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MANHATTAN COLLEGE SENIOR ERIN CORISTON RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS CLARK FELLOWSHIP IN NONPROFIT SECTOR

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Andover, N.J., resident Erin Coriston, a senior at Manhattan College, recently was awarded a three-year fellowship by The Clark Foundation. The Clark Foundation was created to identify, nurture and support students with great potential for leadership in careers in community-based nonprofit organizations in New York City. Final candidates each submitted essays and applications and underwent an in-person interview to convey their commitment to the nonprofit sector and their potential for leadership.

As a Clark Foundation Fellow, Coriston will receive financial support for graduate school as well as programming aimed at helping her launch or advance her career in the nonprofit field. The College’s Fellowship Committee, established by Provost Dr. Weldon Jackson, assists students each year with the application process. The committee was founded with the goal of grooming Manhattan students to apply for such awards and make students aware that these awards and fellowships exist.

Coriston is a double major in sociology and Spanish and is specializing in social work. She is an active participant in the College’s campus ministry and social action department, which links students to volunteer work and community service opportunities. She is a member of Manhattan’s Lasallian Collegians, a group that focuses on community programs such as Habitat for Humanity and POTS (Part of the Solution), which is a soup kitchen/homeless shelter.

In the first year of her three-year fellowship, Coriston will attend a leadership retreat and participate in a number of workshops that address practical issues related to graduate education

and nonprofit employment. During her second and third year as a Clark Fellow, she will be required to attend graduate school at a New York City institution in a program related to the nonprofit sector. Coriston will be required to work at least 20 hours per week at an established nonprofit organization.

Coriston will receive a grant of up to $30,000, which will be awarded during the second and third year of her fellowship. The grant is distributed as a salary stipend of $10,000 per year for two years, plus up to $10,000 in scholarship toward her master’s degree.

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