Catherine Lee, Emma Luparello and Julie Merritt will each receive a $21,900 scholarship for each of the next two years while working toward teacher licensure as part of their studies in mathematics and the natural sciences.
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ juniors Catherine Lee, Emma Luparello and Julie Merritt have been chosen to participate in the university’s Noyce Scholars Program, which comes with a $21,900 scholarship for each of their final two years at the university.
The encourages talented science, technology, engineering and mathematics majors to complete a teacher education program and earn teacher licensure in addition to a bachelor’s degree in mathematics or the sciences.
Lee, the first transfer student to participate in the Noyce Scholars Program since its inception, will pursue a degree in biology with teacher licensure. She is a graduate of Williams High School in Burlington, North Carolina, and transferred to ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ from Virginia Tech and Alamance Community College.
Luparello, a mathematics major from Alexandria, Virginia, and Merritt, a mathematics major from Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, join Lee and the eight additional Noyce Scholars, including the 2014 first graduating class: Crystal Edwards (mathematics), Emily Liberatore (biology) and Madelyne Rooney (mathematics).
A $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation is supporting the program at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ and will bolster the number of math and science teachers ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ graduates in the years ahead through a partnership with the Alamance-Burlington School System and ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Academy. The five-year NSF funding at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ covers scholarships of $21,900 each year. In exchange for the scholarships, students agree to work four years in high-need school systems.
The national Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program provides funds to institutions of higher education “to support scholarships, stipends, and academic programs for undergraduate STEM majors and post-baccalaureate students holding STEM degrees who earn a teaching credential and commit to teaching in high-need K-12 school districts.”
In addition to the scholarship program, Noyce funds support 50 paid, education-related summer internships during the five-year program for ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ freshmen and sophomores majoring in math or the sciences.
For more information on the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Noyce Scholars Program, visit http://www.elon.edu/noyce