Newman Civic Fellowship Winners

2024-2025 Newman Civic Fellowship - SMSU Nomination Form - Deadline Wednesday, February 21, 2024

• Newman Civic Fellowship Nomination Form

Newman Civic Fellowship Winners

SMSU’s Newman Civic Fellow 2022-2023: Sarah Ariet Cham

Sarah Ariet Cham is a junior at SMSU and a first-generation student who is the daughter of Sudanese refugees. She has watched her relatives overcome many hardships and comes to SMSU majoring in education with an emphasis in youth-at-risk. She has selected this major precisely because she wants to help young people and make changes in our society. Sarah Ariet continues to be actively involved with her home community of Worthington. There she works with organizations that were created by women of color such as Seeds of Justice and Be the Change. These groups work for justice for marginalized groups in the community, such as women, children and immigrants. They have facilitated community forums on police brutality, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Driver’s Licenses for All, and Education Equity. They also worked with the Minnesota Department of Health to bring COVID-19 testing to immigrant communities. They received the Pan-African Endowment grant, which has given them the opportunity to take youth on enriching and educational trips. They are currently working on creating a community center that will provide resources for healing. I am excited to see Sarah Ariet's impact on the campus and community as SMSU's Newman Civic Fellow.

• This is President’s quote from the Campus Compact Website: https://compact.org/current-programs/newman-civic-fellowship/newman-civic-fellows/sarah-15
• And this is the article that Jim Tate wrote up: https://www.smsu.edu/today/articles/2022/03-09-2022_cham.html