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Back to Episodes“College students: You should run a virtual summer EA Intro Fellowship ASAP. Here’s how!” by SarahBluhm
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TL;DR: You should run a virtual summer Intro Program if you're in college. It's an easy way to boost an existing group or (re)start one. Most of the resources you need are already available, and I am here to help with planning or advice, even if you've never done any community building before!
Princeton EA already received over 130 sign-ups for their virtual summer 2026 Intro Fellowship – with 10 facilitators running 14 cohorts! Harvard, Brown, MIT, and other schools are testing the same model, and you should too!
First, some background: One year ago, in the summer of 2025, Yale EA advertised a Summer Introductory Fellowship. The results were highly promising. They started off the year noticeably stronger than many other EA groups, with regular attendance at weekly meetings, and a few summer participants joining the board early on.
Now, more schools are testing summer fellowships. I am extremely excited about this opportunity and think all university students should be too. Your group can get a huge head start by being organized enough to do it. Incoming freshmen are eager to make friends and don't have any existing ties to particular clubs on campus, which means you have [...]
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First published:
May 29th, 2026
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