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Congratulations Summer Fellows

The Summer Fellows program grants students space to try out new practices regarding work, relationships, the local community, and the environment. Students live together in a campus house, engaging in community projects and research in line with their vocation, yet equally commit to learning, supporting, and being influenced by other students’ work for the broader common good.  This year the Lilly Project granted three Lilly Summer Fellowships and invited seven Lilly Residents into the program.

Lilly Fellows:

Yuris Martinez ‘13, Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota
Rebecca Hornstein ‘13, ISAIAH
Madeleine Benishek ‘13, Westminster Presbyterian Church

Lilly Residents:

Evelyn Balsells ‘12, Research of Pain Pathways, Biology Department
Chukwumah Chioma ‘13, Breakthrough Collaborative
Leah Plummer ‘13, Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary
Ariel Sehr ‘13, Lutheran Social Services Refugee Services
Vivian Ihekoronye ‘13, Saint Paul Schools Foundation, Chuck Green Fellowship
Cailin Rogers ‘13, Working Family Resource Center, Bonner Summer of Service
Anna Kistin ‘12, Maintaining Personal Healthcare in St. Paul's Latino Neighborhoods, Mellon Grant

Read more about the Lilly Summer Fellows program>>



Programs:

Lives of Commitment

Summer Lilly House

Summer Fellows Program

Ethics and the Professions

Chiasma

Lilly Senior Keystone and Retreat

Professions and Religious Leadership in the Global Commons

A Decade of Reflection on Vocation

 

The Lilly Project Asks:

How will you serve your ethical or religious commitments in a complex world?

What gives you joy? What are you passionate about? What are you good at and where is there a need for these things to be done? Where do you turn to find support and meaning? What ideals are worth giving yourself to? How do you translate self-discovery into concrete life decisions? Where is God or Spirit moving in your exploration of vocation?

The Lilly Project encourages the examination of broad questions of values, ethics and vocation. Its programs combine reflection and action to bring to life those pivotal questions about the meaning and purpose of our life's work. Students involved in the project work towards aligning their life's work with their deepest spiritual and ethical convictions. 

Preparation for global citizenship requires corollary contemplation on both personal commitments and community need.  Through personal reflection, civic engagement and group research, students ask not only, “what is my work in the world?”, but also, “to what purpose shall we pledge our common, cooperative effort?”  The goal of the Lilly Project is to provide students with the vision and skills to assume ethical leadership within both society and religious communities. 

 
 


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