The Crown Institute seeks 5 undergraduate students for the Dalai Lama Fellows Program
His Holiness the Dalai Lama visits with Professor Sona Dimidjian, Director of the Renée Crown Wellness Institute, and Colorado-based educators enrolled in the Crown Institute Compassion and Dignity in Education certification program. October 25, 2021.
About the CU Boulder Chapter of the Dalai Lama Fellows Program
The Dalai Lama Fellows offers a unique one-year leadership program for emerging social change makers designed to help them cultivate self-awareness, resilience, and compassion; broaden their cultural perspectives; learn how to engage with complex systems; and work with local communities in sustainable ways.
All program activities (12 – 16 hours/monthly) engage a variety of mindfulness and contemplative practices, and receptivity to such practices is a key priority. Based on the Head, Hearts, and Hands curriculum of the Dalai Lama Fellows program, the fellowship is intended to be a deep dive into new, embodied, identity-affirming, social-justice, and equity-informed approaches to building community, shifting conventional industries, and informing leadership models.
Over the course of a year, with the support of mentors and coaches, each Fellow implements an original field project addressing a local challenge and learns how to interweave their own transformation with the transformation of the communities with which they are engaging.
The University of Colorado Boulder Renée Crown Wellness Institute is hosting a virtual information session to share details about the application process, program commitments, and scholarship funding connected to the program.
Zoom Meeting:
Monday, February 27 6:00 – 7:00 pm MST
To register, please visit:
https://cuboulder.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcqduGuqTItGdw5-15zwO6ZmT-cFV6Ta1uZ
I'm interested! What's the time commitment?
During our inaugural year as co-stewards, this cohort of CU Boulder students will commit to program participation for one year from July 2022 - 2023 that will include:
Program participation August 2023 – August 2024
12-16 hours of monthly engagement including up to 3 hours per month learning with the global cohort through videoconference, and meetings with CU Boulder mindfulness and social innovation coaches
Attendance at a global conference/assembly July 28 – August 1, 2023, and at the 2024 Assembly (Dates TBD)
Progress on a community project or collaboration
An academic scholarship during the spring and fall semesters
All program activities engage a variety of mindfulness and contemplative practices, and receptivity to such practices is a key priority. Based on the Head, Hearts, and Hands curriculum of the Dalai Lama Fellows program, the fellowship is intended to be a deep dive into new, embodied, identity-affirming, social-justice, and equity-informed approaches to building community and leadership models.
For questions, contact Faculty Director Donna Mejia (donna.mejia@colorado.edu)
The Boulder Dalai Lama Fellows Cohort is a collaborator and sibling organization to the global program based at UVA. To learn more about the history and activities of the founding program, click here.
Your application will require a resume to be submitted, and contains several essay-based questions. Two phone references are optional, but no written letters of recommendation are needed. Click here to apply.