Andrew Gillum, who won the 2018 Florida Democratic gubernatorial nomination in a stunning upset, gets to add Harvard University to his resume.

Gillum is one of 10 elected officials, advocates, and policy leaders heading to the Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics as fellows in Spring 2019.

As a resident fellow, Gillum will live on the Cambridge, Massachusetts, campus, immersing himself in the Harvard community, mentoring undergrads, holding weekly office hours and leading an eight-week study group.

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Gillum became Florida’s first major-party, African-American nominee for governor after his upset victory in a five-candidate Democratic field.

He lost his bid for govenor by the narrowest margin to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, but emerged as a national political celebrity with a stunning upset over better-known candidates. “

His coalition of students, minorities and blue-collar workers forced the first recount of a Florida governor’s election, which DeSantis won by 30,000 out of 8 million votes cast, according to the Tallahassee Democrat.

“The Fellows program is why a lot of students decide to come to Harvard – it’s very unique,” said Elijah DeVaughn and Kate Krolicki, student co-chairs of the Fellows and Study Groups program at the Institute of Politics. “With all the changes happening in the world today, the Harvard community is lucky to have the chance to learn from, and challenge, the broad spectrum of perspectives this group … brings to campus.”

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Spring 2019 Resident Fellows include:

Barbara Comstock – U.S. Representative (R, VA-10) (2015-2019)

Carlos Curbelo – U.S. Representative (R, FL-26) (2015-2019)

Andrew Gillum – Mayor of Tallahassee, FL (2014-2018)

Aisha Moodie-Mills – President & CEO of the Victory Fund & Institute (2015-2017)

Catherine Russell – U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues (2013-2017)

Michael Zeldin – CNN Legal Analyst and former U.S. Department of Justice official

Spring 2019 Visiting Fellows:

Mitch Landrieu – Mayor of New Orleans (2010-2018), returning Visiting Fellow

Michael Nutter – Mayor of Philadelphia (2007-2016), returning Visiting Fellow

“We are eager to bring together this extraordinary group of fellows who will provide students with the opportunity to learn from their experiences running for office, building grassroots advocacy campaigns, and making public policy,” said Mark D. Gearan, director of the Harvard Institute of Politics.