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Students United's

Community Leader Fellowship

Minnesota Students Ready to Make Change

The Community Leader Fellowship is an academic-year experience that centers on student empowerment, voice, and changemaking by fostering student growth to help them become leaders who make an impact in their fields of interest. The core experience of the Community Leader Fellowship contains two major strands: student development and an internship placement. The Community Leader Fellowship embodies Students United’s commitment to developing student leaders and centering student voices in spaces where change is made.  

The Community Leader Fellowship Program fosters the continued growth of Fellows as both professionals and individual leaders. Fellows will participate in weekly meetings as a cohort to learn about themselves and topics of interest, including advocacy skills, job skills, nonprofit knowledge, social justice concepts, and more. Fellows will receive mentorship and shadow Students United’s various departments to learn specific skills and assist various teams with tasks.   

 

Fellows will simultaneously work part-time as interns either within Students United or with an external partner organization in roles or areas related to their interests, educational focus, and experiences. Applying students should plan to participate in fellowship development and internship placements for the full school year. 

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In order to be considered for this fellowship, students must meet the following requirements:  
 
  • Enrolled student at a Minnesota State university for the full 2023-2024 academic year (Bemidji State University, Metropolitan State University, Minnesota State University (Mankato), Minnesota State University (Moorhead), St. Cloud State University, Southwest Minnesota State University, Winona State University)  

  • Interest in nonprofits and organizational management   

  • Career interests related to at least one of the following:  

  • Finance or Operations  

  • Public Relations, Communications, or Social Media Management   

  • Legislative Research or Advocacy   

  • Minnesota State University Level Advocacy  

  • Meeting or Event Planning  

  • Development/Fundraising or Scholarship Outreach  

  • Student Advocacy or Development   

  • Some experience with Office 365  

  • Strong communication skills and ability to communicate with varied audiences through varied mediums  

  • Interest in bettering your community and the world around you   

  • Desire to grow and learn   

  • Strong organizational skills and ability to self-manage multiple tasks   

  • Curiosity and growth mindset  

  • Ability to meet deadlines   

  • Alignment with Students United's mission, vision, values    

  • Commitment to growth in equity, inclusion, and accessibility values   

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“I have become more confident in my writing, speaking, and knowledge. It has made me a better me who is able to understand my worth and how crucial we are as students to workplaces.”

Marwah Asif, St. Cloud State University

Meet the Fellows

Our Alumni

2023-2024 Cohort 
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Bilal Admad, Jessica Bohl, Bimala Ranabhat, Mirza Shehroz, Andrea Valencia, Jess Weis

The CLF Program is Sponosred By:
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