Leadership Nevada Accepting Applications NOW!

National Education for Women’s (NEW) Leadership Nevada is a non-partisan, statewide, leadership and empowerment program of the Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Through skill-building workshops, panel discussions and thought provoking conversations, students learn to see themselves as leaders with the confidence to explore public leadership positions.

The Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, developed the innovative program in 1991 and branched out to invite other universities into its Development Network. In 2001, the Women's Research Institute of Nevada accepted CAWP’s invitation to join the NEW Leadership Development Network and in 2003, held its first program. The Women's Research Institute of Nevada at UNLV offers the only site in the southwestern and Rocky Mountain states to host this program.
During the program, you will:

• Mentor with talented and successful Nevada women leaders
• Discover your ability to lead through hands-on skills building
• Create networks with students & leaders from across Nevada
• Learn the needed tools to make a difference.
• Explore the demands of justice based, effective, and ethical leadership in a diverse society.
• Attend informal sessions with Nevada’s finest leaders in politics business, gaming, education, law, community activism, and more!

This Residential training program is scheduled for June 1-6, 2009 on the UNLV campus, and is offered at No Cost!

Meals, housing, transportation, and program materials are paid for by the Women’s Research Institute of Nevada and our community partners

ELIGIBILITY:
Open to any student attending a Nevada college or university who has an interest in learning about women’s leadership and who wants to develop their own leadership skills. Also open to Nevada residents attending school out-of-state. Seniors who are graduating in the spring of 2009 are eligible to apply.

Applications available on the website.

DEADLINE: MARCH 13th, 2009.

** We are extending the deadline through the end of March. PLEASE get your applications in as soon as possible**

Please turn in application & essay as soon as possible, the letters of recommendation can come later.

Feel free to contact Diana Rhodes, Program Director, for more information or if you have questions.