University of Evansville alumna Maggie Somody has been named to the 2015 class of Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellows by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. The announcement was recently made by Governor Mike Pence at an event at the University of Indianapolis.
Forty-nine individuals will be part of the 2015 cohort of the Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship program in the state, offered at Ball State University, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Purdue University, University of Indianapolis, and Valparaiso University.
The highly competitive program recruits recent graduates and career changers with strong backgrounds in science, technology, engineering, and math STEM fields and prepares them to teach in Indiana’s most underserved public schools. Each Fellow receives $30,000 to complete a specially designed, cutting-edge master’s degree program based on a year-long classroom experience. In return, Fellows commit to teach for three years in the urban and rural Indiana schools that most need strong STEM teachers. Throughout the three-year commitment, Fellows receive ongoing support and mentoring.
Somody earned her Bachelor of Science degree in professional chemistry from the University of Evansville. While at UE, she served as a chemistry, calculus, and geometry tutor; did undergraduate research in organic synthesis; was a laboratory assistant in organic and general chemistry; and was an America Reads tutor for kindergarten through third grade.
