The Women's Leadership Program, dedicated to the legacy of Elizabeth J. Somers, is a residential, year long academic program dedicated to women's leadership in the areas of social, political, intellectual, artistic, and technological fields. The WLP program is offered at George Washington University. Students that participate in the program are required to take two courses together and one symposium together each term along with living together.
Students in the WLP program are exposed to the politics of Washington, DC and explore the political and economic phases of our government. The WLP gives students the opportunity to delve into different areas of study-arts and culture, development and economics, politics, and science. The WLP program is interested in promoting and teaching leadership as it relates to women. Along with their leadership education, students are required to participate in humanities and writing classes to ensure good communication and social science and justice skills.
Designated faculty are charged with supervising the WLP program and work to ensure guest speakers, special events and field trips where students meet with women in the leadership positions are provided for. The field trips also provide interaction with mentors and connections to possible internship opportunities. This yearlong freshman program uses hands-on activities to engage students in leadership roles and is interactive in nature. Along with the WLP faculty, one graduate student is picked to advise and provide communication between student and faculty members.
The students are housed together at the Mount Vernon campus at George Washington University that appropriately enough are constructed of federal type buildings giving them the true feel of government and leadership. Students are also helped by graduate students who also live onsite and help them explore their studies by example. Students are encourage to be inquisitive in nature and explore their chosen field at the highest of levels and with the live-in community setting and graduate students there to help, students who have completed the WLP program have gained life-lasting friends and counterparts.
The forefront of the WLP program was inspired by Elizabeth J Somers who, in as early as 1868 was teaching women about leadership and political involvement in her home. Somers opened the Mount Vernon Seminary in 1875 where it thrived beyond her death in 1924. In 1970, the seminar was closed until it was acquired and re-opened by George Washington University in 1999. Today it stands as a proud institution producing women full of the legacy of Somers.
While the WLP program is located on a small campus the surrounding city is metropolitan in size and offers cultural, political, and academic learning at the highest of leadership levels. Programs may vary each year, however, will most likely include international arts and culture; globalization, economics and business; science, health and medicine; and, US and international politics. The women who choose the WLP program will be assured an exemplary education and introduced to women's leadership in Washington DC and all over the world. The legacy of Elizabeth Somers continues to shine in the women enrolled in the WLP program at George Washington University and promises to enhance the leadership and strengthen the quality of women everywhere. - 15343
Students in the WLP program are exposed to the politics of Washington, DC and explore the political and economic phases of our government. The WLP gives students the opportunity to delve into different areas of study-arts and culture, development and economics, politics, and science. The WLP program is interested in promoting and teaching leadership as it relates to women. Along with their leadership education, students are required to participate in humanities and writing classes to ensure good communication and social science and justice skills.
Designated faculty are charged with supervising the WLP program and work to ensure guest speakers, special events and field trips where students meet with women in the leadership positions are provided for. The field trips also provide interaction with mentors and connections to possible internship opportunities. This yearlong freshman program uses hands-on activities to engage students in leadership roles and is interactive in nature. Along with the WLP faculty, one graduate student is picked to advise and provide communication between student and faculty members.
The students are housed together at the Mount Vernon campus at George Washington University that appropriately enough are constructed of federal type buildings giving them the true feel of government and leadership. Students are also helped by graduate students who also live onsite and help them explore their studies by example. Students are encourage to be inquisitive in nature and explore their chosen field at the highest of levels and with the live-in community setting and graduate students there to help, students who have completed the WLP program have gained life-lasting friends and counterparts.
The forefront of the WLP program was inspired by Elizabeth J Somers who, in as early as 1868 was teaching women about leadership and political involvement in her home. Somers opened the Mount Vernon Seminary in 1875 where it thrived beyond her death in 1924. In 1970, the seminar was closed until it was acquired and re-opened by George Washington University in 1999. Today it stands as a proud institution producing women full of the legacy of Somers.
While the WLP program is located on a small campus the surrounding city is metropolitan in size and offers cultural, political, and academic learning at the highest of leadership levels. Programs may vary each year, however, will most likely include international arts and culture; globalization, economics and business; science, health and medicine; and, US and international politics. The women who choose the WLP program will be assured an exemplary education and introduced to women's leadership in Washington DC and all over the world. The legacy of Elizabeth Somers continues to shine in the women enrolled in the WLP program at George Washington University and promises to enhance the leadership and strengthen the quality of women everywhere. - 15343
