what is the Bridge Year Fellowship?

The Bridge Year Fellowship was awarded to two UNC Chapel Hill students in 2020 as a part of the Global Gap Year Fellowship (GGYF), a program based in the Campus Y. The program will provide funding to take a year away away from the UNC between my sophomore and junior years of undergraduate education, to form new experiences. The GGYF website says “from exploring interests in the real world to learning how to quickly adapt to new environments, Fellows return to college with life lessons that leave them better prepared to take full advantage of their undergraduate careers. Experiential learning through traveling, working and engaging in service allows students to develop skills that a classroom cannot provide.”