Collegiate Fellow Selection

Collegiate Fellow Applications for 2024-2025 are available closed. Thank you for your interest. 

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.

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 Assistant Director Jason Langston: jasonlangston@gustavus.edu

Minimum Qualifications/Expectations

  • Attend weekly staff meetings during the academic year on Wednesdays from 2:30-3:30¶
  • Attend regular (minimum 2 a month) one-on-one meetings with your supervisor
  • Maintain availability, visibility, and accessibility to residents and staff
  • Maintain full-time student status during the Fall and Spring terms
  • Be sophomore or higher in credit standing before the start of the role
  • Maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher
  • Be free of academic and disciplinary probation

¶Weekly staff meetings will be the first hour of the common meeting time, currently scheduled for Wednesdays 2:30-3:30. If the common meeting time changes, so will the weekly staff meetings.