Application for Collegiate Leadership Vanderbilt
2011-2012
Purpose
The goal of CLV is to help students define, articulate, and apply a personal definition of
leadership. Collegiate Leadership Vanderbilt:
1. Introduces students to real world leaders from diverse segments of the community:
business, religion, art, non-profit, political, etc.
2. Allows students to hear insights from these leaders and apply them to their everyday
leadership roles.
3. Asks students to choose the insights that work best for them. By the end of the
program students should be able to incorporate what they learn into a personal definition
of leadership.
Participants
Sophomores, juniors, and seniors with a minimum cumulative grade point average of
2.8 will be eligible to participate in the program. Students will be chosen based upon their
interest in leadership, campus, and community involvement. Participants must be willing
to attend all events and complete assignments.
Programming
Collegiate Leadership Vanderbilt is a seven-month program beginning in September and
continuing through April of each academic year. Each month is dedicated to a specific
theme that will allow students to interact with leaders to and to experience the different
aspects of leadership. A sample schedule from previous years appears below:
Sample Schedule of Events (topics subject to change)
All events are scheduled 4:30 PM - 7:00 PM on the third Thursday of the month unless
otherwise noted
Dinner will be provided at all scheduled events
September…………Exploring the Leader Within
October…………… Leadership in Politics
November………… Leadership Through Service
January……….…… Leaderhip in the Arts
February………….. Leadership in Business and Industry
March…………… Leadership in Sports
Full Name_______________________________________________________________
Preferred First Name_______________________________________________________
Vanderbilt Email Address___________________________________________________
Current Academic Standing:
Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
College
Arts & Sciences
Blair
Engineering
Peabody
Undeclared/Other
GPA at previous semester's end. Note, we will verify with university records:
Please list 3 organizations that you are involved in and are important to you. Tell us what
leadership position(s) you've held in each organization as well.
Organization
Leadership Position Held
Organization
Leadership Position Held
Organization
Leadership Position Held
In 1-2 sentences please give us your definition of responsibility as it applies to you, a
leader:
In 1-2 sentences please tell us one leader from a particular field (e.g. head of a non-profit
organization) that you would like to meet and why:
In 3-4 sentences please tell us why or why not it is important to learn from leaders in
fields in which you may have no personal interest:
In 3-4 sentences please tell us about either a successful or failed leadership experience
and what you learned from it:
In 3-4 sentences please tell us what you hope to gain from your participation in
Collegiate Leadership Vanderbilt:
Because we expect many applicants for the Collegiate Leadership Vanderbilt program,
we ask that you commit to attend every offered session during the 2010-2011 school
year. Are you willing to make this commitment to the program?