Mellon Undergraduate Minority Fellowship

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The Mellon Foundation awards fellowships to eight to 10 under-represented minority students who, for two years, take on a mentor in their area of study.

Recipients also receive a stipend from the Mellon Foundation which allows them to go to school without having to take up jobs.

"And with a faculty mentor, the student not only gains useful knowledge and experience, but gains useful insights as to what it takes to be a minority in the academic community," Will Rice College senior Chris McKenzie said.

"The program got its start at Rice a few years ago, and now, the time is nearing for us to select the next crop of Mellon Scholars," McKenzie said.

This item appeared in the News section of the February 16, 1996 issue.

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