Summer 2008
Rising Collegiate Leaders Summer Leadership Program

May 2008 might hold one of the most incredible and memorable opportunities of your life.   

Through a partnership between The Lott Leadership Institute and the Office of Outreach at the University of Mississippi and a leading university in Mexico, the Instituto de Tecnologia y Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), This summer twenty students will be selected to participate in a program from May 12-25 that will allow them to learn firsthand about U.S.-Mexico relations and to focus on becoming effective leaders in Mississippi’s increasingly diverse communities.

Students will spend the first week of the program on the Oxford campus of The University of Mississippi and the second week in Mexico at the Pachuca campus of ITESM while participating in a three-hour seminar in Public Policy Leadership.

The Oxford portion of the program will involve lectures and activities on campus. While in Mexico participants will visit Chapultepec Park and the Zocalo in Mexico City as well as spend time on the ITESM campus. The Mexico portion of the program will also offer students the opportunity to meet with local business owners and experts in U.S.-Mexican relations, engage in team-building activities at a resort in the hills outside Pachuca, and have the opportunity to meet and socialize with ITESM students.

Program Specifics

Dates:
Students will be in Oxford May 12-20. The group will leave for Mexico on May 21 and return to the United States on May 25.

Cost:
Participants will receive a scholarship for tuition, housing, transportation, health insurance, and some meals. Not included in the scholarship are the cost of passport fees, some meals, and personal expenses.

How to Participate:
The president of each community college in Mississippi is asked to nominate 3 students. From these nominees twenty students will be selected by the Lott Leadership Institute on the basis of their application materials.

Application Packet:
Once nominated by their college, students are asked to submit the following materials to the Lott Leadership Institute for final selection:

• Student Information Form
• Personal Essay
• Please answer the following question in a clear, thoughtfully prepared short essay (about 250 words). Your essay should be typed on plain, white paper and should include your name in the upper right corner.
• Introduce yourself and present your reasons for wanting to participate in the Rising Collegiate Leaders Summer Leadership Program.
• Tell us about strengths and special interests that may not be evident in the other materials you have submitted.
• Explain why you are a strong candidate for the program, referring to your educational and leadership achievement, intellectual and personal interests, and career goals.
• Official transcript
• Application for Admission to the University of Mississippi
  • Submit with other materials to Study Abroad Office.
  • Application fee is waved.
• Copy of passport
  • A valid U.S. passport is required for travel to Mexico.
  • For more information on how to apply for a passport, please click here.

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