Campus Compact, a Boston-based non-profit organization working to advance the public purposes of higher education, has announced the 273 students who will make up the organization’s 2017 cohort of Newman Civic Fellows, including Moravian College's Tamara Garraway '18.

The Newman Civic Fellowship is a one-year fellowship for community-committed college students from Campus Compact member institutions. The fellowship honors the late Frank Newman, one of Campus Compact’s founders and a tireless advocate for civic engagement in higher education. The 2017 Newman Civic Fellows will be the first cohort to benefit from a completely re-designed fellowship experience emphasizing personal, professional, and civic growth.

On campus, Garraway is involved in various leadership positions, including United Student Government and the Black Student Union where she served as president and is now head of the planning committee. President Bryon L. Grigsby '90 had this to say about Garraway in his nominating statement:

During her three years at Moravian College, Tamara has served as a living example of our Moravian College tradition of community care and neighborly respect. From the moment Tamara arrived on campus, her passion for the greater good and for harnessing her own ability for positive change was evident in each facet of her collegiate career. In her choice of concentration, in her choice of extracurricular activities, and in her choice of volunteerism, Tamara exemplifies Moravian College's liberal arts tradition of transformative leadership in a world of change.

She has worked with students, faculty and staff to create an environment of education, growth and partnership. In addition to her involvement in the Black Student Union and United Student Government, Tamara serves as a volunteer at our local Boys and Girls Club, engaging frequently with younger community members in programs related to mentorship and positive youth development. It is with this role that Tamara has truly refined her civic engagement, expanding her actions from sheer volunteerism to passionate programmatic intervention against systemic oppression.

The Newman Civic Fellowship, named for Campus Compact co-founder Frank Newman, is a one-year experience emphasizing personal, professional, and civic growth. Through the fellowship, Campus Compact provides a variety of learning and networking opportunities, including a national conference of Newman Civic Fellows in partnership with the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate. The fellowship also provides fellows with pathways to exclusive scholarship and post-graduate opportunities.

“We are fortunate to have the opportunity to celebrate such an extraordinary group of students. The cultivation of community-committed leaders has never been more crucial,” said Campus Compact president Andrew Seligsohn. “We are seeing a resurgence in student interest in acting to create lasting social change, and this year’s Newman Civic Fellows exemplify that commitment. We rebuilt the Newman Civic Fellowship experience because our country needs more people who know how to bring communities together for positive change. We are thrilled to welcome this group of 273 exemplary students as the first cohort to participate in this new model.”

The Newman Civic Fellowship is supported by the KPMG Foundation and Newman’s Own Foundation.

About Campus Compact
Campus Compact is a nonprofit coalition of more than 1000 colleges and universities committed to the public purposes of higher education. As the only national association dedicated to this mission, CampusCompact is a leader in building community engagement into campus and academic life. For more information, visit www.compact.org or follow @Campus_Compact on Twitter.

About Moravian College
Moravian College is a private coeducational liberal arts college, located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, offering undergraduate and graduate degrees. For 275 years, the Moravian College degree has been based on a liberal arts curriculum where literature, history, science, cultural values, global issues, ethics, artistic expression, and the social sciences are infused with multidisciplinary perspectives. Visit Moravian.edu to learn more about how the Moravian College liberal arts curriculum prepares its students for life-long success.

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