There are two types of programs described here -- three that hire recent graduates to assist in English language instruction in France, Japan or Spain, and a number that assist recent graduates to obtain education degrees and teach in high-need schools/areas across the United States.
www.jetprogramme.org/
This program places new graduates in elementary, junior and senior high schools throughout Japan to assist in English language education.
Click on "Aspiring JETs." November deadline; check website for exact date.
www.mec.es/sgci/usa/en/programs/us_assistants/default.shtml
This program supports recent graduates to work as English language assistant teachers. Check site for deadline.
www.frenchculture.org/a_assistantship-program_195.cfm
This program offers teaching assistant positions in French schools. Applicants must be proficient in French. They teach 12 hours of English conversation classes per week; this is a 6 – 9 month position.
Deadline is end of January.
www.kstf.org/
The KSTF Teaching Fellowship is for beginning science and math teachers as they earn a teaching credential and through the early years of their career. Recipients receive financial and professional support (tuition assistance, a monthly stipend, and summer support) for up to five years while enrolled in a teacher credential program and during the first few years of teaching. Applicants should be enrolled in, or planning to enroll in, an approved teaching credential program and plan to teach biological science, chemistry, earth science, mathematics, physical sciences, or physics, at any high school in the U.S. Individuals who are not U.S. citizens are eligible to apply, but they must be committed to teaching science or math in U.S. high schools. Complete information and application materials are on the KSTF site, www.kstf.org. The application deadline is mid-January.
www.mathforamerica.org
Recipients receive a full tuition scholarship to obtain a Master’s degree in Education and make a commitment to teach secondary school math in one of several cities -- for 2009 they include New York City, Los Angeles, and San Diego (these may change from year to year). Deadlines vary by city, the earliest is mid-February.
www.olemiss.edu/programs/mtc/
A two-year program that recruits college graduates to teach in the Mississippi Delta or Jackson. Designed for non-education majors, it offers a number of benefits (among them a full scholarship for a master’s degree in education) and the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of students in one of the poorest areas of the country. There is a series of deadlines; the first one is in mid-October and the last in mid-March.
www.nycteachingfellows.org
A two- to three-year program during which the participant teaches in a New York City pubic school and works on a subsidized Master’s degree.
Three deadlines -- late October, early December, and early January (it is best to apply early).
www.teachforamerica.org
This is a national corps of recent college graduates of all majors who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools across the country.
Five deadlines -- August, September, November, January, and February (it is best to apply early).
www.woodrow.org/teachindiana
This program seeks to recruit college graduates to teaching in science, technology, engineering and math (the STEM fields) in high-need secondary schools.The program will include a master’s degree program at one of four universities in Indiana. Fellows will commit to teach math or science in Indiana for three years upon completing the master’s degree. Deadline is in mid-December.
Undergraduate
2009 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Recipient – Michael Miller ‘10
2009 and 2008 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Recipient – Gregory Stoddard ‘10
2009 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Honorable Mention – Bilal Ahmed ‘11
2009 Benjamin Gilman International Scholarship – Derek Bosko ‘10
2009 Boren Undergraduate Scholarship, National Security Education Program – Josephine Chu ‘10
2009 Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship (NOAA) – Genevieve Davis ‘11
2009 Fulbright Scholarship Recipient – Christina Rho ’09, South Korea
2009 Fulbright Scholarship Recipient – Matthew Unhjem ’09, Spain
2009 Morris K. Udall Scholarship Recipient – Mary Davis ‘10
2009 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship Recipients – Jonathan Newman ’07 and Jason Swails ‘08
2008-2009 Student Initiative Award, Association of Council Members and College Trustees of the State University of New York (ACT) – Kelsey Pieper ‘09
2008 National Security Education Program Boren Fellowship Recipients - Paul Anderson '08 and Matthew Olexa '07
2008 Fulbright Scholarship Recipient, Austria - Kathleen Bradley '08
2008 Fulbright Scholarship Recipient, Russia - Omar Mohamad '08
2008 Patricia Kerr Ross Award - John Wilson '08
2008 Union of University Professionals College Scholarship - Tsz Ting Tam '10
2008 USA TODAY All-Academic Team Honorable Mention - Sebastian Rodriguez '08
Graduate
2009 American Research Institute in Turkey Dissertation Fellowship – Allison Keane (History)
2009 Caroline D. Bain Scholar-in-Residence Fellowship at Smith College – Carol Linskey (History)
2009 Charlotte Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship – Laura Hill (History)
2009 Fulbright Scholarship Recipient – David Gutman, Turkey (History)
2009 Gaius Bolin Dissertation Fellowship at Williams College – Shay Welch (SPEL Philosophy)
2009 Gilder Lehrman Fellowship – Daniel Johnson (History)
2009 Mellon Dissertation Fellowship – Jaime Wadowiec (History)
2009 Smith Richardson Foundation – Paola Fajardo (Political Science)
2009 – 2011 SUNY Doctoral Diversity Fellowship – Ashley Raba (Watson)
2009 – 2011 SUNY Doctoral Diversity Fellowship - Justin Garcia (Biological Sciences)
2008-2011 Social Science & Humanities Research Council of Canada Fellowship and 2008 Whitney Museum Internship - Jennifer Kennedy (Art History)
2008 NIH Predoctoral Fellowship - Casey Schofield (Psychology)
2008 Thayer Fellowship - Deborah Poe (English)
2008 Fulbright Scholarship Recipient, Germany - Stewart Anderson (History)
2008 Fulbright Scholarship Recipient, Paraguary - Katherine Arnoldi (English)
2008 Fulbright Scholarship Recipient, Finland - Geoffrey McGovern (Political Science)
2008 Fulbright Scholarship Recipient, Mexico - Julie Vandusky (Political Science)
2008 Wenner-Gren Dissertation Grant - Bilge Firat (Anthropology)
2008 NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant - Amy Groleau (Anthropology)
2008 IREX Individual Advanced Research Opportunity Fellowship and a Wenner-Gren Dissertation Grant - William Pavlovich (Anthropology)
2008 NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant and a Wenner-Gren Dissertation Grant - Jeremy Wilson (Anthropology)
2008 Chilean Government Predoctoral Fellowship - Mario Laborda (Psychology)
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