College Senior Receives Woodrow Wilson-Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowship for Aspiring Teachers of Color

College of Arts and Sciences Senior Makeda Farley has received one of 25 Woodrow Wilson-Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowships for Aspiring Teachers of Color from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. She will receive a $30,000 stipend to complete a master's degree in education, as well as preparation to teach in a high-need public school, support and mentoring throughout a three-year teaching commitment and guidance toward teaching certification.

Farley, a member of the Onyx Senior Society, is a philosophy, politics and economics major and Africana studies minor from Cleveland, Ohio. She participated in the 2006 Center for Africana Studies Summer Institute for Pre-Freshmen. Additionally, Farley is a leader in the African Rhythms dance troupe and volunteers with the Ase Saturday Academy, an African-centered academic and cultural enrichment program for high school students in Philadelphia.

Established in 1992 by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and transferred to the Woodrow Wilson Foundation in 2009, the fellowships aim to help recruit, support and retain individuals of color as public education teachers and administrators.