COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO –Seventeen students from Colorado and two other states were recently selected to participate in the Chancellor’s Leadership Class, a highly selective honors program at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
CLC is a four-year leadership development program that engages students in meaningful community service, facilitates interaction with community leaders, and builds leadership skills. The students must also take courses from the leadership studies curriculum. Each student receives a $3,500 annual scholarship. This fall there will be 41 students in the class.
Several organizations and businesses in Colorado Springs provided the student scholarships. They are: El Pomar Foundation, the Joseph Henry Edmondson Foundation, Ackerman Trust, Agilent Technologies, Ent Federal Credit Union, The Faricy Boys, and Firstbank of Colorado Springs.
CLC is a member of the Colorado Leadership Alliance (CLA), a partnership between El Pomar Foundation and five university leadership programs in Colorado.
Most students begin the program at the beginning of their freshman year; however, several of the CLC scholars are current college students with at least two years remaining in their college career. The new CLC scholars, as well as their hometown and high school or previous college, are:
From Colorado:
Boulder
Ashley Mohr, University of Colorado at Boulder, Lewis Palmer High School
Broomfield
Joseph Ziegler, Legacy High School
Colorado Springs
Jared Cass, Widefield High School
Shannon Coker, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Doherty High School
Laura Collins, Liberty High School
Cecillee Duncan, Pikes Peak Community College, Douglas High School in South Dakota
Michael Miller, Coronado High School
Jessica Shierbeek, Doherty High School
Karen Stanley, Liberty High School
Greeley
James Bjorklund, Greeley West High School
Highlands Ranch
Brian Thorp, Highlands Ranch High School
Manzanola
Rosaura Padilla, Manzanola High School
Parker
Aren Moore, Chaparral High School
Pueblo
Robbie Salazar, Pueblo South High School
Allison Shafer, Pueblo County High School
From Georgia:
Chastity Harris-Kincey, Georgia College, Milledgeville, Wilkinson County High School
From Texas:
Ayme Cardwell, Georgetown High School, Georgetown
CU-Colorado Springs, located on Austin Bluffs Parkway in northeast Colorado Springs, is the fastest growing university in Colorado and one of the fastest growing universities in the nation. The university offers 25 bachelor’s degrees, 17 master’s and two doctoral degrees. The campus enrolls more than 7,400 students annually.