ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2024
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 52,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2024 on 6,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 280+ campuses worldwide (just 5%) were selected to host the 4,000+ Millennium Fellows.

UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT ELLA ROSE FEENEY, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
University College Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | Advancing SDG 16, SDG 4 & UNAI 2

" I am really excited to be a Millennium Fellow this year as I am looking forward to learning more about the ways in which young people can contribute to the aims of the Sustainable Development Goals and how we can take steps within our local communities to drive social change. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: The Student Voter Empowerment Project
A disinterest in electoral participation has been a problem in Ireland for years and was clearly demonstrated by the low voter turnout in Ireland’s March 2024 referendums.
Our project was therefore dedicated to increasing voter engagement by educating individuals on the importance of participating in elections and empowering them to become active and informed voters. We strove to make the electoral process more accessible and inviting to all. With the Irish Parliament (Dáil) elections aligning with the duration of our project, they became our primary focus, serving as a platform to initiate a practice of voter participation amongst UCD students.
Our approach involved three goals: the first was developing a handbook establishing the mechanics and purposes of voting in an easily digestible manner. The second was conducting a campus survey to help us make the handbook as useful as possible. The third was hosting a voter registration drives across campus to reach students with no obvious link to politics.
Through these efforts, we sought to establish a culture of consistent voter engagement, empowering individuals to participate in the elections that will shape Ireland’s future.
About the Millennium Fellow
Ella Rose Feeney is a third-year Law with History student at University College Dublin in Ireland. Ella Rose is skilled in communication, advocacy and debate, which is shown through her committed involvement with the UCD Literary and Historical Society, a student debating group where she chairs a subcomittee for women and gender minorities. Through her project, she hopes to work with like-minded peers in her campus and contribute her skills to the social impact that they will have this year.








