The United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are partnering with the Millennium Fellowship. The Millennium Fellowship convenes, challenges, and celebrates student leadership for UN goals on campuses worldwide. The program is free for accepted applicants. Applications for the Class of 2021 will open in Fall 2020; and will be reviewed on a rolling basis for a limited number of Fellowships, so early applications are encouraged. Moreover, the program will run on campuses worldwide from August to November where cohorts of 8-20 Millennium Fellows have been selected. Feedback and stories of student impact will be available by December 2021.

Summary

The Millennium Fellowship is a semester-long leadership development program that happens on your campus. Generally, the United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are here to elevate your leadership.

• Convene: As part of a cohort of 8-20+ Millennium Fellows on your campus, convene to learn from and challenge each other. Millennium Fellows convene at least 8 times during the program.
• Challenge: Develop a plan of action for your sessions together. Meet to exchange best practices. And you could think bigger: organizing a campus-wide sustainability initiative or more.
• Celebrate: When your Fellowship Campus meets the goals you made for yourselves and completed the Fellowship graduation requirements, you will earn a certificate of recognition from United Nations Academic Impact and Millennium Campus Network.

Eligibility 

• Candidates must be at least 18 years old, an undergraduate student in a college or university, and in good standing at that academic institution for the duration of the program.
• Applicants make a commitment to convene in-person least eight times during the Millennium
• Fellowship (for 2020 the program will run August-December) with your Campus Directors and other Fellows on your campus to share best practices and take collective action.
• Students have to meet on-campus, in-person for the Fellowship sessions.

Graduation Requirements

All Millennium Fellows must complete the following requirements in order to successfully complete the fellowship:

• Attendance of 6 Fellowship sessions and 3 virtual events.
• Submission of a 2-3 minute video tour of your current Project in October.
• Completion of Program Entrance and Program Exit Evaluation.
• Completion of Project Report for your Millennium Fellowship project and Self-Reflection.
• Campus Directors will additionally be required to participate in 4 hours of training, meet with their Co-Director and arrange one-to-one meetings (~15 minutes each) with the Fellows at their Campus Hub prior to the Fellowship launch. They also submit proof of their Campus Hub Sessions and commit to regular communication with Team MCN (minimum once every month).

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