Matthews Fellows Program

The Matthews Scholar Program is a collaboration between the Honors College, the Office of Inclusion and Diversity, and the Office of Undergraduate Research. This program is named in honor of the legacy of Dr. Josetta Brittain Matthews, Auburn’s first African American graduate by earning a master’s degree in education in 1966 and the first African American faculty member in 1972.

The Matthews Scholar program includes:

• Undergraduate research fellowship funding that is open to all students but will focus on students that self-identify as members of underrepresented populations and are engaged in diversity programming at Auburn University
• A cohort program that creates a signature experience for participating students, including research mentorship, academic/career/professional exploration, graduate school preparation, and participation in the Undergraduate Research Symposium.