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HE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP IS a collaboration between the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) and Millennium Campus Network (MCN), and provides support for a semester-long leadership development program that convenes, challenges, and celebrates bold student leadership to advance the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals both on campus and in local communities. In 2021, ten students from the University of South Florida were selected as Millennium Fellows. This is a significant achievement, since the competition for Millennium Fellowships is intense. In 2021, over 20,000 young leaders from from 2,200 campuses in 153 nations applied for the Fellowship. Only 136 campuses in 30 nations were selected to host 2021 Millennium Fellows based on the caliber of applicants and cohorts. USF is among only 26 American universities selected to host Fellows this year. “Having the opportunity to learn among such a diverse cohort is really a great opportunity, and has allowed me to make new and lasting connections in the process,” says Sean Schrader, one of USF’s 2021 Millennium Fellows. The selected students each work on a project to advance one of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. This year, the Millennium Fellows at USF will help establish a drug prevention coalition, increase academic equity, create an app to easily find sustainable products, increase school supply sustainability, encourage youth to become involved in humanitarian causes, and promote mental health awareness among students. “It is our great privilege at the University of South Florida to support the work of our 10 UN Millennium Fellows and
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advance sustainable development initiatives that improve our society,” said USF Provost and Executive Vice President Ralph Wilcox. “We congratulate our Fellows, whose leadership and commitment to meaningful change exemplifies the strength of USF’s commitment to social responsibility.” - Amy Harroun
USF’S COHORT OF 2021 MILLENNIUM FELLOWS INCLUDES:
Kailani Hood Cell and Molecular Biology major Expected graduation: Spring 2023 Project title: Founding USF Drug Prevention Coalition This project will establish a drug prevention coalition at USF that will be tasked with spreading awareness of the dangers of substance misuse through educational seminars and advocating for policy reforms at both the state and national level.
