2018 Serene Leadership Institute Essay Contest Winners
PennWest California is fortunate to have the strong support of two highly engaged alumni. Through the generosity of Linda ’64 and Dr. Harry ’65 Serene, the Serene Leadership Institute was created at PennWest California in 2009.
The guiding principle of the Institute is “to create and maintain a comprehensive leadership development program that will integrate academic and experiential learning through study, workshops, and empowerment, that will manifest through participatory leadership. A focus shall include, but not be limited to, women, minorities and international students.”
An annual essay contest is administered by the Leadership Institute. The prompt for the contest was to: “Compose a 1500 word essay providing critical reflection on the influence of gender in leadership.”
1st place ($500) to Leah Veres for “The Good, the Bad, the Male, the Female”
2nd place ($300) to Drew Kerr for “Gender and Leadership: Evolutionary?”
3rd place ($200) to Hadeel Yaquob for “Effects of Gender on Leadership”