Five Sonoma State University students have received the Governor's Fellowship Award of $20,000 each to support their education as future teachers in low-performing California schools.
The recipients are, Mark Bollin of Santa Rosa, Corey Stroud of Sonoma , Diane Lewis and Jennifer Schindler of Napa, and John Dean of Cotati. They are all students in the environmental education program of the Department of Environmental Studies and Planning at the university.
This program provides merit-based awards to students preparing to teach in low-performing schools in California for four years. A low-performing school is a school that is in the bottom half of the Academic Performance Index (API) ranking.
These fellowships help pay education and living expenses while students are enrolled in continuous full-time post baccalaureate study.
For further information, contact Rocky Rohwedder, professor of Environmental Studies, (707) 664-2249.
