Fifty-Five Students Complete Emerging Leaders Program
Emerging Leaders graduates, fall 2015.
The Emerging Leaders program, sponsored by New Student & Family Programs, is an exciting and engaging leadership development program designed for first-year students and others seeking to enhance their leadership skills.
This eight-week leadership series aims to build and develop students' leadership skills, team building abilities, leadership knowledge base, and self-awareness. Students commit one and a half hours a week to this highly interactive series, which uses experiential learning to explore various leadership topics, including: personal values, service, diversity, ethics, communication, conflict, professionalism, mentoring, and management.
The program challenges students to view leadership from a different perspective while gaining skills that will lead to positive, effective change in their communities. This year, the participants contributed to the campus and community through the Razorbacks Read Little Library Build.
During Emerging Leaders sessions, students worked with positive change agents-ranging from their peers to staff and graduate students who have held leadership roles. Participants worked in small groups and participated in numerous discussions and activities that demonstrated what they learned and how they could make a difference at the University of Arkansas.
Two sessions of the program were offered for student participants. For the fall 2015 semester, fifty-five students completed the Emerging Leaders program. Fall graduates include:
- Addie Jones
- Alex Jones
- Ally Braggs
- Andy Cubias
- Aubrey Dunteman
- Bailey Zimmerman
- Billy Pope
- Blake KuyKendall
- Bobby Steakley
- Brianna Cazer
- Chloe Riggs
- Christina Gilbert
- Colt Malloy
- Deja Middleton
- Grant Damico
- Hannah Burns
- Ithaly Sanchez
- Jada Gaspard
- Jalesa Fearson
- Jameshia Alexander
- Jax Hopkins
- Julianna Tidwell
- Julien Kabagema
- Justice Mitchell
- Katelyn Barnett
- Kaylin Oliver
- Kelley Loaeza
- Kelsey King
- Khloe Benton
- Leonides Moreno Miranda
- Lyndsey Nyland
- Manasa Veluvolu
- Maria Mariscal
- Mattea Jones
- Matthew Delmarty
- McKenna Orcutt
- McKenzie Barnes
- Michael Potts
- Miranda McGhee
- Nathan Hemby
- Raquel Romero
- Rashi Ghosh
- Samantha Hellman
- Samara Cervera-Lopez
- Sara McCarter
- Savannah Seals
- Sharae Bowens
- Sharnika Lowe
- Sophia Vincent
- Tamara Jefferson
- Taylor Johnson
- Trey Kardaras III
- Veronica Torres
- Victoria Fields
- Yvonne Dominguez Matadamas
For more information about the Emerging Leaders program or to register for the spring cohort, please contact Matthew Meyers in New Student & Family Programs at mgmeyers@uark.edu or by phone at 575-5002. Information can also be found at leadership.uark.edu.
Contacts
Matthew Meyers, program coordinator
New Student & Family Programs
479-575-5002,
mgmeyers@uark.edu
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