W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation and Michigan Governor To Announce Inaugural Class of Teaching Fellows

Fellowships supply high-quality math and science teachers statewide

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May 10, 2011, 10:41 ET

LANSING, Mich., May 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation will be joined by Gov. Rick Snyder to announce the inaugural class of 92 W.K. Kellogg Foundation-Woodrow Wilson Michigan Teaching Fellows at a press conference on Thursday, May 12 at 2:15 p.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 inaugural class of 92 W.K. Kellogg Foundation-Woodrow Wilson Michigan Teaching Fellows

WHO:	Mich. Gov. Rick Snyder
	Sterling Speirn, president and CEO, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
	Arthur Levine, president, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
	92 Mich. Teaching Fellows from 2011 Class

WHEN:	Thursday, May 12, 2:15 p.m., EDT

WHERE:	Gov. Snyder's office, second floor, Mich. State Capitol

To RSVP contact Rachel Zaentz at [email protected] or 202-667-0901

About the W.K. Kellogg Foundation

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation, established in 1930, supports children, families and communities as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals and as contributors to the larger community and society. Grants are concentrated in the United States, southern Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean.

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