2017 UMSN Gateways Fellows Program Flye.Indd

UMSNGateways

21stCenturyNursingFellows

TheGatewaysFellowsprogramsupportsearlycareer,peer-reviewed researchonnewdirectionsandcreativemethodologiesintheanalysisofsocialandculturaltopicsin21stcenturynursing.Fellowsmaychoosetoexplorearangeofcriticalissues

in21stcenturynursingandtheirrelationshipwiththeintersectionofability,citizenship,class,culturalgeography,gender,raceand/orsexualidentity.

Fellowswillgainexpertiseandskillincommunicatingaboutandaddressingtheneedsofspecialdemographicand/orminoritypopulations.

Participantbenefits

•Bookscholarshipsforcoursesandfellowshipresearchofupto$1500tobedispersedovertwosemestersofparticipation.

•Advancedresearch,writingandpublicationexperience.

•Workshopsonpathwaystonursingfacultycareers.

•HighlyindividualizedacademicsupportandpersonalcoachingfromUMSNfacultywithrelatedresearchinterestsaswellasUMSN’sresourcefulstaff.

•Peersupportinmeetingyouracademicandprofessionalgoals.

Toapply

InaWordorPDFdocument,pleasesubmitabriefessayof500-750wordswhichaddresseseachofthefouradmissionscriteriabelow.Besuretoincludeyourname,yearandprogramandsubmittheessaydirectlytoDr.RushikaPatelat.ThedeadlineforessaysisJanuary 30, 2018.

•Mustbeabletodemonstratehowyouhaveovercomeadversityandbringuniquelifeexperiencestonursingresearch.

•Musthaveastrongcommitmenttoservingthepublicinterest.

•Mustbeabletoserveasapositiverolemodelandmentortopeers.

•MustbeabletodemonstrateyourabilitytosucceedatUMSN.

Undergraduateandgraduatestudentprogramrequirements

1.FellowswilldevelopapaperorcreativepieceforpublicationinaUMSNspecialissuewhichhighlightsthemaswellastheirwork.

2.Fellowswillmeetbi-weeklyinaseminarstyleconferencetoparticipateinapeerreviewprocessofresearchpapersandprojects.Eachseminar willfocusonarobustdiscussionofstrengthsandareasofrefinementinasingleparticipant’spaperorprojectidea,facilitatedtoensureaspiritofconstructivecollegialityamongstparticipants.

3.Studentswillmeetregularlyandonanindividualbasiswithfacultyandstaffmentorswhowillreviewprogressandofferindividualizedsupportandreferralasneeded.

4.Studentswillhavetheoptiontoparticipateininformalandsocialevents,andwillberequiredtoattendscheduledacademicandprofessionalworkshopsthatwillprovideinformationongraduateandfacultycareersinnursing.

IfyouhavequestionspleasecontactDr.RushikaPatelat.