The RISE classes of 2020 and 2021 exemplify perseverance. Recent RISE graduates, Tida Tambedou, Maati McKinney, TeKiah McClary, and Kobe Abney have made incredible achievements. They were all on their STEM journey as sophomores or juniors, making plans for their penultimate to last years of college and charting their plans for PhD programs when their […]
RISE Scholar, Maati McKinney, Selected for 2021 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
RISE Scholar, Maati McKinney, has been selected to receive the 2021 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. The NSF GRFP recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited US institutions. The five-year fellowship includes three years of financial support including an annual stipend […]
RISE Newsletter – Spring 2021
The RISE Program released our first RISE newsletter on Wednesday, February 24th, and it has been a big hit! The Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) program at Spelman College is pleased to share our first issue of the RISE Newsletter. Huge thanks to our RISE scholars, alumnae, instructors, and mentors who make this one of […]