Clemson Robert Noyce Scholarship
Monday, November 02, 2009People with undergraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering or math and who want to change careers to become educators may be eligible for the Clemson Robert Noyce Scholarship.
The scholarship grant is in its second of four years. For each of these four years, it allows the Master of Arts in Teaching in middle grades program to offer ten $12,000 scholarships to career changers with undergraduate STEMs (science, technology, engineering, and math) majors to become middle grades math or science teachers. In turn, they agree to teach in high needs South Carolina schools for two years.
So, far the Clemson MAT has awarded 20 scholarships to students with majors in mathematics, biology, animal and veterinary science, microbiology, mechanical engineering, geology, and computer science.
Currently, seven graduates are in their first year of service and 11 are enrolled in classes. Two may be required to repay the grant if they cannot secure employment in high needs schools (awardees have four years to teach two years in a high needs school).
The second phase of the grant provides in-service support such as workshops in classroom management for new Noyce classroom teachers.
Applicants will soon be considered for year three of the grant. Only students who have been accepted into the Clemson MAT in middle grades are eligible to apply. Those interested in applying for consideration for the fourth year of the scholarships should contact Dr. Lienne Medford , program coordinator, to determine eligibility and admissions procedures.
