The Washburn University Leadership Institute
will host the second annual Leadership Challenge Event® (LCE) at Washburn
University. On March 29 and 30, student teams from Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri
and Illinois will travel to Topeka to participate in a leadership conference
and an all-day leadership simulation.
Students will partake in a half-day leadership conference on the Thursday where
they will learn valuable and applicable skills that they will apply that day
and Friday. Friday is a unique leadership competition where student teams
perform leadership roles in addressing realistic situations and experiences in
a simulated work environment.
There are two divisions in the LCE, high school and college. There are overall
winners in both divisions as well as winners in communication and team
collaboration. The overall high school winners are awarded scholarships from
Washburn University and the college team is awarded savings bonds.
The LCE is the first of its kind and has taken root at Washburn University with
the planning of the Washburn University Leadership Institute. With the
direction of a student leader, Shea Kirsop, of Lyndon, and the generous support
of the Topeka community, the LCE is a pillar for Washburn as well as the
Washburn University Leadership Institute.
The Washburn University Leadership Institute strives to develop students into
ethical, caring and diverse leaders prepared to immediately assume leadership
roles in today’s changing society by cultivating the study of leadership and
facilitating transformational learning experiences designed to challenge,
motivate and inspire future leaders.
For more information about the LCE, contact Daphne Phillips, student director
of community and alumni, Washburn University Leadership Institute, at
(785) 865-6182 or daphne.phillips@washburn.edu.
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Amanda Hughes, university relations, (785) 670-2153
