ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2025
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 60,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2025 on 7,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 290+ campuses worldwide (less than 5%) were selected to host the 4,500+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT PHUONG MINH LE, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Häme University of Applied Sciences | Hämeenlinna, Finland | Advancing SDG 6 & UNAI 9
" I believe that sharing knowledge and passion with others, while learning from each other, is the best way to grow. Through the Millennium Fellowship, I hope to gain skills and insights that will strengthen my vision and actions in promoting cleanliness, conservation, and a stronger sense of shared responsibility. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Right-to-Know H2O
This project of student teams from Pace University in New York and Häme University of Applied Sciences (HAMK) in Finland. We are proposing a partnership we believe is unique in MCN history – teams from schools 4,000 miles apart applying separately but collaborating intensively on a bilateral model to address an urgent, inherent principle of SD6: the right to safe water requires the right to know water is safe. We will build upon the work of Pace’s 2024 team which found that the combined population of the world’s 25,000 higher education institutions, an estimated 270 million water users, would place it fourth on the list of the world’s most populous nations. This statistic alone offers a powerful statement about the need for schools in and out of the MCN network to increase water awareness and influence global policy. Our joint deliverable will be an information and education model that can promptly inform water users of the quality of their water, with a timeline that will include immediately achievable goals, and projected technical innovations. We believe this model will apply not only to colleges and universities, but gain international attention, including at the United Nations itself.
About the Millennium Fellow
Phuong Le is currently pursuing a degree in Computer Applications, with a foundation in risk management and operations. Born in Vietnam, she is now based in Finland and preparing for an exchange semester in the Netherlands. As a curious and analytical learner, she thrives on working with data, uncovering insights, and solving complex problems. Phuong also holds a passion for environmental sustainability and community building-actively engaging in efforts that promote cleanliness, conservation, and a stronger sense of shared responsibility.
