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 CHIMEZIE VICTOR UMEOKA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
University of Nigeria Nsukka | Nsukka, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 4, SDG 4 & UNAI 3
" I am excited to be a Millennium Fellow because of the opportunity to collaborate with change makers from my institution. It is a thing of joy to be able to work towards a goal with people and I'm grateful to the program for affording me this opportunity. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Students for Progress Initiative (SPI)
Overview of the Students for Progress Initiative (SPI) Following admission into the Millennium Fellowship Class of 2025, I, Chimezie Umeoka, as the group leader, and my single-person member, Princess Ihechi Chukwu, put into action our project tagged ‘Students for Progress Initiative’ (SPI). Our project idea arose from a problem which I noticed in our academic system. There are little to no major orientation programs or fellowships aimed at helping freshers, that is newly-admitted students, acclimatize to the rigours of academics. This creates a problem whereby most of them make mistakes at the early stage of their academic journey which sometimes leads to prolonged consequences. Our project is in alignment with the SDG 4. It aims to provide a kind of mentorship platform where these freshers are adequately informed and guided through certain post-admission processes like Hostel allocation, class schedules, course registration processes, academic tutorials e.t.c. Our initiative is impactful in that it helps the students adjust to the University system, staying informed and in bracing up for the rest of their academic journey.
About the Millennium Fellow
Chimezie Umeoka is a young, passionate changemaker from southeastern Nigeria. He is a writer, editor, and aspiring filmmaker. His work intersects between the intricacies of urban life, memory, identity and history, as mediums for retelling African narratives through indigenous perspectives. His works have appeared in several journals including Brittle Paper, Lolwe, The Journal of African Youth Literature, The Kahalari Review and elsewhere. He is an undergraduate major of English and Literary Studies at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Chimezie is deeply inspired by the African experience, and dreams to contribute immensely to the future development of the African continent.
