Collegiate Fellow Selection

Collegiate Fellow Applications for 2023-2024 were due February 8, 2023

Qualifications | Application | Timeline | Questions

Welcome!

Thank you for taking the time to discover more information about the process to become a Collegiate Fellow!

As a residential campus, Gustavus places significant emphasis on the experience of students in our residence halls. Collegiate Fellows are developers of community, assisting diverse individuals to come together to create a respectful and fun residential environment that enhances learning both in and out of the classroom.

In helping students discover identity, diversity, leadership, service, and active citizenship, Collegiate Fellows develop their own skills in communication, leadership, community building, time management, conflict resolution, event planning. These all happen side by side with fun, enthusiastic, and supportive co-workers who often become lifelong friends! CFs receive specialized training throughout their time in Residential Life, and the situations that allow CFs to apply this training are experiences that build character, while they also build resumes.

Residential Life is seeking: students who have positive attitudes and aspire to make a difference on campus individually and through the efforts of a diverse team. The CF position is both employment AND a leadership opportunity, and can be time-intensive in its tasks and projects. Successful CFs work intentionally to maintain an academic focus while balancing the multiple responsibilities and priorities of the position.

Collegiate Fellows are leaders who are critically tied to our core values—Excellence, Community, Justice, Service, and Faith. It is a rewarding leadership opportunity that demands a lot, and our most successful CFs are those who find a good match with who we are and what we strive to do in Residential Life. We have created a CF selection process that allows us to find you AND you to find us. Questions?

Please contact Director Anthony Bettendorf abettend@gustavus.edu.

Minimum Qualifications

• Sophomore, Junior, or Senior status as of Fall 2023
• 18 Years of Age by September 1, 2023
• 2.50 minimum cumulative GPA and free of Academic Probation
• Free of Disciplinary Probation

Collegiate Fellow Position Description 2022

Please review the position description for 2022-23. The final position description and working agreement will be provided with the offer letters for positions.

Available Positions

Residential Life hires around 60 total Collegiate Fellows. Within these 61 positions, special positions for the 2022-23 academic year include:

• 6 Community Coordinators (traditionally a returning staff member) for Pittman, Sohre, Uhler/Rundstrom (lives in Uhler), Complex (lives in Sorensen), Prairie View/International Center/Southwest (lives in Southwest), and The Views Apartments (lives in Chapel View)
• 1-2 Crossroads Community Collegiate Fellow (can be returning or new)
• 1 We Are Community Collegiate Fellow

Application

Collegiate Fellow Applications for 2023-2024 will be available starting November 1, 2022 and will be due February 8, 2023

References

You must provide two references. One reference must be a Faculty or Staff member at Gustavus.

Essays

In the online application, you are asked to answer multiple short essays (350 words or less). We have provided the prompts below for you to consider before filling out the online application form. 

• What is your motivation for applying to be a Collegiate Fellow? What knowledge, skills, or abilities do you bring to the position?
• What do you believe is the role of a Collegiate Fellow in building community?
• Describe the most impactful experience you have had while living on campus. How can your work as a Collegiate Fellow create more experiences like the one you had?

For applicants who plan on being away during J-Term 2024 ONLY:

• Please describe the course or activity in which you would like to participate.
• How does that experience fit into your major/career plans? 
  

For applicants interested in being the Crossroads (Global Perspectives/Multicultural Programming) CF ONLY:

• Why are you interested in being a CF for the Crossroads program?
• What would you do to enhance the experiences of residents within Crossroads?

For applicants interested in being the We Are (Gender Neutral Housing) CF ONLY:

• Why are you interested in being a Collegiate Fellow for the We Are program?
• What would you do to enhance the experiences of residents within the We Are Community?

CF Selection Timeline for 2023-2024 Applicants

Questions

If you have questions please attend one of the Information Sessions listed above! Other options include:

• Talk to your CF
• Talk to your Area Coordinator
• Contact the Residential Life office at reslife@gustavus.edu or x7529