ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2018
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. In the three months the application was open in 2018, students applied to join the Class of 2018 on 285 campuses across 57 nations. 30 campuses worldwide (just 11%) were selected to host the 402 Millennium Fellows in the global pilot this year.
The Class of 2018 is bold, innovative, and inclusive. During the Millennium Fellowship, Millennium Fellows' dedicated 48,785 hours and their 214 unique projects positively impacted the lives of 393,449 people worldwide.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT MARY VICKERS, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2018.
Rollins College | Florida, United States | Advancing SDG 10 & UNAI 6
" I am excited to be a Millenium Fellow so I can share the work I am doing with other students. So much of what we are doing is elevating the voices of the vulnerable, and I want as many passionate young people to hear these stories and experiences as possible, so that they can join us in the fight for change. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Impacts of Anti-Immigrant Policy and Politics on Low-Income Latinx Immigrants in Apopka, FL
Our initial project goal was to complete analysis of data we gathered over the summer and provide preliminary reports to the organizations we are working with. That has been completed, and both organizations are using it to develop programming for the hundreds of people that seek their services. I added an additional goal, which was completing an UndocuAlly training, in order to help educate members of the Rollins College community on the realities of undocumented immigration and how to be a better ally, as well as share some of our research. This event was also completed, with 14 participants. These participants were provided with resources to become more involved in the fight for immigrant justice.
About the Millennium Fellow
I am a third-year student in the Honors Program at Rollins College in Winter Park, FL. I am an International Relations and Spanish double major, with a minor in Cultural Anthropology. In addition to working on campus in the International Programs Office, I am a peer mentor, the president of Rollins Catholic ministry, and a member of Rollins's improv team. During my research over the summer, I fell in love with the field of Applied Anthropology, and I plan to pursue a doctorate in the discipline.
