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U.S. SCHWEITZER FELLOWS PROGRAM
Each year, the U.S. Schweitzer Fellows Program® competitively selects approximately 250 exceptional students from the nation's top health and human service schools to follow in Dr. Albert Schweitzer's footsteps.
These Schweitzer Fellows -- mostly university graduate students -- partner with community-based organizations to identify an unmet health need, design a yearlong service project with a demonstrable impact on that need, and bring that project from idea to implementation and impact -- all on top of their usual graduate school responsibilities.
After successfully completing their service year, they become members of the Schweitzer Fellows for Life alumni network of over 2,500 Leaders in Service who are dedicated and skilled in meeting the health needs of underserved communities.
Since its launch in 1992, the U.S. Schweitzer Fellows Program has grown to include thirteen program sites (Baltimore, Bay Area, Boston, Chicago, Columbus, Greater Philadelphia, Houston-Galveston, Indiana, Los Angeles, New Hampshire/Vermont, New Orleans, North Carolina, and Pittsburgh).
The U.S. Schweitzer Fellows Program has four overall goals:
- Develop leaders in service who are educated, experienced, and committed to addressing unmet health needs;
- Improve community health by providing direct service to individuals and strengthening the capacity of community-based organizations.;
- Expand educational opportunities in partnering professional schools while raising awareness of the needs of underserved communities;
- Maintain a growing and vibrant community of Schweitzer Fellowship alumni committed to lives of service.
| SCHWEITZER FELLOWS AT A GLANCE: STATISTICS THROUGH 2010-2011 |
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| Baltimore |
256 Fellows |
> 50,000 Hours of Service |
Since 1999 |
| Bay Area |
52 Fellows |
> 10,000 Hours of Service |
Since 2007 |
| Boston |
458 Fellows |
> 90,000 Hours of Service |
Since 1992 |
| Chicago |
404 Fellows |
> 80,000 Hours of Service |
Since 1996 |
| Greater Philadelphia |
52 Fellows |
> 10,000 Hours of Service |
Since 2007 |
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Houston-Galveston
Los Angeles |
22 Fellows
46 Fellows |
> 4,000 Hours of Service
> 9,000 Hours of Service |
Since 2009
Since 2008 |
| NH/VT |
337 Fellows |
> 67,000 Hours of Service |
Since 1996 |
| New Orleans |
31 Fellows |
> 6,000 Hours of Service |
Since 2008 |
| North Carolina |
319 Fellows |
> 63,000 Hours of Service |
Since 1994 |
| Pittsburgh |
211 Fellows |
> 41,000 Hours of Service |
Since 1997 |
| New York |
49 Fellows |
> 10,000 Hours of Service |
1998-2001 |
| TOTAL |
2237 Fellows |
> 440,000 Hours of Service |
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We partner with Survey Gizmo survey software for our research and evaluation of our programs.
For more information about the U.S. Schweitzer Fellows Programs, please contact:
Meghan L. Johnson, M.S.
National Program Director
330 Brookline Avenue (BR)
Boston, MA 02215
T: 617-667-3115 F: 617-667-7989
E: mjohnso9@bidmc.harvard.edu
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