The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation is pleased to announce that UCSB's Nanor Balabanian (Political Science) and Allyson Miller (Black Studies) are two of 25 Fellows selected for the third cohort of the Woodrow Wilson-Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowships for Aspiring Teachers of Color (WW-RBF).

The 25 WW-RBF Fellows were chosen through a competitive selection process. Each Fellow was nominated by one of the program's 48 nominating institutions and 29 graduate education programs. The 25 WW-RBF Fellows will each receive a $30,000 stipend to complete a master's degree in education, preparation to teach in a high-need public school, support throughout a three-year teaching commitment, and guidance toward teaching certification.

Established in 1992 by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF), the Fellowships for Aspiring Teachers of Color were created to help recruit, support, and retain individuals of color as public education teachers and administrators. In January 2009, RBF transferred the program to the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, where it has become part of a suite of Teaching Fellowships that seek to recruit, prepare and retain effective teachers for the students and schools who need them most. A link to the Foundation's press release is available at

http://www.woodrow.org/news/news_items/WW-RBF_Fellows_2012.php