College Fellow – Part Time

Leaders Igniting Transformation is seeking dynamic, inspiring part-time College Fellows to support the development of LIT chapters on campuses, year-round civic engagement of college students, and movement building through our various campaigns and issue focuses statewide across Wisconsin.

As a fellow within the College Department, you’ll be responsible for contributing to these various focus areas:

• Leading + facilitating chapter meetings with members.
• Working with members, campus faculty and staff, other student organizations, and the LIT College Department Team to expand the chapter’s connection to community members and organizations aligned with our work.
• Planning and executing campus events to increase member engagement and retention to promote our organization, and move our campaign forward.

• Recruiting 8-10 new members per semester that attend 75% of chapter meetings.
• Tabling and street teaming on campus twice a week.
• Class/Raps:
  Schedule times to meet with classes and student organizations to present LIT and collect interested student’s information.
• Engage in weekly 1:1 meetings with new and current members to get to know their interests and organize them into taking action.
• Train members on how to effectively recruit new members.
• Planning fun, creative events for the student body and collaborating with other student organizations.

• Engage with Student Government/Senate (i.e., including attending meetings and connecting with senators to present our work and planning meetings with their leadership team), the Dean of Students, and the Chancellor’s office
• Utilize chapter meetings to train members on our Dare to Divest campaign understanding, tools, and strategies
• Create direct action advocacy events to bring awareness to our work and invite people to join us

• Plan and execute voter registration events (2-3 per semester)
  • Partner with other student organizations on campus to plan and execute events
• Collect Survey Interest Cards (amount will vary by campus size)
• Facilitate registering people to vote on campus
• Provide accessible, non-partisan education on all electoral aspects: local, state, federal elections, ballot issues, eligibility, absentee voting, polling, and deadlines

• Required Virtual Orientation and Onboarding:
  Saturday, February 7th, 2026 | 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm CST (virtual)
• Program Length:
  Saturday, February 7th, 2026 – Friday May 8th, 2026 (13 weeks)
• Time commitment: 8-10 hours/week
• Compensation: $18 hour
• Part-time, non-exempt

• Must commit to working 8-10 hours a week .
• Must be enrolled at a UW system school full-time (UW-Green Bay, UW-La Crosse, UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee, UW-Oshkosh, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Stout, or UW-Whitewater) .
• Must be a driven, self-starter capable of handling multiple projects at a time.
• Must have a commitment to building the leadership capacity of Black & Brown youth.
• Must have a commitment to learning and being in a community with people from various racial & ethnic, gender, sexual, economic, and immigration status backgrounds.
• Must be willing to serve as a representative of LIT on their college campus.
• Must be willing to attend in-person events, tabling shifts, meetings, and other commitments related to the position.
• Must have access to reliable WiFi and be able to attend virtual meetings and be on camera.

Please fill out the application and provide the following in this Google form by Friday, January 23rd, 2026, 11:59 pm .

YOU WILL NEED A GOOGLE ACCOUNT TO ACCESS THIS FORM.

Please reach out to hiring with any questions.

Sign up for our newsletter to receive the latest from LIT.