctoral programs at any of 23 leading independent research universities in the United States, Great Britain, and Ireland. Eligible fields of study include history, philosophy, literature and languages, and fine arts.
Website: www.cic.edu/projects_services/grants/americangrad.asp

Advisers
Michael Ballagh, Fletcher 212, x73450
Carol Brandt, Scott 110, x18104

American Sociological Association Minority Fellowships
Through its Minority Fellowship Program (MFP), the American Sociological Association (ASA) supports the development and training of sociologists of color in mental health and drug abuse research. Funded by a training grant sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and co-funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), MFP seeks to attract talented doctoral students to ensure a diverse and highly trained workforce is available to assume leadership roles in research related to the nation’s mental health and drug abuse research agendas.
More information on their Website

Advisers
Dipa Basu, Broad Center 215, x72833
Jose Calderon, Broad Center 216, x72852

Coro Fellowship
There are several Coro programs; the Fellows Program in Public Affairs is Coro's best known. It is a nine-month, full-time, post-graduate experiential leadership training program which introduces diverse, intelligent and driven young public servants to all aspects of the public affairs arena. Sixty-eight Fellows are chosen annually each year through a highly competitive selection process. The Fellows Program in Public Affairs is conducted in Los Angeles, New York, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and St. Louis.
Coro website: www.coro.org

Advisers
Carol Brandt, Scott 110, x18104
Nigel Boyle, Scott 217, x73770 (away on Faculty Fulbright 2008-09)

Profiles
Nick Kislinger '07 Named Coro Fellow
Nancy Castillo '05, Fulbright and Coro Fellow
Gil Gonzales '04, Coro Fellow
Vicenta Arrizon '03, Coro Fellow

Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarship
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship Program awards approximately 35 scholarships to seniors and recent graduates planning to attend graduate school for the first time starting in fall 2008. Each award covers a portion of educational expenses, including tuition, living expenses, required fees, and books for the graduate degree chosen. The amount and duration of awards vary by student based on the cost of attendance and the length of the graduate program as well as other scholarships or grants received. The maximum available per student per year of study is $50,000 and the maximum length is six years.
More information on their Website

Adviser
Michael Ballagh, Fletcher 222 x73450

Profile
Garett Staley ‘06, Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship

Pearson Teaching Fellowship
   The Pearson Teacher Fellowship gives high caliber college graduates the professional, financial, and peer support they need to become exeptional preschool teachers in low-income communities. By providing rigorous training and ongoing guidance and support, the Pearson Teacher Fellowship ensures that talented individuals are poised for success in the preschool teaching profession.
    Available exclusively through Jumpstart, the Pearson Teacher Fellowship was created through a unique partnership between Jumpstart and Pearson to help passionate and dedicated individuals continue their efforts in achieving Jumpstart’s mission of working toward the day every child in America enters school prepared to succeed.
    Pearson Teacher Fellows commit to teach preschoolers for two years in Head Start and other early learning centers serving low income communities throughout the country. Jumpstart and Pearson are committed to not only placing Fellows in preschools, but also to ensure their ongoing success in the early childhood teaching field.
More information on their Website

Adviser
Karen Magoon Pearson, Jumpstart Coordinator
Fletcher 101 x79290

Profiles
Linda Luna ’07 Recipient of the Pearson Teacher Fellowship
Jessica Rowley '05 Awarded Jumpstart Pearson Teacher Fellowship

Teach for America
Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates and professionals of all academic majors, career interests, and professional backgrounds who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools and become leaders in the effort to expand educational opportunity.
www.teachforamerica.org.

Adviser
Michelle Dymerski, Scott 102, x79399

Profiles
Nurjahan Bruce '07and Yazmin Chavira '07 Teach for America in Pursuit of Educational Equity
Elysa Vargas ’06 Teaching for America

Union Semester Fellowship
New York Union Semester is a program that provides the opportunity to learn about organized labor in a challenging environment both inside and outside the classroom. As interns, students learn the inner workings of organized labor while they make a contribution to the important work unions do. In the classroom, students analyze the experience they are gaining in the field, by studying the U.S. Labor Movement past and present. Students will earn 16 undergraduate credits OR 12 graduate credits and a Certificate in Labor Studies from the School of Professional Studies (SPS) at the City University of New York (CUNY).
www.unionsemester.org.

Adviser
Jose Calderon, Broad Center 212, x72852

Profile
Jamilah King '07 Awarded Union Semester Fellowship

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