TFA Graduate Fellows Program
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Program Components

This program is open to Teach For America (TFA) Alumni who have completed their two-year teaching commitment, or will complete their teaching commitment by May 2017. This opportunity includes furthering your education at Delta State, while also participating in impactful social innovation that can lead to creating the future you envision for yourself and your community. The second cohort of social entrepreneurs will consist of 10 Teach For America Alumni who will pursue their own individualized project addressing barriers in the community; the cohort will regularly convene to share experiences in a collaborative environment. By participating in this program, you will be able to apply your passion towards goals to help reimagine what is possible for Mississippi.

 

Program Components

This program is offered to Teach For America (TFA) Alumni who have completed their two-year teaching commitment. This opportunity allows TFA Alumni to further their education at Delta State, while also participating in impactful social innovation that can lead to creating the future they envision for themselves and their community. Each cohort of social entrepreneurs consist of 8-12 Teach For America Alumni who pursue their own individualized project addressing barriers in the community; the cohort regularly convenes to share experiences in a collaborative environment. By participating in this program, TFA Alumni apply their passion towards goals to help reimagine what is possible for Mississippi.

 

 
 
 

 

Immersion Retreat

This long weekend will be filled with exciting workshops, activities, and opportunities to connect with our cohort of like-minded individuals. The cohort will refine their leadership skills while also being introduced to entrepreneurial perspectives when tackling social problems. Fellows will be provided tangible tools to use by providing a framework and space to plan out the implementation and design of their projects. 

Date: January 12-14

Location: Bolivar County

Graduate School Scholarship

TFA Fellows receive a Full-tuition Graduate School Scholarship to Delta State University for up to two years, 4 semesters (Fall/Spring), of full-time enrollment. Graduate full-time enrollment is 9 - 13 hours per semester. TFA Graduate Fellows are invited to pursue a Master's, Specialist, or Doctorate degree during this program, with the understanding that you would likely need to cover the difference in the tuition cost of a Doctorate degree due to the longer program.

Social Entrepreneurship Project

Through the Social Entrepreneurship Project, each Fellow will address the obstacles that are holding Mississippi back from progressing forward and confront the issue in a ground-breaking approach, fostering impactful social innovation that can lead to creating the future they envision for Mississippi, their community, and themselves. During the Fall/Spring, Fellows will work 20 hours per week on an individualized Social Entrepreneurship Project. 

The project is funded through a grant from the Robert M. Hearin Foundation.  The principal goal of the Foundation is to contribute to the overall economic advancement of the State of Mississippi by making funds available to four-year colleges and universities and graduate professional schools located in the State.