Paige is a Community Fellow at Lehigh University’s Center for Developing Urban Educational Leaders (CDUEL), where her role is two‐fold. Paige is helping to facilitate a $3 million grant CDUEL received to strengthen current principal leadership in the Allentown School District, which includes the recruitment and training of aspiring urban principals for the district. Paige assists CDUEL in fostering collaboration between the grant’s five partner organizations, developing selection and recruitment criteria for aspiring leaders, and researching and employing turnaround leadership practices. Paige also works in the Family Center at Broughal Middle School, a Community School where Lehigh serves as the lead partner under the guidance of CDUEL. Here Paige tracks data for after‐school programming, is assisting in the development of a tutor training program and will be working to establish a Parent Academy for adult programs within the Community School. Paige is a M.A. candidate in Political Science.
Fellows Profiles Listed by Partners
Since the program’s inception in 2001, 172 skilled graduate students have served nearly 80 public and nonprofit organizations in the Lehigh Valley through the Community Fellows Program.
Since 2012, Community Fellows have served the following partners (click on an agency name to learn more about these students’ experiences):
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 Allison is a Community Fellow for Lehigh's Center for Developing Urban Educational Leaders (CDUEL), where her work focuses on Lehigh's Community School Initiative with Broughal Middle School. Broughal is the newest of the Lehigh Valley's twelve Community Schools under the umbrella of COMPASS of the United Way, and Lehigh serves as the "lead partner," providing a variety of academic and after school supports and programming assistance. Allison works with the Community School Coordinator at Broughal where her tasks range from tracking after-school program interest among students to assisting with the management of after school programs. Allison designed a Needs Assessment survey to determine what types of programs adults in the Southside Community are interested in and will be helping to establish and run those programs. Allison will be helping to design and coordinate health-related projects at Broughal executed by Lehigh students in an Introduction to Public Health course this spring. She has also gotten members of the university community involved with Broughal students and their families in a number of programs, and will be developing an annual publicity and marketing strategy for informing Lehigh students, faculty, and staff about opportunities to engage with the Community School. Allison is a M.A. candidate in Sociology. |
 Molly is a Community Fellow at Broughal Middle School, where her responsibilities involve the development of school initiatives through writing-based work. As a community school, Broughal (with the help of its partners) plans and organizes programs and services available to students, their families, and the local community. Many of the initiatives and projects Molly is working on support and promote Broughal’s mission and shape its impact as a hub for the community. Molly is writing and designing Broughal’s new monthly newsletter, and is planning a curriculum for and helping to coordinate the “Rocket Writers” afterschool program. She has written a grant proposal for one of Broughal’s community service programs and will continue to research and write purposeful grants for educational programming. Throughout the year, her work will include conducting qualitative research for the assessment of program needs and services and the implementation of marketing strategy to better connect Broughal with Lehigh’s student body. Molly is an M.A. candidate in Sociology. |
 Christina is working at Broughal Community School through Lehigh University’s Center for Developing Urban Educational Leaders. At Broughal, Christina’s primary responsibility is to coordinate the Broughal Middle School Greenhouse Gardening Club and oversee the renovations of the Broughal Middle School’s greenhouse. This will involve creating a curriculum for garden club students that supplements classroom learning, developing community outreach programs to educate the Broughal Community about gardening, and grant writing to financially sustain both the greenhouse and the garden club. Christina will also be organizing health and environmental programs for Broughal families throughout the year. Christina is an M.A. candidate in Environmental Policy Design. |
 Allen Prendergast works in Broughal Community Middle School, under the guidance of Lehigh University’s Center for Developing Urban Educational Leaders(CDUEL). CDUEL oversees Lehigh University’s lead partnership in the Community School model at Broughal. Allen has been involved with grant writing and research and seeking funding for existing and new Community School programs and projects. This semester he is working on an employment assistance program for parents of Broughal students, and will work with teachers to assess the efficacy of the Family Center, which acts as a community hub within Broughal. Additionally, he has helped create the inaugural Student Government Association at Broughal Middle School. Allen is an M.A candidate in Political Science. |