Next Generation of Wean Fellows Selected and Ready to Create Social Change in the Mahoning Valley - Youngstown State University

The Center for Nonprofit Leadership at Youngstown State University, housed in the Williamson College of Business Administration, has been awarded a grant from The Wean Foundation to implement the 2025 Nonprofit Leadership Summer Fellowship Program.

The Nonprofit Leadership Summer Fellowship Program is a biennial program that matches YSU students seeking career-related experience in the nonprofit sector with nonprofit organizations in the Mahoning Valley looking to build organizational capacity. This program gives 12 YSU students the opportunity to work full-time for 12 weeks, for a total of 480 hours, or part-time for 300 hours between May 12 and August 1. All fellows are paid $18/hour.

The following students and organizations were selected to participate in the 2025 Nonprofit Leadership Summer Honors Internship Program.

  • The Andrea Mahone Foundation hired MacKenzie Harrington, a Master of Business Administration student, for the part-time Marketing & Social Media Fellowship position.
     
  • Inspiring Minds Youngstown hired Melea Johnson, a Social Work major, for the full-time Site Instructor Fellowship position.
     
  • Mahoning County Land Bank hired Serene Awad, an Environmental Studies major, for the full-time Program Management Fellowship position.
     
  • Mahoning Valley Historical Society hired Connor Tapp, a History major, for the full-time Community Engagement Fellowship position.
     
  • Mercy Health Foundation Mahoning Valley hired Kevin Balella, a Marketing major, for the full-time Panerathon Event Fellowship position.
     
  • Meridian HealthCare hired Tara Wine, a Marketing major, for the full-time Marketing & Development Fellowship position.
     
  • Northeast Ohio Adoption Services hired Sujey Navarro Negrete, a Business Administration major, for the part-time Community Engagement Fellowship position.
     
  • Oh Wow! Children’s Center for Science & Technology hired Aicha Sawaneh, a Communication major, for the part-time Marketing & Events Fellowship position.
     
  • United Way of Trumbull County hired Danuneka Cargill, a Business Administration major, for the part-time Marketing & Events Fellowship position.
     
  • YMCA of Youngstown hired Haya Farhan, a graduate student studying Health and Human Services, for the full-time Marketing & Development Fellowship position.
     
  • Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation hired Sabrina Johnson, a Psychology major, for the full-time Neighborhood Stabilization Fellowship position.
     

  • YWCA Mahoning Valley hired Miya Brown, an Accounting major, for the part-time Accounting Fellowship position.

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