MARSHALL, TX - Willey College sophomore Jeremy Jackson (pictured on the right) has been selected for a prestigious UNCF/Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship. Mr. Jackson will be the first UNCF/Mellon Mays Fellow for Wiley College. A biology major, he will conduct research under the guidance of Dr. Ruth Washington, Dean of the Division of Sciences at Wiley, and Dr. Leah Aggison, Instructor of Biology at Wiley.

As a UNCF/Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow, Mr. Jackson will be mentored throughout his junior and senior years. He will receive $1800 per semester for four semesters, $3900 per summer for two summers, research travel grants up to $1600, graduate school support, loan repayment up to $10,000, and funding and mentoring opportunities during and after graduate school.

Mr. Jackson will also be exposed to a community of scholars, over 4,000 Fellows nationally at the undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral levels, who want to make a difference in high education.

The UNCF/Mellon Programs are designed to identify the "best and brightest" students from throughout the UNCF network who are worthy of the name Mellow Mays Undergraduate Fellow. Those accepted into the Undergraduate program are expected to present themselves as serious scholars.

We commend Mr. Jackson on his distinguish achievement and we at HBCU Campaign wish him the best success throughout the fellowship.

Wiley College was named as the D.J's Music Site HBCU Campaign Fund September 2015 HBCU of the Month supported institution, we can not wait to celebrate and campaign for Wiley!