Five CEPR Students Receive First-Gen Fellowship from UofM Graduate School
September 5, 2024 - This year, the Graduate School at the 糖心vlog蜜桃 has selected 12 students to receive the First-Generation PhD/MFA/MArch Fellowship, a financial assistance provision to graduate students who will become the first person in their immediate families to earn a doctoral degree or a Master of Fine Arts. Five of those students are from the Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology & Research (CEPR) in the College of Education (COE).
鈥淚 had to reread the email multiple times to make sure it was real,鈥� said Sherilyn Coleman, a fifth-year doctoral student. 鈥淭his news has reignited my passion and has made me even more determined to finish.鈥�
Coleman is within CEPR鈥檚 Educational Psychology and Research (EDPR) PhD program, hoping to work in either a university faculty or private psychometrician position following graduation.
Being both a student and a mother, she took a few semesters off to focus on family. Now that her daughter is starting her freshman year at the UofM, she thought 鈥榃hy not apply?鈥� for the fellowship.
鈥淲ith both of us in school, I was searching for something to help alleviate the financial burden,鈥� Coleman said. 鈥淚 never truly expected to receive it.鈥�
The Graduate School says this one-year fellowship is very competitive, campus-wide. It awards tuition scholarship plus a $6,000 stipend for full-time students and a $1,000 stipend for part-time students. The assistance is contingent upon the student maintaining a 3.00 or higher GPA.
CEPR Chair Dr. Pam Cogdal said, 鈥淲e in CEPR are so excited for our students being awarded a Student Success & Innovation Award. It is a great accomplishment, and we wish each of our students the best on their continued journey through our programs.鈥�
鈥淢aking it this far is a great achievement, but for me, it鈥檚 only meaningful if I see it through to the end,鈥� said Coleman. 鈥淚 want my children to witness my resilience and hope that it inspires them to be steadfast in pursuing their own goals.鈥�
The other CEPR students to receive the fellowship are Danielle Newman (EDPR), Temetric Reeves (EDPR), Elisha Lawrence (EDPR) and Kumasi Turner (Counseling).
