2007-2008 Adams Academy

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The Adams Academy offers intensive, yearlong leadership opportunities designed for smaller groups of students. To become an Adams Academy graduate you must attend 10 sessions on leadership, including five required sessions, participate in a community service project and complete a reflection paper on leadership.

The required sessions are:

Leadership Theory (2-part)
Diversity in Leadership
Effective Communication
Ethical Leadership
Drake and Des Moines Resources.

Sessions offered will be presented by:

President of Drake University
Provost of Drake University
Faculty
Staff
Alumni

Special events on the Drake campus may be identified as replacing a session. For the Fall Semester two have been identified at this time: International Night - Friday, November 9 and Barry Posner - Thursday, November 29.

Other sessions will include lunch or dinner discussions with Dr. Donald Adams

The sessions will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays at 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm and Tuesdays at 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm. In order to for students to better know one another, Academy participants will be asked to select one day of the week to attend the sessions. The required sessions will be offered on each of the three days of the week.

To graduate with the 2007-2008 class the ten sessions, community service and reflections paper must be completed by Friday, March 14, 2008. The Adams Academy graduates will be honored on Friday, April 18, 2008, at the Leaders and Luminaries Student Leadership Awards Ceremony.

You will complete the requirements for graduation during the 2007-08 academic year. Special exceptions will be made for students who will study abroad during one of the semesters. Students continuing from 2006-07 must meet the new requirements. Sessions attended last year will apply toward graduation.

The Adams Academy is a leadership development program presented by the Drake University Office of Student Life. Dr. Sentwali Bakari, Dean of Students, and Jan Wise, Director of Student Leadership Programs, coordinate the Academy. The Adams Academy is supported by Thomas Henderson (LA '77, LW '80) and Nan Horvat (LW '81), Bill (AS '82) and Kathy (BN '83) Henderson (AS '82), and Timothy and Mary Henderson (BS '91) Gesiriech. The Adams Academy offers intensive, yearlong leadership opportunities designed for smaller groups of students.