The Rooney Center, in partnership with the Hesburgh Program in Public Service, invites undergraduate and graduate students across all disciplines, who are interested and engaged in building community around issues of advancing and promoting American democracy, to apply for its fellows program. 

As a Hesburgh Democracy Fellow, you will be granted exclusive access to opportunities for engagement with the work of the Center and its programming. This includes speaker events, panels, and roundtable discussions with scholars and experts whose work addresses the critical issues facing America’s democratic system. And it includes first access to information on undergraduate engagement opportunities. We also hope to bring students from all backgrounds together, in community, around the promotion of American democracy, civil discourse, and combating misinformation and barriers to democracy in our local and broader communities. No matter what you study, or what your experience is, we invite you to apply for this opportunity to engage with the Rooney Center and its mission.

To register to become a Hesburgh Democracy Fellow, please fill out our application form. We also invite you to share your work on issues related to the advancement of American democracy on the form (i.e., internships, advocacy, research, on-campus and off-campus initiatives), for a chance to be a featured student. More info at https://rooneycenter.nd.edu/undergraduate/. 

We will review applications once per semester. Our upcoming review date is November 15, 2023.