Fellowship Director
Dr. Daniel E. Walker



When: July-August 2010
Where: San Bernardino, CA

Fellows must provide their own transportation for selected outings.


For More Information Contact:
Dina Walker
dinalwalker@gmail.com
(909) 820-2827




Fellowship Documents
(Required)

1. Student Profile
2. Professional Development Survey
3. College Transcipts

This fellowship is designed to give college students from underrepresented groups high-level professional experience in business, non-profit management, and government by working at various institutions within the Inland Empire.  The primary target groups are currently enrolled college students who graduated from Inland Empire high schools, students attending area colleges, and a limited number of students from across the nation who have no previous ties to the area. In addition to giving students real world experience an express purpose of the fellowship is to retain and attract young talent to the Inland Empire. The hope is that after establishing positive connections with the area’s professional community students will be enticed to begin their careers here and contribute to the growth and development of the Inland Empire.

Central to the success of the program is the establishment and maintenance of a healthy working relationship with the area’s business, non-profit, and governmental communities. In addition to providing jobs for students, worksite supervisors will be required to serve as mentors for fellows and to allot at least one hour per week for one-on-one interactions. Supervisors will also be required to invite fellows to select meetings in order to get a strong grasp of how their specific worksite functions within the larger picture of problem solving within the area. 

In addition to their work experience and mentor relationship, fellows will participate in weekly group meetings involving key decision makers from the business, non-profit, and governmental sectors. While serving as a point of structured interaction where students are free to ask probing questions of influential individuals, these meetings will also allow fellows to witness a variety of leadership styles.

At the conclusion of the fellowship experience all students will become part of an extensive alumni network that will offer job placement assistance for opportunities within the Inland Empire and track the career trajectories of former fellows. As the program matures it will be expanded into a ten-month post baccalaureate program with funding assistance from local governments, businesses, non-profits, and elected officials.