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Introduction
Dwight Hall offers a variety of community engagement programming that allows students to engage, grow, and advance public service and social justice in New Haven and beyond. For more than fifty years, Fellowships have been one unique way that Dwight Hall has implemented community engagement.
Fellowship programming has continued to grow in recent years in alignment with Dwight Hall’s values. Since the pandemic, the Hall has changed the design of both programs and policies to be as inclusive of Yale students and community partners as possible. Our goal is to make committed community engagement achievable and accessible.
For this fiscal year, Dwight Hall has budgeted more than $250,000 for these opportunities.
Programs
| Program Name | Description | Status | Application Date/Period |
| Community Response Fellows | Designed to support students with existing relationships with community partners or quickly match students with professional interest to community partners. Guidance For Applicants | Open | Open; Rolling through academic year |
| Member Group Fellows | Designed to support students that lead community-engaged projects of Dwight Hall Member Groups. Guidance for Applicants | Open | Open; Rolling through academic year |
| Jones-Zimmermann Academic Mentoring Program | Connects Yale undergraduates to three-year-long mentoring opportunities with New Haven Public School students. | Closed | Opens Fall 2024 |
| Dwight Hall Summer Fellows | Since 1968, Dwight Hall at Yale supports a select group of undergraduates who enact a socially good project over the course of the summer. Guidance for Applicants | Open | Full funding closed; partial/part-time funding closes on 5/15. |
| YANA-Dwight Hall Summer Fellows | Since 2017, YANA-Dwight Hall Summer Fellows provides financial support for the summer to students who are traditionally underrepresented. Guidance for Applicants | Open | Full funding closed; partial/part-time funding closes on 5/15. |
| Urban Fellows | Connects undergraduate students to New Haven community partners for an academic year professional experience. | Closed | Opens in Spring 2025 |
| Public School Interns | Under the direction of the Director of Public School Partnerships at the Office of New Haven Affairs, Yale undergraduates commit two years to working with a New Haven Public School. | Closed | Opens in Spring 2025 |
| Community Mental Health Fellows | In partnership with Connecticut Mental Health Center, undergraduate students develop a core activity to explore the field of community mental health. | Closed | Opens in Spring 2025 |
Financial Support for Fellows
All students that participate in Fellowship programming are eligible to receive a Service Award.
For most academic year programs, students that receive financial aid are eligible to be paid hourly, and students that do not receive financial aid are paid $300.00/semester.
For summer programs, students are paid a competitive, weekly rate.
Financial support is contingent on completing a contract, completing weekly reflections, and meeting any other expectations of the individual program.
Community Partners
If you are a community partner that has a potential opportunity to work with a Yale undergraduate, please contact johnny.scafidi@yale.edu to begin developing the opportunity.
Other Paid Opportunities
In addition to Fellowship opportunities, Dwight Hall occasionally has student employment opportunities working with Dwight Hall. For a complete list of these opportunities, please peruse the Open Opportunities list.
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