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The United Nations Academic Impact and MCN proudly present the Millennium Fellowship.  This semester-long program convenes, challenges, and celebrates student leadership for UN goals.  We are thrilled to share that 44,000+ student leaders from 3,300+ campuses across 170+ nations applied to join the Class of 2023.  260+ campuses worldwide (just 9%) in 38 countries were selected to host 4,000+ Millennium Fellows this year. You can read the United Nations article on the Class of 2023 here and more about the list of Fellows on your campus here.

 

We encourage you to cover your cohort of Millennium Fellows!  If helpful, you can find draft content for announcing this news in print and social below.  If you need any additional content or have any questions, please reach out to  fellowship@mcnpartners.org with subject line "Covering Fellows".

 

Important note (please read): Please refer to the program itself as the “Millennium Fellowship” and to the selected students as “Millennium Fellows.”  Please do not refer to the students as UN Millennium Fellows, UNAI Millennium Fellows, MCN Millennium Fellows, or other potential variations of the name of the program.  

 

#1 To begin, you can learn about the Millennium Fellowship with this Statement on Partnership available here.

 

#2 The official announcement on the Millennium Fellowship Class of 2023 is  here  and more about the list of Fellows on your campus here. To get in touch with Fellows, contact fellowship@mcnpartners.org with the subject "Covering Fellows" and we can help make introductions. 

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#3 For context, you can read about the impact the Class of 2021 Millennium Fellows by viewing the impact report here. Hear from the Dean of Students at the University of Nairobi here on why he believes in the program.  You can also watch university leaders like Brac University Vice-Chancellor Vincent Chang here and UC Davis Chancellor Gary May here addressing Millennium Fellows last year.  

 

4# Learn more about the Millennium Fellowship here.  For a quick overview: Through the semester-long, 10-session Millennium Fellowship, undergraduate leaders receive training, connections, and credentials as they take action to advance the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals and 10 United Nations Academic Impact Principles.  Fellows convene virtually (and historically with classmates in-person) and peers worldwide to hone their skills and bolster their Fellowship projects and strengthen communities locally and globally (tackling poverty, discrimination, climate change and more pressing challenges).  Fellows who successfully complete their projects and the program earn a certificate recognizing completion from the United Nations Academic Impact and MCN.

 

#5 Numerous campuses with Millennium Fellows in the past announced the news (see press section here).  Compelling articles have often spotlighted Millennium Fellows’ stories and initiatives and included a statement of support from the University’s President/Vice-Chancellor. Please see the following examples:

• University College London here.

• Georgia Tech article here.

• Boston College here.

• BRAC University here.

• Northeastern University article and tweet announcing the news.

• University of Pennsylvania article here

• Florida International University article here

 

Feel free to help share this news in your local school press. We find that this serves as great motivation for selected fellows as they begin their social impact work and communicates the school's commitment to support students in social impact.

 

Please send links to any press coverage/publications to fellowship@mcnpartners.org so these can be included in the press section.  The official program hashtag is #millenniumfellowship.

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