Opportunity Scholarship
The purpose of the School of Education and Human Develop Opportunity Scholarship is to recruit and retain a more diverse student population and work force. Additionally, the scholarship provides financial support and recognition of academic success to prospective and current graduate students pursuing a master’s. The scholarships are intended to support students’ progress toward their professional degrees to help ensure the future impact and contribution to their field and the populations they will serve. Candidates may self-nominate for the scholarship, or faculty may nominate candidates based on academic potential and qualifications.
To learn more please contact SEHDcommunication@fairfield.edu.
Fairfield University Collaborates for a Healthier Connecticut (FCHC) Scholars Program
Fairfield University is one of several Southwest Connecticut universities that has received grant funding from the Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program (BHWET). The BHWET grant will deliver financial support, enhanced education, and specialized internship training in integrated, team-based care to 103 competitively selected students in four of Fairfield’s behavioral health masters’ programs over the course of four years: the Master of Social Work (MSW), the Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT), Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC), and the Master of Science in Nursing, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner. Students are required to be in their final internship experience in order to qualify.
For more information please contact Program Director Julie Berrett-Abebe, PhD, LICSW, assistant professor of family therapy and social work.
Graduate Assistantships
Graduate Assistants provide a variety of services to the School of Education and Human Development, such as administrative and faculty support, internship support, peer advising, and other clerical duties for the academic year. In return, graduate assistants receive a stipend disbursed twice; once in fall semester and once in the spring semester.
Questions can be directed to the Assistant to the Dean, Lynn Holforty at lholforty@fairfield.edu.