The United Nations Academic Impact and MCN partner to present the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 4,000+ Millennium Fellows have built a grassroots movement strengthening their communities. Fellows have dedicated hundreds of thousands of hours shaping 1,000+ grassroots civic initiatives to tackle inequities, discrimination, and climate change, making the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) reality.
Thousands of Millennium Fellows worldwide will join live for Graduation. Fellows will spotlight their civic commitments, engage with global leaders, and join thousands of Alumni in sustaining their social impact beyond graduation.
Meet Class of 2024 Millennium Fellows
Pakistan
Health Sciences Academy
Millennium Fellows in Pakistan are piloting Project SHIELD to tackle gaps in sanitation and health education in marginalized communities, focusing on the Mashal Model School to advance SDG 3.
Canada
Huron University College
Hiba Ansari is igniting the EcoPatriot movement, promoting a new kind of patriotism rooted in environmental stewardship. Her mission is to empower proactive students to become passionate environmental leaders.
Nigeria
Obafemi Awolowo University
Timothy Ayelagbe is championing a Greener Future by rallying Nigerian students to fight for climate justice, promote sustainability, and lead tree-planting initiatives.
CEO Lever for Change
Each year at Graduation, MCN honors leaders who are using their global platforms to boldly and positively shape the world. Past recipients include Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Malala Yousafzai, Muhammad Yunus, and Forest Whitaker.
This year we recognize:
Baroness Amos
Master of University College Oxford
DJ Cuppy
DJ & Founder, Cuppy Foundation
Friday, November 22, 2024 from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM ET
SPEAKERS JOINING IN
Sam Vaghar
Executive Director,
Millennium Campus Network
Starley
Singer & Songwriter
Jayashri Sarah Wyatt
Chief, Education Outreach,
United Nations
Noha Al-Khalqi
Managing Director,
Millennium Campus Network
Ademola Tayo
Marvin Krislov
Deogratius Jaganyi
Carolina Garcia Jayaram
Vice Chancellor,
Babcock University
President
Pace University
CEO
Elevate Prize Foundation
Vice- Chancellor
Mount Kenya University
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Lincoln Cheng
Suzzel Alberto
Anahita Iranpour
Jessica Oladayo
Millennium Fellow, '24
University College London
Millennium Fellowship Alumni
Arizona State University
Millennium Fellow, '24
Hochschule Rhein Waal
Millennium Fellow, '24
Ladoke Akintola University
Cynthia Rose
Maneesha Gupta
Steven Fox
Brigitta Gunawan
Millennium Fellow, '24
Chuka University
Millennium Fellow, '24
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
Trustee,
Remmer Family Foundation
10th Millennium Oceans Prize Winner
Aimen Minaal
Sarabel Odero
Millennium Fellow, '24
Health Services Academy
Millennium Fellow, '24
African Leadership University
Millennium Fellows Become Alumni
There are 15,000+ Alumni of the Millennium Fellowship, with 87% sustaining their social impact post-graduation. Here are two spotlights:
Shantel Marekera
2018 Millennium Fellow, Arizona State University
Post-Fellowship, she was selected as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, spoke on the global stage alongside the UN Secretary-General, and now works as a Legal Analyst at the World Bank to shape economic opportunity for women in 190 nations.
Mathias Charles
2021 Millennium Fellow, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Post-fellowship, Mathias built Akofresh, a social venture helping smallholder farmers reduce post-harvest losses with solar-powered refrigeration units. Over 3,000 farmers in Ghana have benefited, and Akofresh is now expanding into Uganda.
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