Meet the 2017 Minerva Fellows

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News10-ABC

Eight Union College seniors were chosen to represent the College's Minerva Fellows program.

They will travel the globe to work in developing countries while paired up with a social entrepreneurial organization. The students will work for nine months and return to the College and live in a Minerva house for one month, where they will participate in a social entrepreneurial course and educate current students about their experiences abroad.

This year's fellows are:

  • Justin Salm
    Engeye, Uganda
  • Vito-Joseph Capuano
    Engeye, Uganda
  • Brianna Godlewski
    Lauren Greene Cohen Fellow at Witkoppen, South Africa
  • Gillian Henry
    Boutique, Malaysia
  • Daniel Tompkins
    The Global Child, Siem Reap, Cambodia
  • Sydney Spett
    The Global Child, Siem Reap, Cambodia
  • Naina Thota
    Robert Chartoff Fellow at Gram Vikas, India
  • Mason King
    Environmentalist Foundation of India, India