University Fellowship Opportunities

The family education program at the University of Minnesota invites applications for the $10,000 BAS-Knorr Family Education Graduate Fellowship for new Master of Arts and doctoral students. Please note the primary application deadline is December 1, and a second deadline is March 15.

Go to this address for application information for the fellowship:

http://education.umn.edu/CI/FYC/BAS-KnorrFellowship.pdf

Prospective students interested in family education should apply to the family, youth, and community program area in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Please go to this web address: http://education.umn.edu/CI/admissions/grad.html  for application information.

The family education program at the University of Minnesota is one of the premier programs preparing family educators and researchers at the doctoral level who:

* teach, conduct research, and advocate for families in a critically reflective manner.

* establish an educational environment that enables individuals to think critically and reflectively about the family both as an individual unit and as a societal institution.

* support families in developing their capacities to create and evaluate goals and alternative solutions to the problems of everyday life, and assume responsibility for consequences of their decisions for the global society and environment.

For information about the family education program go to http://education.umn.edu/CI/FYC/Family.html

For additional information or questions, please contact Jessie Eastman at cigs@umn.edu

Send applications for the BAS-Knorr Fellowship to Jessie Eastman, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 125 Peik Hall, 159 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0208, USA.

Offer Expires March 15, 2006