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 ZHITENG YUAN, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2023.
New York University Shanghai | Shanghai, China | Advancing SDG 4 & UNAI 3
Millennium Fellowship Project: They Deserve More Promising Futures
We noticed that children in migrant families in Shanghai suffer from a shortage of education not only because of restricted educational access but also left behind due to an information gap in terms of what ways they could choose after middle school graduation and what materials they need to enter higher education. We wondered: what can we do as NYUSH students? We find that with our leadership skills to organize students, abilities to do research on policies, access to more professional information and guidance, and valid connections with NGOs and experts, we could devote ourselves to supporting these students with their future planning after we obtain training from NYU Shanghai's Center for career development. We have contacted NGOs to support us in finding more children in migrant families. We as students work as volunteers to write and distribute future-planning brochures and organize career education talks for families. It is important to have an influential foundation that gives enough money and an even greater name for it to organize events and attract experts. We anticipate that the NGO, NYUshanghai, and the Foundation will collaborate to create a platform that offers long-term volunteer training, counseling on career planning, and networking opportunities with migrant worker families. We expect a sustainable helping platform always available even faced upon global crises like covid-19.
About the Millennium Fellow
Zhiteng Yuan is a political science student from NYU Shanghai, who has a great interest in studying China's policy from a comparative politics. He comes to study in Shanghai, a city of migrant workers. As a visitor of this city, he is equally attentive to the other outsiders of Shanghai, and provides educational assistance to their children during vacations. He would like to graduate with a master's degree, believing that training in political science would provide a deeper understanding of migrant workers and would like to be involved in the improvement of related issues.