ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2019
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. In the three months the application was open in 2019, over 7,000 young leaders applied to join the Class of 2019 on 1,209 campuses across 135 nations. 69 campuses worldwide (just 6%) were selected to host the 805 Millennium Fellows.
During the Millennium Fellowship, Millennium Fellows' dedicated 96,705 hours and their 422 unique projects positively impacted the lives of 564,366 people worldwide.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT LAUREN ROTHSCHILD, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2019.
Northeastern University | Massachusetts, United States | Advancing SDG 5 & UNAI 8
" I'm grateful to the Millenium Fellowship Program for creating a network which allows for students to collaborate on the initiatives that drive us to make change. I'm excited to use this opportunity to build on the idea that women play a unique and powerful role in peace-building and policy-making processes. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: IGNITE at Northeastern University
IGNITE at Northeastern seeks to promote the initiative of IGNITE National which is to encourage political ambition in young women. Northeastern's chapter does this by linking students to opportunities to learn about civic engagement, meet local politicians and see themselves as leaders.
About the Millennium Fellow
Lauren Rothschild is a rising senior studying political science, international affairs and security studies at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. She has served as a Research Assistant at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, and as a Student Ambassador for Northeastern's Global Experience Office. Lauren works with IGNITE at Northeastern to center women in conversations and programming about political ambition and policy-making.
