The Ciresi Walburn Leadership Fellows (CWLF) Program includes scholarship aid as well as mentorship, leadership development, and other supports. The chosen students form a group of peers (or cohort) who gather consistently from their first through fourth years at the University of St. Thomas.

The CWLF program was formed to help develop independent, successful, and empowered leaders who become future civic, professional, and community leaders. The program aims to help graduating Fellows become gainfully employed in a degree-required profession or attending graduate school after four years at St. Thomas.

Incoming first-year students in all St. Thomas' baccalaureate programs are eligible for consideration.

To learn more about the Fellowship, visit https://www.stthomas.edu/admissions/undergraduate/financial-aid/scholarships/ciresi-walburn-leadership-fellows/.

The CWLF Program builds on four successful cohorts of Ciresi Walburn Scholars.

Inaugural Cohort (Graduating Class of 2026)

 

Adill Ade, Computer Science

Shaakir Banow, Engineering

Ayub Ahmed, Computer Science

Christian Bekele, Electrical Engineering

Andre Clifton, Computer Science

Quiyon Jordan, Business Administration

Ibrahima Ka, Computer Science

Mouhamadou Mbaye, Pre-Med

Victoire Mwakana, Pre-Law

Eyoael Shimi, Business Administration: Accounting

 

Cohort II (Graduating Class of 2027)

 

Love Adebayo, Business

Sefan Adinew, Biology

Kidus Assefa, Computer Science

Himie Brewer, Kinesiology

Dylan Che Tita, Computer Science

Ishmael Efejuku, Computer Science

Makai Green, Education

Abdi Ibrahim, Criminal Justice

Juju Mwakabuta, Pre-Med

Tobi Oluwole, Kinesiology

 
 

CWLF Program Leadership

 
 

Kenneth Cooper, Ph.D

Program Director

 
 
 
 

Marvis Kilgore

Program Mentor

Marvin Sims

Program Mentor