365英国上市官网 announces 2019 class of Hess Fellows

For Immediate Release
五月. 28, 2019

阿拉巴马州的伯明翰.—Students from Birmingham-南部 College will spend their summer interning with nonprofit agencies in Washington, D.C.; Charleston, W.Va.; Atlanta; Tennessee; Pennsylvania; and across Alabama – including Bread for the World and the National Alliance to End 首页lessness – under the college’s Hess Fellowships.

Thirteen students were chosen for the 2019 class of fellows by 365英国上市官网’s Hess Center for 领导 and Service, part of the Krulak研究所 for 领导, Experiential Learning, and Civic 参与ment. 这个项目 places students at top nonprofit groups, where they spend at least eight weeks of the summer serving as full-time staff members, building agency capacity, engaging in advocacy, and assisting the organization in addressing community needs.

这个项目, now in its 13th year, is also partnering with the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) to provide five 实习 focused on poverty.

Advocacy interns extend organizational capacity by conducting research, facilitating coalitions among constituencies, or organizing lobbying or other advocacy efforts. Poverty interns examine the multiple dimensions of poverty and support projects and 程序s that strengthen impoverished communities.

The Hess Fellowships fall under 365英国上市官网’s innovative rise³程序, which offers opportunities to learn through research, 实习, service-learning experiences, and self-reflection. Earlier this month, the fellows attended a pre-internship workshop focused on advocacy and critical reflection. Throughout the summer, they will complete critical analyses of their 实习 in writing and through visits with a Hess Center staff member. When the interns return to the Hilltop for the 2019-20 academic year, they will reflect on how their experiences can inform their work on campus and in their future professions. The poverty fellows will also attend pre- and post-conference sessions with poverty interns from the 22 institutions in the SHECP.

The 2019 Hess Fellows are:

蕾切尔布鲁克斯, a first-year biology and psychology major from Vestavia Hills, Ala., who will serve through the Shepard Higher Education Consortium on Poverty at Covenant House in Charleston, W.Va.
Kallie布朗, a sophomore political science major from Spanish Fort, Ala., who will work with the National Alliance to End 首页lessness in Washington, D.C.
萨尔玛曲柄, a junior political science major from Brentwood, Tenn., who will work with Bread for the World in Washington, D.C.
Darona Dancy, a sophomore elementary and collaborative education major from Bessemer, Ala., who will work with YWCA of Central Alabama in Birmingham.
茱莉亚Degnan, a junior musical theatre major from Hendersonville, Tenn., who will work with Collat Jewish 家庭 Services in Birmingham.
Sophie Herrington, a sophomore from Mobile, who will serve through the Shepard Higher Education Consortium on Poverty at N Street Village in Washington, D.C.
萨拉·琼斯, a junior political science major from Ocean Springs, Miss., who will work with HICA (Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama) in Birmingham.
伊丽莎的爱, a junior religion major from Mount Washington, Ky., who will work with the General Board of Church and Society in Washington, D.C.
劳伦mim项目, a sophomore chemistry major from Chelsea, Ala., who will serve through the Shepard Higher Education Consortium on Poverty at Bradley Fee Clinic in Roanoke, Va.
本·波洛克, a junior physics major from Riverside, Ill., who will serve through the Shepard Higher Education Consortium on Poverty at the City of Shamokin in Shamokin, Pa.
萨顿史密斯, a sophomore from Auburn, Ala., who will work with Bread for the World in Washington, D.C.
帕克Sturm, a junior sociology and religion major from Pelham, Ala., who will serve through the Shepard Higher Education Consortium on Poverty at REMERGE in Atlanta.
利亚托马斯, a junior sociology major from Jackson, Miss., who will work with Alabama Possible in Birmingham.

The dedication and generosity of the following donors makes the Hess Fellows 程序 possible: Ronne and Donald Hess, Dr. Ralph and Susan Dominick Doughton ’74, the Independent Presbyterian Church Foundation, Dr. Gayle and Pat Pelham, Dan Young and family, and other private donors.