Applicants sought for Civic Leaders Fellows Program

The Cornell Public Service Center is seeking applications for the second year of of its Cornell Civic Leaders Fellowship Program.

The program which aids community- building projects, seeks to:

• Support leaders who have skills, competencies, values, morals and wisdom to help solve critical institutional and community problems.

• Foster university and community practices that encourage greater commitment to community building, grassroots organizing and social responsibility.

• Strengthen and build regional university-community collaborative relationships (project impact can be local, national or international).

Application requirements are as follows:

• A long-standing history of community involvement.

• Submission of a proposal that addresses a community need or problem, which the fellow would research during the fellowship.

• Residence within an approximate 100-mile radius of Cornell.

• A personal statement explaining how this experience will affect the individual and the organization.

Recipients may use the $5,000 fellowship award to support travel, housing, sabbatical leave expenses, community project expenses or sponsoring agency support. In addition, the fellowship will provide each fellow with a variety of university support systems and access to other resources to enable fellows to attain their projects' goals. Applicants do not need to be affiliated with Cornell to apply.

A committee of faculty, university administrators and community leaders will select fellows. Applications for the 2002--03 academic year are due July 1.

Contact the Public Service Center at 255-1148 or cupsc@cornell.edu for further information, or to receive an application. The application also is available online at http://www.psc.cornell.edu.