Goldman Fellows are a cohort within the St. Louis Fellows Program, funded by the Joyce and Irving Goldman Family Foundation. It is a unique opportunity for undergraduates to spend a summer in St. Louis with other WashU students who care about the St. Louis community.
Since 2008, 186 Goldman Fellows have completed internships with St. Louis-area organizations including ACLU Missouri, LaunchCode, United Way of Greater St. Louis, Casa de Salud, Arch Grants, the Office of the Mayor of the City of St. Louis, and more.
Goldman Fellows in the News
Comeaux’s commitment to St. Louis service highlighted in Class Acts
As one of 12 WashU graduates featured in the university’s annual Class Acts piece in The Source, St. Louis Fellow alumni Blake Comeaux reflected on his experiences over his last four years. In addition to his experiences as an Ervin Scholar and varsity athlete, Comeaux credits the Gephardt Institute with making his undergraduate experience even […]
Cultivating the next generation of civic leaders
More students than ever have committed their time, their energy, and their minds to civic change by joining the Gephardt Institute’s civic leadership programs. The new cohorts of Civic Scholars and St. Louis Fellowship programs were selected after a rigorous recruitment and selection cycle, which included an application process that urged students to meaningfully […]
New ChangeMaker Series hosts alumnus Marcus Brown
As part of a new event series created to make meaningful connections between civic leaders who are impacting their community and current students who aspire to do the same, Marcus Brown AB ’13, MSW ’16 spoke before a crowd of students and faculty/staff about his career experience at U.S. Bank. His talk kicked off the […]
A Fond Farewell to the Class of 2022
“Kindness, enthusiasm, curiosity, and solidarity, which often show up in small acts, are some of the best ways to make an impact.” Noor Ghanam ’22 Noor Ghanam delivered a commencement speech that invoked common themes from her career at WashU, as Gephardt Institute staff fought back tears of joy and pride. Ghanam, a Kleinhandler Civic […]
St. Louis Initiative Partners with Goldman Fellows
In 2021, the Goldman Fellows Program will support its largest cohort to date. Fourteen fellows have been selected to participate in the 14th cycle of the program. The expanded capacity for the program is thanks to a successful proposal to pilot fellowships with Washington University’s St. Louis Initiative in which fellows will work with the […]
For the names of our Goldman Fellows alumni, please visit our St. Louis Fellows Alumni directory.
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