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Chuck Green Fellowship Application Details

Application Deadline: Applications are due October 15, 2025.

Application Components:
•Application
•Two Recommendations (by 1 supervisor/mentor and 1 peer)
•Resume (email 1-page PDF to [email protected])

Who Should Apply?

The six-month fellowship is open to Macalester juniors and sophomores in good academic standing (first preference will be given to juniors). Students of all majors are encouraged to apply. We are particularly interested in applicants who can demonstrate that they work well with others, are courageous, creative, gutsy, conscientious, inventive, and hard working.

2026 Fellowship Time Commitments

  • Spring seminar (January 22 – April 30, 2026) meets Tuesdays 9:40-11:10 am and Thursdays 8:30-11:10 am. Thursdays meetings will be used for a field trip approximately every other week.  On non-field trip Thursdays, we will have an 8:30 am cohort breakfast followed by a 2-hour seminar meeting. 
  • January 24-25 overnight opening retreat at Camp St. Croix, Wisconsin.  Begins at 10:30 am Saturday morning; we will return to campus by noon on Sunday. This opening retreat is mandatory for all Fellows.  
  • May 25, 5:00-7:00 pm: Summer kick-off dinner.  
  • May 26 – July 31: Full-time work with Twin Cities organizational partners. Fellows receive a stipend and 1 academic credit for their summer work.  Any other paid, unpaid, or voluntary summer work during May-July must be discussed with Professor Paul Dosh and clearly indicated on the application.
  • June 1 – July 20: Weekly cohort meetings on Monday evenings, 7:00-9:00 pm.  
  • July 25-26: Closing retreat/celebration.  
  • Chuck Green Fellows will actively participate in all class sessions in the spring term, work collaboratively with one another and their Twin Cities partners throughout the fellowship, and be available to serve as peer advisers for the cohort of fellows to follow in their footsteps the next Spring.

The Chuck Green Fellowship selection committee will give careful consideration to all completed applications. Interviews with finalists will be conducted in late October.

Please direct questions about the Chuck Green Fellowship to:
Professor Paul Dosh, [email protected]