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Sophmore Leadership Experience Each fall, incoming sophomores have an opportunity to apply and expand their leadership knowledge during a four-day experiential learning trip, the Sophomore Leadership Experience, held at a camp in the mountains above CMC. The trip includes large and small group activities designed to give students increased self-awareness, facilitate group bonding and develop leadership skills. The program includes a day spent on Low and High Ropes courses and is put on by the Kravis Leadership Institute with support from the Dean of Students Office. KLI will subsidize this program in its entirety. View the SLE homepage for more detailed information regarding next year's Experience.
This year the program will run from August 26 to 29, 2010. An information session will be held on April 25 at 9:30pm in McKenna Auditorium. A link to the online application is available on the SLE homepage. Applications are due April 30. For further information, please contact the Jessica Briggs at (909) 607-4162.
Lifting Our Leadership Kravis Leadership Institute sponsors Leadership Day 2009 on November 2, 2009, a day of unique opportunities for students, faculty and staff interested in lifting their leadership to the next level. The day will include three main leadership development and education events: two interactive workshops and a capstone presentation and dinner at the Athenaeum. The first event will be a Life Entrpreneurs Vision Workshop Luncheon at the Athenaeum featuring Gregg '92, founding partner of New Mountain Ventures and author, and his father, Bob Vanourek P'92, a retired chief exectutive who specializes in applying ethical principals to turnaround crisis situations. Deloitte Consulting LLC will make an afternoon presentation to students interested in the consulting field. Gregg and Bob will join this presentation to help facilitate a leadership case analysis activity. The day will conclude with an Athenaeum reception, dinner and presentation by Gregg and Bob on "Creating Great Leadership Organizations: Achieving Reuslts with Integrity." For more information and to register for any of these three main events see the Leadership Day 2009 page. If you have questions about the day, contact Jessica Briggs at jessica.briggs@cmc.edu.
Step Up to Leadership The goal of Step Up to Leadership is to provide high school students with the knowledge and skills to develop leadership competence and character. The program is offered to invited participants who are nominated by their high school principal, and is held on the Claremont McKenna College campus. Applications are available from your high school activities director, guidance counselor, or from your principal's office. Inquiries should be directed to those individuals first to determine if your school is a participant in the program. Program funding is dependent on gifts, scholarships, and grants. For further information, please see the Step Up to Leadership page here, or contact the leadership programs coordinator Jessica Briggs at (909) 607-4162.
Claremont Leadership Academy The Kravis Leadership Institute conducts the Leadership Academy program, an intense nine month educational program designed to more fully develop the leadership potential of local community leaders. The program has been conducted the last several years for the City of Claremont providing leadership training for city employees and Claremont Unified School District middle managers interested in assuming increased leadership responsibility in their respective organizations. This program was developed by Professor Susan Murphy’s Spring 2003 Organizational Intervention class based on their training needs analysis. The training includes such diverse topics as Leadership Development Theory, Non-verbal Communications, Critical Thinking Skills, Persuasive Speaking and several outdoor exercise sessions. Faculty Research Grants In the summer of 1998, the Kravis Leadership Institute began awarding research grants to Claremont McKenna College faculty who were interested in research or curriculum development that investigated leadership, broadly defined. Applications are available beginning in the Spring with deadlines mid-April. Click here for current application announcement. See the list of past grant recipients here. For further information, please contact Professor Ron Riggio, ronald.riggio@cmc.edu.
Leadership Studies Sequence The Leadership Studies Sequence Program sponsored by the Kravis Leadership Institute is designed for Claremont McKenna College students interested in pursuing a career involving the scholarly study and practice of leadership, who feel that an understanding of leadership would be helpful to them in another career, or who have a casual interest in the subject. Completion of the Sequence will be noted on the student's transcript. A total of five courses from the following categories and choices are required to complete the Sequence. View the complete course listing of the Leadership Sequence.
Internships and Research Fellowships It is the mission of the Institute to enhance student knowledge of research, project management, and leadership studies. We currently offer the following internships and fellowships. Follow the links below to see complete details. Applications are available for download in PDF format (which requires Adobe Acrobat reader.) Please read our student support policy here. CMCStudent.com Web-based Entrepreneur Competition The CMC Student web-based entrepreneur award recognizes a current CMC student or group of current CMC students for web-based business planning or accomplishment. Programs can support non-profit or for-profit proposals, but must be fundamentally web-based initiatives. See further information here. Mentoring Psychology 103, Mentoring The Kravis Mentoring Program at Claremont McKenna College was developed by Susan E. Murphy, Ph.D., and is sponsored by the Kravis Leadership Institute. Through a partnership with El Roble Intermediate School in Claremont, the program brings together local seventh graders and college students who participate in group activities and individual mentoring relationships. College students in the program earn one full credit for this course that covers two semesters. Group activities include weekly after school meetings, occasional field trips outside the community, and community service projects in the local area. See further mentoring program information here. Workshop: Multiple Intelligences for Leadership This workshop will show participants how multiple domains of intelligence play a part in effective leadership. Based on the latest research in this emerging area, and conducted by one of its leading scholars, participants will learn about definitions of multiple intelligences, how they are measured, and their applications to effective management and leadership. Drawing on a three-component model (verbal intelligence, emotional intelligence, social intelligence), Dr. Riggio presents what scholars actually know about how these important abilities affect leadership – separating the truth from the myths and hype. Aimed at educated, professional managers/leaders, this workshop will not only inform participants regarding multiple domains of intelligence, but participants will receive some basic indication of their emotional and social intelligence strengths via a short assessment. See further information on this workshop here. Return to top |
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