Ella Miesner, a mechanical engineering and Plan II senior, has been selected to join the 2008 Teach For America Corps as an Amgen Fellow. Teach For America is the national corps of recent college graduates who commit two years to teach in underserved public schools. Corps members are hired by the school districts wherethey work as first-year teachers and receive additional salary as part of the federal AmeriCorps program.
The Amgen Fellowship is given annually to 50 incoming math, science and engineering majors who best exemplify perseverance, critical thinking, the ability to motivate others, and a commitment to ending educational inequity. Fellows receive a signing bonus from the Amgen Foundation, which also hosts all fellows at a Washington, D.C. conference to learn and discuss the latest in math, science, and engineering education. Miesner has written for The Daily Texan, worked as a Teach for America campus coordinator, and is an active participant in the Women in Engineering program.
