Kye Hawkins '06 Awarded Education Pioneers Graduate School Fellowship

April 4, 2011

April 4, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — Kye T. Hawkins, a 2006 graduate of DePauw University, has been selected to receive a Education Pioneers Graduate School Fellowship. Hawkins, who is an M.Ed. candidate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, was among more than 2,000 graduate students who applied or the award.  She was one of approximately 300 to receive a fellowship position. which includes rigorous leadership training within K-12 public education.
 
Education Pioneers, a national non-profit, is a national network of leaders and entrepreneurs committed to improving leadership within public education, but outside the classroom. The fellowship provides top graduate students and career professionals with an opportunity to embark upon a career in K-12 education. To be eligible, applicants were also required to have two years of work experience. 

Hawkins and the other fellows will participate in a 10-week summer program, which will provide them high-impact work experience as a project consultant for a leading education organization, professional development workshops that examine complex urban education issues and deepen fellows' understanding of reform, and access to a robust, nationwide network of industry experts and alumni.

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