The N.E.W. Leadership Institute is open to all undergraduate women in Oklahoma as well as Oklahoma residents attending a college or university outside the state. The 2011 N.E.W. Leadership program will be held May 20 – 24, 2011 on the Norman campus of The University of Oklahoma. The deadline for submission of application materials is 4:00 p.m. Friday, March 11. To apply, submit the online application.
Each year, approximately thirty students are selected to participate in this highly competitive application process. Students are chosen based on numerous factors including, but not limited to: individual leadership potential, maturity, ability to deal with challenges, and capacity to reflect on one’s own personal strengths and weaknesses, special interests, unique characteristics or diverse experiences which contribute to the N.E.W. Leadership learning goals, interest in politics, public service or public policy, and a commitment to participate fully in the N.E.W. Leadership Institute.