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Leadership Institutes

LeaderShape Institute at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico

The LeaderShape Institute provides Fellows with an introduction to the Center for Responsible Leadership's programming and values, and its intense immersion experience also will lay the foundation for a learning community which will last throughout the ensuing years.  This six-day institute is held annually at Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, NM. The new CRL Fellows' journeys begin here in programming designed by LeaderShape and jointly facilitated by LeaderShape and Alma faculty and staff.  The LeaderShape Institute challenges and prepares students to lead with integrity.

Plans for the 2008 Leadership Development Institute are as follows:

  • Dates: June 16-22, 2008
  • Location: Ghost Ranch Conference Center, Abiquiu, New Mexico
  • Programming: Alma College faculty and staff in partnership with LeaderShape
  • Director: Dr. John Leipzig
  • Assistant Director: Ms. Sallie Scheide
Click to view a slide show from the 2006 LeaderShape Institute 
Click to view a website of the 2007 LeaderShape Institute
Click to hear stories from our 2006 CRL Fellows
 

International Leadership Institute

An International Leadership Institute was held at Wroxton College in Oxfordshire, England from August 1-11, 2007.  The Wroxton Centre for Global Dialogue's faculty and guest speakers provided programming on European topics, including the European Union, the UK automotive and chemical industries, environmental issues, industrial relations and national politics.  While in residence, students participated in the Centre's signature workshop on conflict resolution.  Under the guidance of Alma College faculty and staff, Fellows pursued communities of interest that linked organizations in the UK with comparable organizations and agencies in the US.  Programming at the institute links global issues to Fellows' home communities.

While at Wroxton, students had an opportunity to journey to Oxford University for a lecture on British politics.  Excursions included Stratford-upon-Avon for a performance at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and a day of exploration in London.  Alma students were even seen playing cricket on the grounds of Wroxton College during their stay.

Future venues for International Leadership Institutes under consideration are Juarez, Mexico; Johannesburg, South Africa; St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands as well as Wroxton College. 

 

Many of Alma’s pre-law graduates go on to attend prestigious law schools, including 2004 graduate Jessica Karbowski, who was accepted at Yale, Stanford and Harvard law schools and is attending Yale. Colin McGlaughlin, a 20004 graduated enrolled at Case Western Reserve Law School, is the first American to intern at the International Criminal Court at The Hague in the Netherlands.

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Student Profile

Brett Seymoure

Brett Seymoure
Graduation: 2009
Major: Biology
From: Paw Paw, Michigan
Interests: Sports, Politics

Alma’s close faculty-student interaction provides numerous benefits such as the ability to do undergraduate research on a graduate level. Alma’s professors treat students more as peers welcoming student input and collaboration on faculty projects. When students are involved in research, faculty aggressively pursue publication of findings including students as co-authors.

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