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Great Falls College student honored as Newman Civic Fellow

Nolin Waterhouse has been named a Newman Civic Fellow.

GREAT FALLS, Mont. – Great Falls College MSU student Nolin Waterhouse has been named a Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact, a Boston-based nonprofit organization working to advance the public purposes of higher education.

Waterhouse is one of 290 students who will make up the 2021-2022 cohort of Newman Civic Fellows.

The Newman Civic Fellowship is a year-long program for students from Campus Compact member institutions. The students selected for the fellowship are leaders on their campuses who demonstrate a commitment to finding solutions for challenges facing communities locally, nationally, and internationally.

Waterhouse has been active improving the Great Falls College Food Bank so it is more accessible to students and in other events with the Office of Student Engagement. He is a general education student with plans to eventually major in social work.

The fellowship is named for the late Frank Newman, one of Campus Compact's founders, who was a tireless advocate for civic engagement in higher education. In the spirit of Dr. Newman's leadership, Campus Compact member presidents and chancellors nominate student leaders from their campuses to be named Newman Civic Fellows.

"Nolin is a student leader with purpose, said Dr. Susan J. Wolff, CEO/dean of Great Falls College. "He is engaging and put to action his previous experience working in a grocery store. He saw a need and developed new processes for how food is obtained, displayed and dispersed. Why? Because Nolin cares about those around him. He has engaged more people on campus, creates engaging publicity, and the end result is higher usage with less stigma."

Through the fellowship, Campus Compact provides Fellows with a variety of learning and networking opportunities that emphasize personal, professional and civic growth. Each year, fellows participate in numerous virtual training and networking opportunities to help provide them with the skills and connections they need to create large-scale positive change. The cornerstone of the fellowship is the Annual Convening of Fellows, which offers intensive skill-building and networking over the course of two days. The fellowship also provides fellows with pathways to apply for exclusive scholarship and post-graduate opportunities.

"We are proud to recognize these extraordinary student leaders and thrilled to engage with them," said Campus Compact President Andrew Seligsohn. "The experience of the last year has driven home to all of us that we need open-minded, innovative, public-spirited thinkers and doers. That is what Campus Compact is about, and the stories of our Newman Civic Fellows demonstrate it's who they are."
Learn more at compact.org/newman-civic-fellowship. You can read more about each of the student leaders selected for this year's cohort at compact.org/newman-civic-fellowship/2021-2022-newman-civic-fellows.