The Newman Civic Fellowship recognizes and supports community-committed students who have demonstrated an investment in finding solutions for challenges facing communities throughout the country. The fellowship, named for Campus Compact founder Frank Newman, provides training and resources that nurture students' assets and passions to help them develop strategies to achieve social change.

Through the fellowship, Campus Compact provides learning opportunities focused on the skills fellows need in order to serve as effective agents of change in addressing public problems and building equitable communities.

The fellowship is a one-year experience for students in which fellows have access to in-person and virtual learning opportunities, networking events, and mentoring. While the fellowship experience is limited to one year, participants in the Newman Civic Fellowship are invited to join a national network of community-committed peers and to enter a long-term community of Fellows.

Who Should Apply?

The Newman Civic Fellowship is seeking students who can demonstrate the following:

• Engaged in collaborative action with others from campus or from surrounding communities in order to create long-term social change.
• Have taken action in addressing issues of inequality and political polarization.
• Demonstrated the motivation and potential for effective long-term civic engagement. 

How to Apply

This award requires a university nomination. The deadline to apply for Drexel nomination is typically in January.

To be considered for nomination, please complete Drexel’s internal application form. For additional information about the nomination process, please contact Drexel Fellowships at fellowships@drexel.edu.

More Information

For official information on the Newman Civic Fellowships (which supersedes any information provided here), please visit the official program website.

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Related awards: Truman Scholarship; Udall Scholarship

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Last updated: December 2017