Summer Fellowship Program

The primary selection process occurs intramurally at each League university or college through a process developed by the member school. The member school chooses its Fellows for each session.

In addition, the League conducts an “at large” process for candidates from schools that are not League members. At-large nominees are placed in a pool for examination by a League committee, which determines which nominees will become Fellows.

All Reconciliation Fellows must have outstanding academic records and must have demonstrated in a distinctive way a capacity for leadership. In addition, each must possess a willingness to engage with other Fellows who come into the conversation bearing different backgrounds and views.

The process of selecting Reconciliation Fellows occurs in the Fall semester and there are important deadlines that must be met in applying. Interested students at League schools should check with the Campus Reconciliation League Liaison (listed below). Students at schools that are not members of the League should apply directly to the League through the portal provided.

Each Reconciliation League member school has a Reconciliation League Liaison Officer who oversees and coordinates the intramural process for the selection of the Reconciliation Fellows from that college or university. Click your school below. 

If you are a student at a League member school, you can find you school Liaison Officer below; you should contact them to find out about your school’s application process. If your school is not a League member, click below for the section on “Applying from Outside the League”

Member Schools

African Leadership University
Veronica Reaves
vreaves@alueducation.com

Asian University for Women
Kamal Ahmad
kamal.ahmad@asian-university.org

Brigham Young University
Professor Andrew Reed
andrew_reed@byu.edu

Fordham University
Lorna Ronald
ronald@fordham.edu

Lafayette College
Scott Morse
morses@lafayette.edu

London School of Economics
Emily Harrison
E.Harrison1@lse.ac.uk

Morgan State University
Patricia Williams Dockery
patricia.dockery@morgan.edu

New York University
Beckie Shay Hamroff
bsh253@nyu.edu

Pomona College
Christina Ciambriello
Christina.Ciambriello@pomona.edu

San Carlos Apache College
Rick Chavolla
Rick.Chavolla@apachecollege.org

University of Kentucky
Spiro Maroulis
Spiro.maroulis@uky.edu

University of North Carolina
Chris Bradford
chris@moreheadcain.org

Yale University
David Francis
david.francis@yale.edu

Affiliated Member

Posse Foundation
Jake Moreno Coplon, COO
jakemc@possefoundation.org

The “at large” slots are filled by the Reconciliation League administrative team through an open process that allows students from any non-member school to apply for the Reconciliation Fellowship. The League selection committee will award approximately 15% of the fellowships for each cohort through this process.

Each applicant is free to craft a presentation of his or her case for selection; however, no applicant will be considered unless his or her application is supported by a recommendation letter from the Dean of his or her school warranting that the applicant meets League standards for admission. And, each application must contain the following:  

• A personal statement describing the student's academic interests, reasons for seeking to participate in the program, and how the student expects the experience to contribute to their future academic, personal, and professional development.
  

• A short essay in which the student identifies a significant challenge, opportunity, or question affecting a community or environment with which they are personally familiar and discusses how they would begin to understand or address it.
  

• A brief statement from the League Liaison or selection chair explaining why the school selected the student and how the student exemplifies the qualities and objectives of the program.
  

• A faculty recommendation commenting on the student's academic abilities, character, capacity for collaboration, and potential to contribute meaningfully to the program.
  

• A curriculum vitae or resume summarizing the student's academic, research, extracurricular, service, employment, or other relevant experiences.
  

• An official or unofficial academic transcript.

Charles Grim, The Reconciliation League’s Vice President for Academic Affairs, can be reached at charles.grim@mbzuai.ac.ae, for questions.