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✨ 45 freshmen, $7,500, one mission: tackling the intersection of poverty and education. The iGive Carillon Community chose to give back by supporting the Immigration and Refugee Outreach Center, making a meaningful impact this season of giving. 💛 Read more at the link in our bio.

The third video in our Do Good in Action series highlights PhD candidate Ebenezer Mensah and the Accelerator Fellows program. This semester, Ebenezer has been developing his program, the Black Star Wellness Initiative, which provides vital first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills training and other health literacy programs for populations in Ghana, in partnership with @True Community. Ebenezer was also chosen as one of three Gold Public Health Innovation Fellows in recognition of his innovative and impactful public health project. Read more about Ebenezer and the rest of our Accelerator Fellows at the link in our bio 🔗➡️

Swipe to meet our fall cohort of Accelerator Fellows! This semester, 19 focused & inventive students expanded their social impact projects, developing all kinds of amazing initiatives, such as: 🗣️ Providing first aid and CPR training in Ghana 🤝 Building a platform analyzing engagement in classrooms through AI 🌟 Supplying affordable water testing kits and providing water quality management education 🤖 Equipping equitable access to shadowing opportunities for premed students ..... and much more! Read about these incredible Fellows at the link in our bio. This year we also teamed up with the School of Public Health and their donors to award Gold Public Health Innovation Fellows designations to three Fall Accelerator Fellows. Ebenezer Mensah of Black Star Wellness Initiative, Ibiyinka Amokedo of Aqua Safe, and Nashita Bhuiyan of ShaDo-MD have received this honor because of their innovative and impactful public health projects. @umdpublichealth