Date/Time
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location
Powell Library Rotunda
Contact Information
The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) is a two-year program designed for outstanding students in Mellon-designated humanities, arts, and social science fields who intend to pursue a PhD and a career in academia. Mellon Mays Fellows work closely with faculty advisers and graduate mentors to design and carry out an independent research project. They are encouraged to complete an honors thesis in their home departments, where available.
The MMUF program is named in honor of Dr. Benjamin E. Mays (1894-1984), educator, scholar, college president, and civil rights activist. The chief goal of the program, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is to diversify the professoriate by increasing the number of faculty from underrepresented groups and also by supporting those with a demonstrated commitment to eradicating racial disparities in higher education. For more information about the MMUF program, go to http://www.mmuf.org/ .