SAMUEL A. ATTOH GRADUATE DIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT 2019-2020
Two
Diversity Fellowships in honor of Samuel A. Attoh will be available to incoming graduate students who will be
full-time starting in fall of 2019. Diversity Fellowships will be awarded to
one student in a PhD program and one student in a master’s program (MA, MS,
MPP, and MPH). The fellowship provides an $18,000 stipend and a full tuition
scholarship (up to 18 credit hours) over nine months. The award is renewable as
long as the recipient is a current student in good academic standing. The award
will be up to a maximum of 5 years for the PhD student and 2 years for the
master’s student. There will also be a $500 stipend each year for professional
development (e.g. attending research conferences).
Eligibility criteria:
- Nominees
must be U.S. citizens, permanent residents or current Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status
- Nominee
should be from non-majority (African American, Latino/Latina, Native
American, Asians) that are under-represented at Loyola University Chicago
- Nominees
must have submitted an application for graduate admission to Loyola
University Chicago by the date of their nomination.
- The department commits to giving the doctoral student a
regular merit award in case their nominees are not selected for this
fellowship. It is highly encourage for master’s students to be offered
funding.
Expectations:
- All awardees
will be engaged in the graduate community and are strongly encouraged to
participate in initiatives and programs enhancing diversity (e.g., EDGE: Enhancing
Diversity in Graduate Education, involvement with
Arrupe, mentoring, and/or community service).
- Opportunities
in teaching and research are highly valued and necessary in doctoral
education. Therefore, it is
strongly recommended that doctoral students engage in research or teaching
activities during their fellowship and arrange these experiences with the
GPD after completing their first year.
- Annual
report prepared by student and GPD addressing engagement in activities,
presentations and/or publications needs to be submitted to the Graduate
School by early May.
Application is by departmental
nomination only.
Graduate
Program Directors may nominate one individual for each of these fellowships
(one PhD and one Master’s). The following materials are required:
- A letter discussing the
program's reasons for the particular nomination. This needs to be an
applicant who meets the diversity criteria and for PhD nominees, has been
approved for merit funding from the Department.
- A letter from the applicant
addressing how they would use the Diversity Fellowship to give back to
Loyola University Chicago.
- The nominee’s complete name and
(if you are GPD of more than one program) the exact program that they
applied for, so that the committee can look up the correct application on
Slate.
Please
include all materials into a single PDF,
and send the document via email to Michelle Cerullo, Awards Coordinator in the
Graduate School, at mcerullo@luc.edu
by midnight February 15, 2019
for PhD nominees and March 1, 2019 for
Master’s nominees.
