The following is information for the selected recipients of the Pennsylvania SSHE Women’s Consortium Undergraduate Leadership Award. The expenses for the selected recipients are paid for by IUP (lodging, meals, educational materials, etc.).
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Where: McKeever Environmental Learning Center
Goals:
- Develop and strengthen women’s leadership skills, creativity, and respect for diversity.
- Establish a network of women throughout the PASSHE and promote existing networks of women at each of the fourteen universities.
- Encourage mentoring relationships among women in the PASSHE.
- Provide for informal learning opportunities for students to interact with faculty members, staff, and administrators.
- Expand their understanding of women's issues and the potential for women's leadership;
- Help students develop campus projects to practice skills learned at the institute under the direction of a mentor on their campus.