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 CHIZURUM PHILIP IKEGBUNA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
University of the People | Global, United States | Advancing SDG 4 & UNAI 3
" Having once been a refugee with limited access to education, I know the life changing power of opportunity. Through my project, Empowering Equal Learning Opportunities, I have guided over 80 marginalized individuals to secure full scholarships at the University of the People. The Millennium Fellowship excites me because it will strengthen my leadership, expand my reach, and help me align my work with SDG 4 to ensure quality education for all. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Empowering Equal Learning Opportunities
I have embarked on my project to empower refugee and the less privileged in my community since 2023, after my friend Christopher introduced me to the first online tuition free university (university of the people). At first I didn't believe it could be entirely tuition free until I applied for the assessment fee grant as a refugee and got it. That was the best thing that happened to my life in 2023, having the opportunity to pursue a higher degree at US accredited school cost free. Ever since then I decided to let others like me, the refugees, displaced and the less privileged to experience this hope by guiding them through steps involved in applying and securing a full scholarship at the online university of the people, letting them know the benefits and clearing their doubts of it's credibility since 2024 till date. So far I have been able to help over 80 persons in my community secure a full scholarship grant from the university and I can remember the light of hope, joy and fulfillment on their faces their efforts to strive hard and get the best score at the university. I have also explored other opportunities like Ortago.
About the Millennium Fellow
Chizurum Philip Ikegbuna is a dedicated dental technologist and third-year Health Science student at the University of the People, maintaining a 3.84 GPA. Originally from Anambra State, Nigeria, and having experienced displacement, he founded the project Empowering Equal Learning Opportunities to guide refugees and marginalized individuals in securing full scholarships. Since 2024, he has helped over 80 people access higher education. Passionate about SDG 4: Quality Education, Chizurum Philip aspires to expand his impact globally, using his skills, resilience, and leadership to break barriers to equitable education.
