{"id":56954,"date":"2020-11-02T16:23:46","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T22:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=56954"},"modified":"2020-11-02T16:23:48","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T22:23:48","slug":"students-earn-the-super-bowl-of-scholarships-with-fhsus-noyce-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=56954","title":{"rendered":"Students earn \u2018the Super Bowl of scholarships\u2019 with FHSU\u2019s Noyce program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By UNIVERSITY RELATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teacher-Leader Program at Fort Hays State University offers a $14,000 renewable scholarship to juniors and seniors preparing to become a science or math teacher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the program through the National\nScience Foundation (NSF) is more than just a scholarship. Recipients of the\nNoyce Teacher-Leader awards engage in specialized coursework and enroll in a\nseminar program designed to help them learn how to teach in rural school\ndistricts. In addition to preparation for teaching, additional resources are\nprovided to support undergraduate research experiences and travel to\nconferences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scholarship, for juniors and seniors\nonly, can be renewed for a second year. For each year they receive the\nscholarship, Noyce graduates agree to teach in a high-needs school district for\ntwo years. The new teachers also continue to receive support the first three\nyears in their school district through an online mentoring program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FHSU applied to the NSF for a five-year\ngrant in 2011and received $1.2 million for scholarships that began being\nawarded in 2012. The NSF awarded Fort Hays State an additional year of funding\nin 2018, and the school was encouraged to apply again. FHSU is now in its third\nyear of a five-year, $1.45 million grant that will run through 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Paul Adams, dean of the College of\nEducation and professor of education and professor of physics at FHSU, calls\nNoyce \u201cthe Super Bowl of scholarships.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe NSF wants to support institutions\nthat are committed to preparing the best science and mathematics teachers who\ncan then can go on to become leaders in their communities and make a difference\nin these high-need communities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After participating in the\nTeacher-Leader program the past two years, Seth Boxberger and Cayla Steinert\nsaid they feel prepared to take over a classroom of their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis has definitely given me a\njumpstart to my career,\u201d said Boxberger, a math education major. \u201cAs a teacher\nin the STEM education field, you are likely going to be involved with a number\nof departments in your school. This program helped me come out of my shell and\nget involved with a lot of people. Not only did the scholarship help pay for my\neducation, I got a lot more in-depth experience than I would have in the\nregular teacher education program.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boxberger grew up in Russell, where his\nmom, Kim, is a long-time kindergarten teacher. His hesitation in pursuing the same career as his mom\nvanished when, while transferring from Kansas State University to FHSU, he\nheard about the Noyce scholarship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He treasured the experiences that a\nsmaller school district provided him as a student and welcomes the opportunity\nto offer the same experience to his future students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was able to be very involved and knew\nall my teachers and coaches in high school,\u201d Boxberger said. \u201cWe were able to\nbuild relationships that students in larger schools might not be able to. Our discussions in Noyce seminar help us\nrealize the importance of those aspects of education.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steinert \u2013 a biology education major\nfrom Olmitz, a small town in Barton County \u2013 also is a transfer student and was\nable to take advantage of a partnership that FHSU has with five western Kansas\ncommunity colleges through the Noyce Scholarship Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steinert, a graduate of Garden City\nCommunity College, was the first transfer student to become a Noyce scholar\nthrough the community college partnership. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, she looks forward to teaching\nstudents in a rural district similar to the one she attended at Otis-Bison,\nwhich includes students from Otis, Bison, Olmitz, Albert, and Timken. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI graduated in a class of 17, so I knew\nmy classmates very well,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was a great family dynamic, and we were\nable to be involved in so many activities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steinert stressed that a benefit of\nteaching in a rural program is the chance to stay connected to students well as\nthey progress through their K-12 experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen you see them every year, you can\nform better relationships with your students,\u201d she said. \u201cThat creates a more\nwelcoming environment for learning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To date, 54 Fort Hays State students in\nthe Noyce Teacher-Leader Program have received the scholarship. All but three\nof those (who dropped out because they changed their majors) are either still teaching,\nstudent teaching or attending school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students have until Dec. 1 to apply for\na spring 2021 award. Those interested in starting in the fall of 2021 have\nuntil Feb. 15, 2021, to apply. Students with junior level status (45 credit\nhours) by the spring semester are eligible to apply. Applications are available\non the web site https:\/\/www.fhsu.edu\/smei\/noyce<\/a>. For more information about the\nprogram, contact Earl Legleiter, director of FHSU\u2019s Science and Mathematics\nEducation Institute, at 303-801-8401 or eflegleiter@fhsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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