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ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2022

United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. Over 31,000 young leaders on 2,400+ campuses across 140+ nations applied to join the Class of 2022.  200+ campuses worldwide (just 8%) were selected to host the 3,000+ Millennium Fellows.

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UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT ATHENA VERGHIS, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.

Georgia Institute of Technology | Georgia, United States | Advancing SDG 11 & UNAI 9

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" The UN's Sustainable Development Goals are a strong foundation of the standards of life passionate citizens and policymakers should strive towards always. I am excited at the opportunity to meet like-minded and passionate students within my university and the global community. I look forward to learning about new perspectives, ideas, and resources provided by the Millennium Fellowship. As many international issues are interdependent, I especially want to see how my goals align with that of others and how we can use a multidisciplinary approach to tackle both. By the end of the Fellowship, I hope to become a tenacious and effective advocate for the issues I care about with a powerful group of like-minded people by my side. "

Millennium Fellowship Project: Residential Composting

Georgia Tech’s campus is equipt to handle residential composting; however, due to a lack of in-room infrastructure and awareness, the university’s composting rates are meager.
To reduce the campus' footprint, this project aims to divert this waste and encourage more sustainable practices by setting up and educating students about the on-campus housing composting opportunities available.

About the Millennium Fellow

Athena Verghis is a rising senior studying environmental engineering at Georgia Tech. Her passion for climate change mitigation started at a young age when she would volunteer and advocate for her local environment through student groups and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Through her project, she hopes to utilize technology to develop smart systems to quantitate environmental indicators on her campus and the Atlanta community. After completing her BS, she hopes to continue her education by earning a master's degree in environmental engineering and working with communities to develop climate-resilient plans.

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