Moravian and UPenn are the only PA schools with Millennium cohorts in the Class of 2025

BETHLEHEM, PA, September 30, 2025: Today, Moravian University announced that eight undergraduate students have been selected for the Millennium Fellowship Class of 2025. The Millennium Campus Network (MCN) and United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) present the Millennium Fellowship Class of 2025 that help make the Sustainable Development Goals and UNAI Principles a reality on campuses, in classrooms, and throughout communities. Moravian University joins the University of Pennsylvania as the only universities in the state of Pennsylvania with Millenium cohorts for the class of 2025.

This year’s Millennium Fellows were selected from among a record-breaking 60,396 applicants from over 7,500 campuses across 160 countries to participate in this ambitious program that helps make the Sustainable Development Goals and UNAI Principles a reality on campuses, in classrooms, and throughout communities. Only 290+ campuses worldwide (just 4%) were selected to host the 4,000+ Millennium Fellows.

“The entire Moravian University community is extremely proud of these students chosen as Millenium Fellows,” said Bryon Grigsby, president of Moravian University. “As part of the 26th UNESCO World Heritage site in the United States, Moravian University is deeply committed to global citizenship and the preservation of our shared heritage. Our students embody these values, and we have seen those chosen for this prestigious program go on to do great things academically and professionally.”

UNAI’s 10 principles, along with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, inform the student-led community projects that the fellowship’s global network and resources support. Among the program’s more than 4,000 students, who together represent more than 290 campuses in 47 nations, are the following Moravian University fellows:

  • Mayzi Edelheiser (Campus Director)
  • Venessa Derwin
  • Katelynn Hazeltine (not pictured)
  • Ava Larsen
  • Melony Nonnemacher (Campus Director)
  • Ellie Umstead
  • Dalley Silwamba
  • Gavin Wagner

Millennium Fellows are university undergraduates selected for their leadership on sustainable development-related projects that advance the SDGs in their communities. As Millennium Fellows, the Moravian University undergraduate students will participate in a semester-long leadership development program to improve their student organizing, partnership building, and community impact skills.

Those interested in the Millennium Fellowship or UNAI affiliation can contact the Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness, Carol Traupmann-Carr @ traupman-carrc@moravian.edu MCN also offers an interest form for students planning to apply for the Class of 2026 at the fellows website.

Media contact:
Moravian University
Michael Corr
corrm@moravian.edu
610.861.1365

About Moravian University
Moravian University is the nation’s sixth-oldest university, located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and offers undergraduate and graduate degrees that blend liberal arts with professional programs. For more than 275 years, the Moravian University degree has been preparing students for reflective lives, fulfilling careers, and transformative leadership in a world of change. Moravian University is a member of The New American Colleges and Universities (NAC&U), a national consortium of selective, small to midsize independent colleges and universities dedicated to the purposeful integration of liberal education, professional studies, and civic engagement. Visit moravian.edu to learn more about how the Moravian University focus on education for all prepares its students for life-long success.

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