Carlson Civic Fellows:
Information and application for students
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The Carlson Civic Fellowship is a unique student leadership opportunity that includes service work with a community non-profit, structured academic courses, and other mentorship and training opportunities.
Carlson Civic Fellows will be selected during Autumn Quarter and will fulfill their Fellowship requirements between January – June of 2013.
Applications are due to engage@uw.eduby 5:00pm on Friday, October 19, 2012.
Questions? Contact David Hlebain, 206-616-2885 or engage@uw.edu.
Fellowship Requirements
Students selected as Carlson Civic Fellows will:
- Commit a minimum of 10 hours of service per week from January – June of 2013 to the community organization at which they are selected to work
- Participate in two 3-credit Community-Based Leadership (CBL) courses offered through the Carlson Center. The Fellow will participate in one CBL course during both Winter and Spring Quarter.
- Participate in monthly advising sessions with a Carlson Center staff member
- Participate in an MLK Day of Service project on Monday, January 21, 2013
- Present on their Fellowship experience at the University of Washington’s Spring Celebration of Service & Leadership on Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Fellowship Benefits
Students selected as Carlson Civic Fellows will:
- Receive a $2,000 stipend distributed in two equal installments at the end of Winter and Spring Quarters
- Join the Carlson Civic Fellowship cohort, a group of student leaders with a dedication to community service and social change
- Receive personal advising and leadership development training from experienced educators in the community and the Carlson Center
2013 Carlson Civic Fellowship Host Sites
The following community organizations will be hosting Carlson Civic Fellows. Students may apply to one or more of the Fellowship sites.
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
The Carlson Civic Fellow will work toward the organization's goal of reducing hypertension in communities with health disparities. They will work with the Get To Goal program, which partners with two primarily African American churches, as well as the High School Blood Pressure Initiative, located at a South King County high school. The Fellow will assist with implementing these new programs, help run hypertension screenings and workshops, and develop tools to help measure and report on the impact of the programs. [READ MORE]
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
In 2012, the Obama administration issued an executive order – Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) – that grants a form of protection to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the US as children. The Carlson Civic Fellow will work closely with Northwest Immigrant Rights Project to implement their response to this policy change. The Fellow will play a key role in event/workshop planning, volunteer coordination, data management, communications, and strategic fundraising opportunities. [READ MORE]
ROOTS Young Adult Shelter
In response to unmet need for shelter for homeless youth, ROOTS Young Adult Shelter is adding a 65% capacity increase (up to 45 guests per night) by the end of 2012. The Carlson Civic Fellow will assist ROOTS in meeting the needs of this expansion. Fellowship duties will include: helping maintain the emotional and physical safety of the shelter space, helping set up shelter, preparing food, building positive relationships with guests, orienting new guests to shelter routines and rules, coaching new volunteers, organizing agency events, and participating in staff meetings. [READ MORE]
“Being a Civic Fellow allowed me to experience service from the inside out. I was able to work on a project in its infant phase and gain first-hand knowledge of the kind of effort that is needed to make a project successful."
" The seminars broadened my perspective of civic engagement and provided me with leadership skills that will definitely be useful in all aspects of my life. This entire experience has played an important role in shaping my future goals.”
Kelly Ward, 2007 Carlson Civic Fellow
Community Project: Central Area Youth Council
