Dec. 19, 2001
Contact: Carol Pendergast
University Center for Teacher Education
(805)-756-5330
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
22 Cal Poly Credential Candidates Receive Governor's Teaching Fellowship
Twenty-two students in the teacher credential program at Cal Poly's University Center for Teacher Education have received Governor's Teaching Fellowships.
The competitive, merit-based awards provide $20,000 for education and
living expenses while students are enrolled in full-time
post-baccalaureate study leading to a basic teaching credential.
Now in its second year, the fellowship program offers assistance to
students preparing to teach for four years in low-performing schools in
California and is a component of Governor Davis' education program.
This year 1,000 fellowships were awarded across the state.
Of the 22 Cal Poly recipients, five are seeking single-subject
credentials in agriculture, two in English. The remaining awardees are
preparing for multiple-subject credentials.
The Cal Poly fellowship recipients include Justina Marie Alejandro from
San Luis Obispo; Mandi Teresa Banales, Montclair; Tammi Cocklin Barker,
Paso Robles; Jeannette Marie Campbell, Santa Maria; Charlene Dawn
Elliott, Lompoc; Norma Gabriela Esquivias, Nipomo; Karla Kay Gallagher,
Lompoc; Martha G. Garcia, Santa Maria; Anna Christine Geber, Huntington
Beach; Eliana Marie Gil, Santa Maria; and Inez Gonzalez, Dinuba.
Others are, David Lee Gossman II, Arroyo Grande; Jaime Guevara
Gutierrez, Paso Robles; Laura Christine Hoving, Victorville; Michelle
Joy, Paso Robles; Mary Ann Rabara Lopez, Arroyo Grande; Rosa Maria
Magana, Santa Maria; Stacie Lynne Reed, Santa Maria; Joseph Daniel
Silva, Newman; Katie Anne Sprigg, San Luis Obispo; David Norman Vargas,
Madera; and Velia Zarenana, San Luis Obispo.
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