Student Leadership Institute April 26 Graduation Ceremony

The Alamo Colleges Student Leadership Institute (SLI) Tier I and Tier II student leaders participated in the 2011-2012 Completion and Recognition Ceremony on April 26, 2012, at St. Philip’s College. Alamo Colleges Administrators, Student Leadership Institute faculty and staff, and family and friends, joined the sixty scholars celebrate their hard work, joys, growth and many successes. As a group, the SLI student leaders contributed more than 9900 hours of community and college service, while maintaining a combined average GPA of 3.34.

The 2011-2012 student leaders completed an intensive, interactive program which helped build a strong foundation in leadership by providing the knowledge, skills, theory, and application to become proactive and productive leaders on campus, in the workplace, and in the community. The objectives of the Student Leadership Institute include: fostering opportunities for students to develop leadership competencies while working on projects of social and civic engagement; enabling students to network with peers, experts, and organizations; encouraging students to conduct reflection on personal leadership values and experiences; and cultivating relationships and internship opportunities with state and national leadership institutes – from academia politics, government, nonprofit and for-profit organizations.

The Student Leadership Institute is accepting applications for the 2012-2013 academic year. Applications and information may be obtained at www.alamo.edu/district/sli or by calling (210)485-0792.