President Thomas J. Haas, along with Bernard Taylor, superintendent
of Grand Rapids Public Schools, and David Britten, superintendent of
Godfrey-Lee Public Schools, signed a memo of understanding as part of
the W. K. Kellogg Foundation Woodrow Wilson Michigan Teaching
Fellowship Program. The signing, which also includes Muskegon Public
Schools, took place November 15 on the Pew Grand Rapids Campus.
The Fellowship Program, aimed at increasing the number of
science and mathematics teachers, is open to graduating college
seniors, recent graduates and mid-career or second-career
professionals with degrees in science, technology, engineering and
mathematics (STEM) who are interested in teaching in Michigan’s
high-need, urban secondary schools.
Fellowship applicants selected by the Wilson Foundation and
Grand Valley will each receive a $30,000 fellowship in exchange for a
three-year teaching commitment. Twenty fellows will be selected for
admission to each of the 2011 and 2012 cohorts.
Two information sessions for those interested in applying will
be held Wednesday, November 17. The first will be at 5:30 p.m. in
Kennedy Hall (room 122) on the Pew Grand Rapids Campus; the other will
be at 7 p.m. in Mackinac Hall (room D-1-117) on the Allendale Campus.
For more information, visit www.gvsu.edu/teachingfellowship.
