Dalai Lama Fellows Program

The Dalai Lama Fellows (DLF) program at CU Boulder is hosted by the Crown Institute and offered to Leeds School of Business students. It is a local program, connected to the global DLF program. DLF is a unique one-year leadership program for emerging social change makers designed to help them cultivate self-awareness, resilience, and compassion; broaden their cultural perspectives; learn how to engage with complex systems; and work with local communities in sustainable ways.

CU Boulder Chancellor Philip听DiStefano listens attentively to His Holiness the Dalai Lama during their meeting in Dharamsala, India, in March 2024.

Professor and听Director of听the Crown Institute, Sona Dimidjian, greeting His Holiness听the Dalai Lama in听Dharamsala, India in March, 2024.听

Vijay Khatri, Tandean Rustandy Endowed Dean of the Leeds School of Business,听Nikki Bechtold, Leeds junior, Gabriel 鈥淥ne Feather鈥� Cervantes,听Leeds senior,听Erica Carlos Perez, Leeds senior,听Meghan Fall, Leeds sophomore, and Shubham Sapkota, PhD, Crown Institute听Research Associate.听

Thupten Jinpa, PhD, founder and director of the 听and听principal author of Compassion Cultivation Training鈩⑻�

CU Boulder representatives from the Crown Institute and Leeds School of Business听with听His Holiness the Dalai Lama during their meeting in Dharamsala, India in March, 2024.听

Learn More about Dalai Lama Fellows Program at CU Boulder

The global听Dalai Lama Fellows听program is headquartered at the University of Virginia. In 2021, Dalai Lama Fellows entered a phase of joint stewardship among the听,听, and听the University of Colorado Boulder Ren茅e Crown Wellness Institute. Faculty and staff at these three universities are working together to deliver the global fellowship program as well as create interlinked academic programs for undergraduates at each university.

The Dalai Lama Fellows (DLF) program at CU Boulder is hosted by the Crown Institute, and is a unique one-year leadership program for emerging social change makers. The curriculum, based on Head, Hearts, and Hands model, compassion, contemplation, and social justice, give you an opportunity to:

learn leadership centered on compassion, contemplation, and social justice
cultivate self-awareness, resilience, and compassion
broaden cultural perspectives and practice engagement with complex systems
work with local communities to implement sustainable practices
engage in building caring communities, industries, and leaders

The DLF program focuses on entrepreneurship and social innovation, helping fellows develop their leadership skills and providing them with the tools to address mindfulness in their roles as the business innovators of tomorrow.

Fellows will receive a stipend each semester; associated travel and participation听expenses with the annual global assembly of fellows also are covered.

Students need to be part of the Leeds School of Business.

Please contact Shubham Sapkota at听Shubham.Sapkota@colorado.edu听with any questions you have.

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The application is currently closed.听

If you have any questions, please contact shubham.sapkota@colorado.edu.

Affiliated Faculty

Shubham Sapkota, PhD

Contemplative Scholar
Program Leader

Donna Mejia, MFA

Faculty Fellow, Associate Professor at the Department of Theatre & Dance,听DLF Coach听

Leah Pe帽a Teeters, PhD

Outreach and Education Program Director

Sona Dimidjian, PhD

Institute Director and Founding Faculty Fellow,听Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

Natalie Avalos, PhD

Assistant Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies, DLF Coach听听听

Bill Penuel, PhD

Faculty Fellow, Professor in the School of Education, DLF Coach听听

Dalai Lama Fellows 2024-2025

Michelle Myagmarsuren

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Dalai Lama Fellows 2023-2024

Nikki Bechtold

"I am very excited to be a DLF fellow because of the program鈥檚 focus on community and mindfulness. I hope to be able to contribute to this community and learn from my fellow peers in it as well."

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Kendall Reed

"I look forward to making new connections globally and expanding my knowledge about different cultures and experiences. I'm beyond excited about this new opportunity to become a part of the DL Fellow community!"

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Erica Carlos Perez

"I'm excited to meet fellow social change makers and go on journey of learning about my own leadership and self-care in the social justice space."

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Meghan Fall

"I hope听to become a more holistic version of myself, capable of regulating my own emotions and leading a more mindful life. I am eager to learn more about how I can help others become centered after the trauma of losing a loved one."

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Gabriel 鈥淥ne Feather鈥� Thomas Cervantes

"I鈥檓 excited about honing my leadership skills and applying that to my community. What gets me excited as corny is achieving things and watching people grow; I thoroughly enjoy mentorship. I鈥檓 most excited about being a Fellow because it gives me an opportunity to be an emerging leader."

Dalai Lama Fellows 2022-2023

Sarah Napier

鈥淎 big part of meditation comes from intentions. I have the听 intention to ground myself and become a better version that can deal with the complexity of our world.鈥�

Adilyn Prutch

鈥淭he idea of using mindfulness to understand social justice and leadership spoke to my own interests. I have recently incorporated mindfulness into my life as a way to bring balance and compassion into my world. I hope to do the same within the fellowship.鈥澨�

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