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To apply for President's Leadership Academy (PLA), a student must be nominated by a faculty/staff member or student peers during the nomination period in late Spring semester. Each student that is nominated will be sent more information including application procedures.
To be considered for the Presidents Leadership Academy a nominee must, at time of nomination,:
The President’s Leadership Academy provides a professional learning experience for action-oriented students who have demonstrated a desire and commitment to improving their community and leading with integrity.
The President’s Leadership Academy (PLA) is a selective learning experience for 20 of Southeast’s most outstanding junior and senior student leaders.
Participants get the opportunity to use their leadership skills to make a difference within their campus community. The PLA class will learn about major campus priorities and objectives in this academic year in order to propose, refine, and bring to fruition a Southeast Success Project, a group project allowing student leaders to work as a team to achieve a meaningful and sustainable influence on these goals.
Furthermore, as the top tier of the Southeast Leadership Programs, select University faculty/staff and community leaders are brought in to deliver leadership content and lessons learned from their own leadership journeys.
Participants will…
2019 PLA CLASS |
Major |
Hometown |
Rutradarshini Asokan |
Biology: Biomedical Sciences |
Seremban, Malaysia |
Alexander Bargen |
Mass Communication: Advertising |
Moscow Mills, MO |
Andrew Behrmann |
Biology: Biomedical Sciences |
Belleville, IL |
Erika Bone |
Political Science |
Jacksonville, IL |
Taylor Cissell |
Health Management: Exercise Science |
Saint Mary, MO |
Alexis Dilg |
Communications Multimedia: Computer Multimedia Graphics |
Yorkville, IL |
Gretchen Hanlin |
Early Childhood Education |
East Prairie, MO |
Kate Herrmann |
Communication Studies |
Saint Louis, MO |
Justin Jacobs |
Accounting |
Barnhart, MO |
Morgan Kaplan |
Global Cultures and Languages: Foreign Language |
Hawthorn Woods, IL |
Maja Lundell |
Biology: Microbiology, Cellular and Molecular Biology, & Biotechnology |
Stockholm, Sweden |
Andrew Marler |
Agribusiness: Ag Systems Management |
Imperial, MO |
Akilah Murphy |
Computer Science |
Saint Louis, MO |
Johanna Oster |
Management |
Fenton, MO |
Kaitlynn Ried |
Agribusiness: Animal Science |
Hernando, MS |
Madison Straatmann |
Exceptional Child/Mild Moderate Cross Categorical |
Washington, MO |
Sabina Tapscott |
Business Administration |
Springfield, IL |
Bryan Turney |
Social Science |
Tamaroa, IL |
Clayton Vassalli |
Economics: Business Economics |
Hillsboro, MO |
Caleb White |
Biology: Biomedical Sciences |
Decatur, IL |
The Southeast Success Project is the capstone and most exciting portion of the course. Students will form groups to develop a project proposal to present to President Vargas with the objective of meeting one of the following institutional priorities:
Southeast Success Projects could include anything that would benefit the campus community and aligns with the institutional priorities listed above. A few examples that fit within each category are: advising, mentorship, feedback, financial support, and interdisciplinary approaches. You may choose to propose a project that helps Southeast students engage with their community (i.e. CampRedhawk, Student Involvement Ambassadors, Transitions Academy) or improves student learning through co-curricular activities (i.e. PLA, learning communities) or supports students financially (i.e. on-campus employment, student emergency fund). Once approved, Southeast Success Projects will be assigned a mentor, who will guide the group through their planning and implementation process.
When deciding on a project to propose, consider the following:
Past Projects Include:
“PLA has been a wonderful opportunity for me, as it has taught me how to put in the
leadership skills I learned in Emerging Leaders and in First-year Leadership Program
(FYLP). I would like to encourage everyone to apply for PLA because you meet and work
along with some of the best individuals across the University. There’s so much diversity
in the way everyone thinks, and putting those ideas together helps you create a wonderful
project.”
— Mannat Varshney
Presidential Ambassador, Emerging Leaders and FYLP Graduate, SEMO Redhawk Health Educator, Study Abroad Participant to León, Spain
“PLA was a great opportunity to get hands-on leadership experience. The Southeast
Success Project gave our group a unique chance to identify a need, create a vision,
and take all the necessary steps to accomplish our goal. If you're an involved student
looking for something new, or if you simply have a desire to develop yourself as a
leader, you should apply for PLA.”
— Benny Dorris
Former Lambda Chi Alpha President, Student Government President, Emerging Leaders
Graduate
Contact
573.651.2280
leadership@semo.edu
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