ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2023
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. 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 for the Class of 2023.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT SHANA SOYFER, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2023.
Northeastern University | Massachusetts, United States | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 5
Millennium Fellowship Project: Healing Students, Healing Addictions
Addiction has become a serious problem impacting many college students, which is why in 2020, the prevalence of any illegal drug use for college students was 46%, showing it is a serious problem that impacts college students (Johnston et al., 2020). To ensure college students are not punished but instead receive treatment, college campuses should implement drug courts (Huang, 2019). Drug courts are courts where those who have a substance abuse disorder have different sentences taking their addiction into account. They provide many different approaches to mandated rehabilitation instead of strictly prosecuting someone or incarcerating them (Rodriguez-Monguio et al., 2021). The goal of this project is to implement drug courts and programs in place called Collegiate Recovery Programs (CRP) across college campuses, starting with Northeastern University to provide support to students who are undergoing addiction.
About the Millennium Fellow
Shana Soyfer is a second-year business administration and psychology major at Northeastern University. Shana is passionate about destigmatizing mental health and substance use. This ensures people are able to get the proper treatment and support needed. After undergraduate, she plans on pursuing a master's degree in public health.