MISSION: Foster the development of student leaders while emphasizing self-knowledge, initiative, commitment, collaboration and experiential learning; to promote the ideals of citizenship and community service; and to extend the opportunity and duty of leadership to all individuals within the Furman community and beyond.

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Incoming Freshman and rising Sophomores are eligible to apply.

 

Completed applications will be reviewed by an application committee comprised of staff and students. We will select a number of students to interview and then select a New Fellows class of 25 participants for the Shucker Leadership Institute.

 

You can submit your application electronically to Dianne.Alexander@furman.edu OR mail to:

            Shucker Leadership Institute

            c/o Dianne Alexander

            3300 Poinsett Highway

            Greenville, SC 29613

 

Once we have received your application, we will send you a confirmation email. Click here to save/print the application or see below.

 

If you have any questions, contact Kim Keefer, Director of Shucker Leadership Institute at 864-294-3091.

 

Meetings in the Fall will be weekly on Wednesdays from 4-5:30pm so please plan your class schedule accordingly.

 

 

Name:________________________________________

Home Address:_________________________________

                         ________________________________

 Email Address: ________________________________

 Furman Graduating Class: _______________________

 Intended Major: ________________________________ 

 

Short Answer Questions

    Please answer the following questions to the best of your ability. We hope to use these questions
to get to know you better. There is no minimum or maximum length. You will be selected for an 
    interview based on your resume, letter of recommendation, and your answers to these questions.

         

                        1. If you had a blank wall in a city as your personal canvas, what would you do with it?

                         2. What outrages you?

                         3. What is your personal definition of Leadership?

               Please send your completed Application along with the following:

-          Current Resume

-          One Letter of Recommendation from a non-relative

o   Incoming Freshman- preferably from High School teacher/coach/advisor

o   Rising Sophomores – preferably from Furman advisor/professor/mentor/coach

 3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, SC 29613 | Phone: (864) 294-3094 | Fax: (864) 294-3096