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April 19, 2011
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The Teacher Education Program at UC Santa Barbara's Gevirtz School to hold two information meetings about $30,000 fellowships for aspiring teachers of color

The Teacher Education Program at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School will hold two free information meetings for students interested in applying for the Woodrow Wilson-Rockefeller Brothers Fund (WW-RBF) Fellowships for Aspiring Teachers of Color. Award amounts are $30,000. The student of color must be an undergraduate in a nominating institution (which UCSB is) and be accepted into one of 28 identified high quality teacher education programs (which UCSB’s Teacher Education Program is).

Students must meet the following qualifications:

Have a cumulative 3.0 GPA or better
Be a self-identified student of color
Have U.S. citizenship or permanent residency
Be an enrolled UCSB senior in Fall 2011 and graduate by June 30, 2012
Be interested in teaching in a high-need urban or rural area
Be nominated by their eligible nominating institution
Demonstrate a commitment to the WW-RBF program and its goals

To learn more, please attend one of the following information meeting dates:

Information Meetings
Tuesday, April 26
Wednesday, May 18
Both meetings are from 11:30am - 12:30pm in Education 1213

For more information please contact Maritza Fuljencio in the Teacher Education Program office (893-2084, Education 3230, maritza@education.ucsb.edu).

WW-RBF website: http://www.woodrow.org/teaching-fellowships/wwrbf/index.php

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