Application

2013 Summer Leadership Institute Application

Deadline and Submission Details
  • All materials should be completed and received by the Center for Responsible Leadership by March 15, 2013.
  • Please provide an unofficial copy of your transcript (available from your Alma portal or from the registrar’s office). You may request that it be e-mailed to CRL by the registrar or you may bring a paper copy to the CRL Office in the Center for Student Opportunity, located in VanDusen.

NOTE: All of the fields below must be completed. If you don’t have a cell phone or minor then please enter ‘none’ (without quotes) in the appropriate field.

A. Student Information

Your Name:
Grad Year:
Campus Mailbox:
Alma E-mail address:
Cell Phone:
Campus Phone:
Home Street Address:
Home City:
Home State:
Home ZIP Code:
Major or Anticipated Major:
Minor or Anticipated Minor:
Faculty Advisor:
One other Alma reference (faculty or staff) that CRL may contact:

B. Short Answer Questions
Please limit your answers to one paragraph and no more than 750 characters, including spaces and punctuation.

 

Question 1:
CRL’s motto is “Scholarship, Stewardship, Leadership.” Explain how you think these three are related to each other.

 

Question 2:
Explain why you are interested and willing to be intentional about developing your own abilities as a leader.

 

Question 3:
List any specific curricular and co-curricular experiences you have had (speakers, seminars, academic classes, service-learning courses, campus/community service projects, alternative break, etc.) that increased your interest in leadership or your personal commitment to developing your service and leadership abilities.

 

Question 4:
In your opinion, what are the major issues or opportunities that everyone in your generation must respond to in order to create a better world for the generation that will follow yours? Regardless of your chosen or anticipated field of study, how do you see yourself contributing to and/or leading the response of your generation to the issue(s) you’ve identified as important?

 

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Graduate Profile

Caitlin Borchard

Caitlin Borchard
Graduation: 2007
Major: Communication

Caitlin Borchard ’07 is happy to celebrate Alma College’s Scottish roots, but she also loves her Greek connections.

“I decided to go through recruitment into Greek life just for fun and ended up finding my home in Alpha Xi Delta,” she says. “Not only did I make lifelong friendships, it gave me so many leadership opportunities and really helped me come out of my shell.”

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