Leadership is Contagious
April 22, 2016
By Emma Alexander, Honors Communications Intern
Purdue University is proud to be one of a select group of partner colleges and universities affiliated with the Stamps Family Charitable Foundation to provide not only scholarships to high-achieving undergraduate students, but also assist in providing access to a variety of academic enrichment opportunities. Thanks to the generosity of Roe and Penny Stamps, Purdue established the Stamps Scholarship Program in 2011. At Purdue, students who are selected to participate in the Stamps Scholarship Program are among the country’s top students, distinguishing themselves academically and as leaders in their communities. Purdue Stamps Scholars enroll in the Honors College in addition to their home disciplinary college.This eloquent explanation of the Stamps Scholars program here at Purdue was shared by Honors College Director of Student Services, Catharine Patrone, who also serves as the adviser to the Purdue Stamps Scholars. As the Stamps program has grown in size since its foundation, it has grown even more in impact. In the fall of 2015, the Purdue Stamps Scholars became an official student organization thanks to the efforts of sophomore scholars Claire Lee and Emma Alexander. By becoming an official campus organization, the group has been able to substantially expand its effort in the areas of outreach, national involvement, and service to the community. As we learned several weeks ago, a great deal is being done in the form of service learning
Students are often expected to have leadership skills and are offered leadership roles by the start of high school. However, many students have not learned about their personal leadership style nor about how they define leadership by this time. Therefore, we hoped to hold a leadership development workshop for young students to help them to be more prepared to take on their first leadership roles.website to see the other exceptional work being done by our students and faculty.