The Lilly Interns and Fellows Programs

A chance to explore your life's calling:

• What do you feel called to do with your life?
• What kind of work will be meaningful to you over the long haul?
• How can your talents and aspirations respond to the world's needs for responsible citizenship and humane leadership?

1. Lilly Interns

A Chance to begin exploring your vocation or developing your vocational identity and mission.

Two requirements:

(1) successful completion of the course, the Meaning Of Work
(2) successful completion of a or b below:

(a) the Lilly Internship course (FWRK 3850)
(b) a Lilly Service Commitment

II. Lilly Fellows Program

• A competitive, stipend-bearing fellowship.
• A chance to deepen your vocational exploration and development, gain unique work experiences, and develop your leadership skills and accomplishments.
• An opportunity for community with Millsaps students, faculty, and alumni committed to lives of meaningful work and service.

Three requirements:
(1) successful completion of the course, The Meaning of Work, and
(2) successful completion of an Applied Ethics course, and
(3) successful completion of either a, b, or c below:

(a) the Lilly Internship (FWRK 3850) and Lilly Fellowship courses (FWRK 4850)
(b) one Lilly Internship and one Lilly Service Commitment
(c) a Lilly Education Fellowship

Lilly Fellows receive a $1,000 stipend.
Successful completion of the Lilly Fellows program will be denoted as a minor on a Millsaps transcript.

For information about the Millsaps Faith & Work Initiative, please contact Raymond Clothier at (601) 974-1470.

Lilly Internships:
Lilly Internships are an opportunity to connect academic learning to exploration of vital issues of meaning, purpose, vocation, and service. Building upon “The Meaning of Work” course, Lilly Internships add a professional workplace, course assignments and a weekly class meeting, and a relationship with a Mentor to deepen reflection upon vocation. The current syllabus is here.
Over 200 Mentors have agreed to provide internships in a wide range of fields. A listing is available here.

Lilly Fellowships
Lilly Fellowships are intended to attract a select group of students who have facility with the language of vocation and are committed to employing it to further their own exploration of calling and to take leadership in promoting and guiding reflection upon vocation with other Millsaps students. The current syllabus is here.

Lilly Service Commitments
If you are already engaged in volunteer service to others, you can convert that service into a Lilly Service Commitment by working with the Initiative’s Associate Director to devise an appropriate service covenant and reflection component. Sustained service commitments involve approximately 120 of service with added reflection under the supervision of the Associate Director.

Contact Raymond Clothier at (601) 974-1470 to indicate your interest in this possibility.

Lilly Education Fellowship
Education majors who would like to be Lilly Fellows may use hours from the Field Research in Reading course and Student Teaching to fulfill the internship requirements. During Field Research in Reading they will participate in the Lilly Intern Reflection Group and complete some of the writing assignments for this course. During Student Teaching they will meet for a few times with a mentor chosen by the Faith & Work Initiative and the Education Department.