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Outreach & Multi-Ethnic Programs:
KCP Future Faculty

 
   
     
 
The purpose of the King-Chavez-Parks Future Faculty Fellowship Program is to increase the pool of Native American, Latino, and African American candidates pursuing faculty teaching careers in the State of Michigan.

The Program was created by the Michigan State Legislature in 1986 as part of the larger King-Chavez-Parks Initiative designed to stem the downward spiral of college graduation rates for students underrepresented in postsecondary education. Future Faculty Fellows are eligible to pursue a master’s or doctoral degree at the public universities in Michigan. Future Faculty Fellowship graduates are obligated, by signed agreement, to remain in postsecondary faculty teaching or administration in a public or private, 2 or 4 year in-state or out-of-state postsecondary institution for a minimum of three years equivalent full-time. Fellows who do not fulfill the teaching and/or other obligations of their fellowship agreement may be placed in Default, which results in their fellowship converting to a loan (referred to as a KCP Loan) that the Fellow repays to the State of Michigan with interest.

A Master’s recipient can receive a maximum of $20,000 towards their degree and a doctoral student can receive a maximum of $35,000 towards their degree. 

Application and Agreements:
 
Chris Anderson
 Special Assistant to the President for Institutional Diversity
(906) 487-3539
csanders@mtu.edu
Beverly Auel
 Office Assistant
(906) 487-3539
blauel@mtu.edu
Betty Chavis
 Director of Outreach & Multi-Ethnic Programs - African American Outreach Coordinator
(906) 487-2920
ythbetty@mtu.edu 
 
KCP Future Faculty Fellows

Name: Jill Arola
Dept: Humanities
Advisor: Dennis Lynch

Name: Fenobia Dallas
Dept: Rhetoric and Technical Communication
Advisor: Victoria Bergvall

Name: Taryn Lopez
Dept: Geology
Advisor: Matthew Watson

Name: Mariaz Matiella
Dept: Geology
Advisor: Matthew Watson

Name: Wanda Rodriguez
Dept: Civil/Environmental
Advisor: Alex Mayer

Name: Lori Muhlig
Dept: Rhetoric and Technical Communication
Advisor: Nancy Grimm

Name: Debra Williamson
Dept: Rhetoric and Technical Communication 
Advisor: Dennis Lynch

Name: Kristen Arola
Dept: Rhetoric and Technical Communication
Advisor: Anne Wysocki

Name: Veronica Rankin
Dept: Geology
Advisor: John Gierke
 
KCP Notable Fellows
Name: Fenobia Dallas
Dept: Rhetoric and Technical Communication
Advisor: Victoria Bergvall

Fenobia (Penny) Dallas has been chosen to present at the Joint Fellows Conference in Illinois in November.  The title of her presentation will be "What's the Word? Reppin and Discovering the Ethos in Online Communications."
 
   
 
 
 
 
   
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