W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation And Michigan Governor To Announce 2012 Class Of Teaching Fellows

Fellowships supply high-quality math and science teachers statewide

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Jun 06, 2012, 02:10 ET

LANSING, Mich., June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation will be joined by Gov. Rick Snyder to announce the 2012 class of 74 W.K. Kellogg Foundation-Woodrow Wilson Michigan Teaching Fellows at a press conference on Wednesday, June 13 at 9:30 a.m. at the Michigan State Capitol.

The Kellogg Foundation launched the Michigan fellowships in 2009, with $18 million in support, to recruit teachers — both recent college graduates and career changers — with strong backgrounds in math and science fields and to place them in hard-to-staff middle and high schools across the state. Each fellow will receive a $30,000 stipend to complete an intensive master's degree program, and they must commit to teaching for three years in designated state schools.

WHAT:	Announcement of 2012 class of 74 W.K. Kellogg Foundation-Woodrow Wilson Michigan Teaching Fellows
WHO:	Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder
	Sterling Speirn, president and CEO, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
	Arthur Levine, president, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
	Six Michigan Teaching Fellows from 2012 Class
	One Michigan Teaching Fellow from Inaugural 2011 Class
WHEN:	Wednesday, June 13, 9:30 a.m., EDT
WHERE:	Gov. Snyder's office, second floor, Michigan State Capitol

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About the W.K. Kellogg Foundation

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF), founded in 1930 as an independent, private foundation by breakfast cereal pioneer, Will Keith Kellogg, is among the largest philanthropic foundations in the United States. Guided by the belief that all children should have an equal opportunity to thrive, WKKF works with communities to create conditions for vulnerable children so they can realize their full potential in school, work and life.

The Kellogg Foundation is based in Battle Creek, Mich., and works throughout the United States and internationally, as well as with sovereign tribes. Special emphasis is paid to priority places where there are high concentrations of poverty and where children face significant barriers to success. WKKF priority places in the U.S. are in Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico and New Orleans; and internationally, are in Mexico and Haiti. For more information, visit www.wkkf.org.

About the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation

Founded in 1945, the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation (www.woodrow.org) identifies and develops leaders and institutions to address critical national challenges, working through education. The Foundation supports its Fellows as the next generation of leaders shaping American institutions. It also supports innovation in the institutions they will lead.

SOURCE W.K. Kellogg Foundation