ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2022
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. Over 31,000 young leaders on 2,400+ campuses across 140+ nations applied to join the Class of 2022. 200+ campuses worldwide (just 8%) were selected to host the 3,000+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT GLENN VALLESPIN, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
University of the Philippines Diliman | Quezon City, Philippines | Advancing SDG 12 & UNAI 9
" My ardour and avidity in wildlife conservation, fueled by scientific awareness and education, prompts and excites me to do what I can contribute to Philippine biodiversity. Being chosen as part of this caliber Fellowship will greatly help and amplify this holy grail in concordance with the principles of SDG. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Zero-UP!
Science communication as an impactful solution to underlying social education is an issue here in the Philippines. Many of my fellow Filipinos are disinformed when it comes to studies and conservation in Philippine Wildlife. Others see wildlife species as a threat to the community (e.g., killing of many Philippine and Samar Cobra—Naja philippinensis and Naja samarensis), also, others do enjoy the existence of wildlife as staple food—like the Philippine Bats; in the case of the Dumagat Tribe in Southern Tagalog and even among communities in Mindanao. It has been proven among research papers and publications that the existence of SARS-CoV in wildlife—especially the chiropterans/bats, and its transmission to human through zoonosis is the main factor of zoonotic diseases.
With this, I hope to bring/share the academic and research outputs, information, and recommendation of the Philippine Wildlife and their coexistence with the Filipinos through interactive teaching (for elementary learners) and in layman's term but somehow in-depth to Barangay citizens.
About the Millennium Fellow
Glenn Vallespin is presently an undergraduate Geology student of the Philippines’ leading and premier national university—University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City. Mx. Glenn, also regarded as Alon, has been so passionate about science communication to the general populace with emphasis on wildlife conservation and education. This ardour and avidity emanated from his senior high school’s research studies and publication from bats and anurans in Caraga Region, Philippines. Having engaged in wildlife sustainability, he took an SDG Learning course from Osaka University in Japan. Currently, Glenn is taking courses from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and in University of California, Santa Cruz.
