DATE: October 25, 2007

CONTACT: Lienne Medford, (864) 250-8891
lienne@clemson.edu

WRITER: Alex Hill, (864) 656-0261
ahill2@clemson.edu

Clemson gets scholarship funding for math and science teachers

CLEMSON – The National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Scholarship program awarded the Clemson University Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program in middle school education $460,000 to produce science and math middle school teachers for South Carolina. 

Forty Noyce Scholars will receive $10,000 each to help them with expenses related to obtaining their master’s degrees and teaching credentials.  These recipients will then teach for two years at a high-need middle schools in either Greenville or Anderson County School District 5.

To be eligible to receive the Noyce Scholarship, recipients must be accepted into the Clemson’s MAT program and must enter the program with an undergraduate degree in a science, technology, engineering or math major. Nursing and health science majors may be considered if a transcript evaluation determines eligibility.

Clemson’s MAT program is a 16-month 36-hour master’s program based at the Greenville University Center. The program is primarily for career changers who decide to go into education as a second career. The MAT program prepares teachers for initial certification in math, science, language arts and social studies for grades 5 to 8. The MAT program has a 100 percent initial hire rate for all graduates who have successfully completed all program requirements.