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Patch featured Eight Pace University Students in "Pace Students Complete United Nations Millennium Fellowship"
Patch featured Eight Pace University Students in "Pace Students Complete United Nations Millennium Fellowship"
Eight Pace University students recently completed a semester-long leadership development program that convenes, challenges, and celebrates student leadership worldwide. As members of the Millennium Fellows Class of 2020, they are part of a global network of scholars who are working on local solutions to some of the world’s most pressing environmental, health, and societal challenges.
The selective Fellowship, a partnership of the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) and Millennium Campus Network (MCN) since 2018, included more than 1,400 students from 80 campuses across 20 countries, including Nigeria, Nepal, Pakistan and the United States.
As one of the speakers at the recent graduation ceremony, Pace President Marvin Krislov congratulated the Millennium Fellows and noted that he was proud of their important work.
"You have made a remarkable commitment to be the change you want to see in the world," Krislov said to the fellows in a video message. "I am so proud of your accomplishments."
View the full ceremony here.
The Pace student-led projects focused on addressing global problems close to home, such as promoting sustainable living practices on campus; reducing the university's carbon footprint; raising awareness about the dangers and proximity of human trafficking in the region; and cultivating relationships between local farms and communities to reduce contamination of our waterways, among other empowering projects focusing on peace, justice, and providing quality education to at-risk students.
"In leading projects that focus on global challenges such as ensuring clean drinking water for all people, stopping human trafficking, reducing waste, developing alternative sources of energy and educating vulnerable populations, Pace's students have shown they are serious about taking on some our world's most serious problems," said Sue Maxam, EdD, assistant provost for special projects and retention initiatives. "I couldn't be prouder of our students as they are truly inspirational change agents who are determined to make a difference on campus and beyond."
