Past Lilly Summer Fellows

Each summer the Lilly Project awards students with opportunities to explore issues of work, ethics and vocation.  The following students spent their summer living in intentional community and living out commitments to environmental sustainability, social responsibility and vocational discernment.

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.  

2011 Lilly Fellows:
Yuris Martinez ‘13, Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota
Rebecca Hornstein ‘13, ISAIAH
Madeleine Benishek ‘13 , Westminster Presbyterian Church

2011 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
Anna Kistin ‘12, Maintaining Personal Healthcare in St. Paul's Latino Neighborhoods, Mellon Grant
Vivian Ihekoronye ‘13, Saint Paul Schools Foundation, Chuck Green Fellowship
Cailin Rogers ‘13, Working Family Resource Center, Bonner Summer of Service

2010 Summer Fellows:
Anna S., Southside Family Nurturing Center
Terence Steinberg, Mother of Waters Project
Adrienne McDonnell, Jeremiah Program
Han Luong, Division of Indian Work
Maggie Hutchison, Community Design Center of Minnesota
David Schmoeller, Allina Hospice
Yeukai Mudzi, University Bank
Casey Harrington, Westminster Presbyterian Church

2009 Research Fellows:
David Seitz, '10, Getting Somewhere: Stories, Identities and Justice on the Central Corridor
Samantha Robinson, '10, Public Art and the North Side Arts Collective
Katy Whiting, '11, Breathing Food: Growing, Cooking and Eating in Minnesota Buddhist Communities

2009 Intern Fellows:
Lily Gordon Koven, '11, YouthCARE
Emily Hanson, '11, Sibley Bike Depot
Needham Hurst, '11, University Bank
Sue Xiong,'10, Minnesota Minority Education Partnership, Inc.
Amelia Furrow, '11, Westminster Presbyterian Church
Kristin Riegel, '10, Casa de Esperanza

2008 Intern Fellows:
Kim Delanghe, Garden Works
Emily Cohen, Saint Paul Interfaith Network
Julia Tyler, Westminster Presbyterian Church
Callie Thuma, West Side Citizen's Organization
Hannah Emple, Minnesota International Health Volunteers
Mara Forster-Smith, Neighborhood House
Hannah Pallmeyer, International Institute of Minnesota

2008 Research Fellow, Elise Goldin - Going against the Grate: A Look at American Jews who are Critical of Israel and How to Create a More Open Dialogue on Israel/ Palestine in the Jewish Community

2007 Summer Research Fellows:

Emily Gastineau, "The Dancer's Body: Discourses on Work and Ethics"
David Schmitt, "Religious Commitment to Environmental Sustainability"
Katie Clifford, "Protecting God's Creation: Investigating Religion's Role in Combating Climate Change"
Alex Douglas, "Deconstructing Ethics and Sex Work: Social Structures and the Challenge to Social Justice"

2007 Summer Intern Fellows:
Megan Macpherson, MICAH
Jessica Light, Clare Housing
Becca Sheff, The Center for Victims of Torture
Megan Cochran, Westminster Presbyterian Church

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