For students entering their senior or fifth year (intern year) who plan a career teaching and coaching in public schools. The applicant's separate written statement should include a description of their experiences as an athlete and as a coach, as well as their reasons for wanting to teach and coach in the public schools.

About Michael Clark
Michael A. Clark has been an instructor  in the Department of Physical Education and Exercise Science (now Kinesiology) at Michigan State University.  Before his employment at MSU, he taught and coached for more than 20 years in the public schools of Michigan.  Dr. Clark is establishing this endowment because he feels strongly that enthusiastic teachers and positive coaches can do more to shape the lives of their students than can possibly be imagined.  He believes these teachers and coaches are critical to the success of the public school system, which so directly determines the well-being of out society.