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LANSING, Mich. —Today, at the Michigan State Capitol, Governor Rick Snyder introduced the 2014 W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Woodrow Wilson Michigan Teaching Fellows .

Each Fellow will receive a $30,000 stipend while completing an intensive master’s-level teacher education program at a participating Michigan university, including Eastern Michigan University, Michigan State University, the University of Michigan, Wayne State University, and Western Michigan University. These institutions have committed and continue to commit to provide Fellows a full year of experience in local classrooms, as well as specific teaching approaches for the STEM fields—a clinically intensive model still rare in university-based teacher preparation.

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF), founded in 1930 as an independent, private foundation by breakfast cereal pioneer, Will Keith Kellogg, is among the largest philanthropic foundations in the United States. Guided by the belief that all children should have an equal opportunity to thrive, WKKF works with communities to create conditions for vulnerable children so they can realize their full potential in school, work and life.

“Michigan needs to develop talent for in-demand jobs so our students are best prepared for long and productive careers,” Governor Rick Snyder said. “The W.K.

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