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A King Chavez Parks Initiative of the State of Michigan, PA 62 2011-2012

Future Faculty Fellowships are provided by the State of Michigan with the intent of increasing the number of under-represented students pursuing careers in higher education.

Congratulations 2011-12 Future Faculty Fellowship Recipients
Luke Thominet Luke Thominet is pursuing his MFA in Fiction and works as a Teaching Assistant in the English Department. After completing his degree in May 2012, he plans on continuing with a PhD in Composition and Rhetoric, focusing on the intersections between technical and cultural rhetoric. In the decades to come, Luke plans to continue passionately pursue both writing and teaching.
Rachel DeRosie Rachel DeRosie has an MA in Creative Nonfiction/Pedgogy from NMU and is currently working on her MFA in Nonfiction. Her interests range from post-colonial studies to food writing and she loves to find ways to incorporate these elements into both her writing and teaching. She has been an instructor at NMU for over five years and plans to continue to do so. Rachel intends to live her life teaching, reading, gardening, and cooking in the Upper Peninsula.
Errkki Mackey Erkki is pursuing an MFA in creative writing with a fiction concentration. He is also a graduate teaching assistant in the English department. After finishing his degree he would like to be a full-time writing instructor, and is very grateful for all the opportunities NMU has provided him.

Eligibility

You must be accepted into a master's degree program at Northern Michigan University. Conditional admits are not acceptable.
Be a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident
Be a Michigan resident as defined by the university
Intend to pursue a faculty position in higher education
Not be in current default status on any guaranteed student loans

Application Due Dates

For Spring/Summer or Fall Semesters: No awards available currently
For Winter Semester: January 10

Award Amounts

Although the KCP Initiative Fellowship award at the master's level is $20,000, the typical award amount at NMU is $15,000. The difference is used to provide travel opportunities to the Future Faculty Fellowship Conferences and/or for administrative costs.

Requirements

In order to be considered for the fellowship, you must fill out the application and return it along with:

Two letters of recommendation from university faculty or staff who know your abilities.
A personal statement detailing what program you are pursuing and what you intend to do after you graduate.
If you have not been admitted to the College of Graduate Studies at Northern Michigan University, you should attach your completed application for admission to this scholarship application.
Complete official transcripts from any college you attended.
Graduate Records Examination or Miller Analogies scores (if applicable).

Selection Process

All students who apply will be evaluated and ranked by a committee of three.

Actual awards will be based on the amount of funds available. If the entire award amount for an individual student cannot be encumbered within one year, continuing students will receive preference in the successive year's distribution.

Any money available after that will be equally distributed between all qualified recipients, unless there is some compelling reason to reduce their award. An example would be if a student applied in their last semester before graduation and had not been awarded before. They would qualify for a reduced amount of funding.

If any student leaves the university before earning their master's degree, the remaining amount of their award will be returned to the pool available for distribution.

Award Obligations

Persons awarded will be required to sign a Future Faculty Fellowship Program Agreement, agreeing to the following conditions:

They will earn their degree within four years of receiving the grant.
They must make their best effort to attend the Future Faculty Fellowship Conference.
They must not accept another Future Faculty Fellowship for the same degree level.
They must begin teaching either full time or part time at any college or university within the U.S. within one year after graduation.
The fellowship is repaid after three years of full time or that equivalent is reached. Less than full fellowship awards result in reduced years of obligation to repay the loan.

Default occurs when a fellow has not met these obligations and this fellowship reverts to a loan, repayable with interest, to the State of Michigan.

Congratulations 2010-11 Future Faculty Fellowship Recipients
Teresa Sherman-Jones Teresa is currently working as a Teaching Assistant while finishing her MA in Literature and Pedagogy. After earning her Master's, she will pursue a PhD in English Literature and eventual professorship. Teresa's literary interests include Victorian literature, 20th Century poetry, and Shakespearean plays. Born and raised in the Upper Peninsula, she hopes to be able to return to the UP to continue living, teaching, and learning.
Linda Sirois Linda has an English Writing degree from NMU, and is thrilled that people can actually make a living considering the shades of meaning inherent in words and punctuation. She is pursuing an MFA in creative nonfiction and sharing her love of English as a Teaching Assistant. Linda plans to write and to teach college English classes and can't imagine a finer life.
Darrin Moir Darrin is working towards his MA in Writing and Literature. When he isn't writing or reading, he tries to spend as much time as possible with his beautiful wife and three children. Darrin is also an artist and illustrator whose favorite media to work in is oil painting. After graduating, he hopes to teach composition or literature at a community college.
Breanne Carlson Breanne is currently finishing her Masters in Exercise Science. She is a graduate assistant for the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Department. She is also a resident athlete for the USOEC as a weightlifter. Following graduation Breanne plans to continue teaching at Northern Michigan University.
Cameron Mahoney Cameron Mahoney is a native of Marquette working as a graduate assistant while pursuing his MA in English Literature. His main areas of interest include postmodern literature, critical theory, music, and of course, teaching and pedogogy. Cameron plans to pursue a PhD program and eventual professorship, and hopes to focus on implementing experimental multimodal writing techniques in the composition classroom. In his spare time, he is an amateur songwriter and musician.
Walter Peterson Walter Peterson was born in Manistique, Michigan. He has traveled the United States (including Alaska) and Canada extensively. His interests include free-diving in Lake Superior, hunting and fishing, poetry, and assisting people to further their educational inclinations. Walter thinks that taking a sauna once or twice a week is a great way to clear your mind, body and soul.
David Taylor David Taylor, who is originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan, has lived in the Keweenaw Peninsula for the past 15 years. He graduated in 2009 from Michigan Technological University with a Bachelors degree in Psychology. Currently he is pursuing a Masters degree at NMU in Performance Improvement, Training, and Development. David's future goals include completing a PhD and eventually teaching at a university.