Six SOE Students Join the Emerging Leaders Program

During the 2011-12 academic year, six SOE students will participate in the University of Michigan-Dearborn’s Emerging Leaders Program. The program offers selected cooperative education/internship students a unique opportunity to develop personal leadership knowledge and skills. Building on a variety of leadership concepts, students are given the opportunity to meet with community leaders, work in small teams and develop personal leadership skills to help them launch their careers upon graduation. The program culminates with a Leadership Summit where community leaders come to campus and share their perspectives on leadership. This marks the first year the SOE will participate in the program, joining students from the College of Arts, Sciences and Letters; the College of Business; and the College of Engineering and Computer Science.

Please join me in congratulating the pioneering SOE students in this year’s leadership program: Mariam Albachachy (early childhood); David Knezek (secondary, political science); Angel Mechling (early childhood); Megan Proudlock (special education); Charlene Rodegher (early childhood); and Brittany Vella (early childhood).

Thanks to Paul Bielich, Instructional Learning Manager of the SOE Curriculum Lab, for coordinating the School of Education’s involvement in this program.