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Last year's Student Leadership Academy Graduates

Do you have leadership potential?

Apply now to participate in
Randolph Community College’s
4th Annual Student Leadership Academy

Application Deadline:
Monday, Oct. 4, at 5:30 p.m.

The 2009-2010 Randolph Community College Student Leadership Academy graduates are (front from left) Yoselin Perez Vallejo, Quyen Du, Kristine Beck, Tiffany Lucas, Sarah Cooper, and (back from left) Daniel Billings, Ashley Taylor, Roman Bogdanov, and Greg Sumner.

Randolph Community College’s Student Leadership Academy provides a dynamic, intensive student leadership training/motivational experience to students who are selected in a competitive process by the Student Leadership Academy Committee.

Topics will include the following:

  • What is Leadership
  • Personality Types and Leadership Styles
  • Communication and Leadership
  • Ethics and Leadership
  • Professionalism and Leadership

Group training sessions will be held on five Tuesday evenings during the school year (light supper served from 6-6:30 p.m.; sessions from 6:30-8:30 p.m.)/ The tentative topics are listed below:

Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010 – Orientation; Speaker: “What is Leadership”; Take Myers-Briggs Test
Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010 – Myers-Briggs Results; Teambuilding Session; Project Assignment
January  18 or 20, 2011 - Portfolio Review (individual appointments)
Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 – Communication and Leadership; Being the Leader You Can Be
Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011 – Leadership & Ethics; Decision Making & Ethical Dilemmas Practicum; Professionalism and Leadership
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 – Student Presentations; Special Guest Speaker; Graduation. (Reception to follow instead of supper. Students will have the opportunity to invite family members to attend the last session.)


What is required for Academy participants?

• Participants are expected to attend ALL sessions.
• Participants will develop a personal portfolio, which will be reviewed by Human Resource professionals (due by December 3), and meet with an HR representative in January to review.
• Participants will complete a group leadership project and present the project results at graduation.

Who may apply?

Any student enrolled in a curriculum program at RCC with a cumulative GPA of 2.0 is eligible to apply. Randolph Early College High School seniors and juniors are also eligible.

How to apply?

1. Complete the following one-page electronic application, completely and concisely, and submit to cdhefferin@randolph.edu by 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 4, 2010. You may also print a blank form, fill it out, and return it to Cathy Hefferin, Office of College Marketing, Administration/Education Center by 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 4.

• 2010-11 Student Leadership Academy Application (Word format - fill out the form and submit electronically)

• 2010-11 Student Leadership Academy Application (Adobe pdf format - fill out the form and submit electronically or print and fill in by hand)

2. Each applicant must also ask one RCC faculty member to submit a confidential electronic letter of reference addressing the student’s leadership potential. This letter is to be submitted directly to cdhefferin@randolph.edu by 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 4.

Applicants will be notified of the Committee’s decision by Campus Cruiser e-mail by Friday, Oct. 15, 2010. Questions on the application process may be addressed to Cathy Hefferin, 336-633-0208 or cdhefferin@randolph.edu.