{"id":151,"date":"2022-12-16T13:23:39","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T18:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/admissions\/?page_id=151"},"modified":"2025-12-02T13:04:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T18:04:14","slug":"leader-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/admissions\/apply\/firstyear-scholarships\/leader-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential Emerging Leaders Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Admissions<\/div>

Presidential Emerging Leaders Program<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
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What kind of leader will you be?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Presidential Emerging Leaders Program (PELP)<\/a> is a one-year leadership development program designed to help first-year students create lasting friendships, make meaningful connections across campus, and develop their leadership profiles. Selected students participate in personal leadership development, team building, skill-building sessions, and networking with campus influencers, including University President Troy Paino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participants spend the year immersed in various learning opportunities to explore what kind of leader they aspire to be. Participation in this program will serve as a solid springboard to future engagement opportunities on and off-campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This program is open to all majors and requires no prior leadership experience or knowledge. Participants will receive a $500 ($250 at the start of each semester) monetary award to their student account to assist with covering their student bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Learning Outcomes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n