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Dear Colleagues,

The United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia is pleased to invite applications for its 2022-2023 United Board Fellows Program, with new changes to the program design as a response to the new normal.  

The United Board Fellows Program is designed to answer the needs of leadership development for mid-career faculty and administrators from Asian colleges and universities. Through this program, the United Board develops dynamic leaders committed to the advancement of whole person education within their home institutions. Since 2002, nearly 300 Fellows from over 50 institutions in 11 countries and regions of Asia have been selected for this program, and many have now played important leadership roles in their home institutions and beyond.  

Traditionally, this one-year experience features a unique higher education leadership development experience, with three main components – an intensive two-week summer institute; a one-to-four-month placement, or a two-week study trip in Asia; and a final seminar.  

Due to the pandemic and the continuous travel restriction, we are introducing some changes to the program design in the 2022-2023 cohort. First, the two-week intensive summer institute will be spaced out virtually with two half day sessions (every second Thursday and Friday) over eight months’ time. It will still be curated and delivered by our partner Singapore Management University. Second, we will not require a mandatory placement or trip during this year’s program. However, if Fellows are interested, they can choose an optional two-week study trip either in or outside of one’s home country in Asia (excluding Australia and New Zealand). We plan to conduct a week-long in-person seminar in May 2023 in Singapore to conclude the one-year program. We hope these changes will allow more flexibility for interested candidates to attend. The United Board will also continue to re-evaluate our future program design as the pandemic evolves.  

To apply for the Fellows Program, we ask either heads of institutions or senior administrators to nominate qualified, mid-career faculty and/or administrators who have demonstrated potential to assume larger leadership roles and responsibilities in the future. The United Board selection committee will invite applications based on the quality of the nomination. Each institution can nominate up to TWO candidates. 

The deadline to submit the nomination is Sunday, February 27, 2022, and all applications must be submitted by Sunday, March 27, 2022. We strongly encourage both nomination and application to be submitted through our online portal. Please refer to the attached instructions for the nomination procedure through our online portal. 

Please review our program guidelines for more details on eligibility and the application process. For more information, please visit our website at https://unitedboard.org/programs/leadership-development/fellows-program/.  

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