The University of Tennessee Graduate School offers several graduate fellowships for first-time graduate students and returning graduate students, including the Access and Diversity Fellowship for students from groups typically underrepresented in graduate study, the Seaton Graduate School Fellowship for first-time graduate students, and the Lori Mayer Women’s Graduate Fellowship for returning adult women students. To learn more about individual fellowships and their criteria, see http://gradschool.utk.edu/graduate-student-life/costs-funding/graduate-fellowships/.

ALA Spectrum Initiative – The American Library Association sponsors the Spectrum Initiative, which is a program designed to increase ethnic minority representation in the information professions. Contact ALA at 1-800-545-2433 ext. 5048 or http://www.ala.org/offices/diversity/spectrum; or spectrum@ala.org for more information. Application deadline is March 1.