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What the world needs now ismore leaders…and newprogramming
launched at TAMIU will help students step up to the challenge.
In the Spring, TAMIU launched the TAMIU Leadership Initiative, a
credit-bearing course sequence combined with community service
to help students develop their leadership abilities in real-world
applications.
The Leadership Initiative was an inspired outgrowth of the
University’s participation in the Harvard Kennedy School’s Center
for Public Leadership and its Latino Leadership Initiative (LLI). The
University has been part of the LLI for the past three years.
Recently, Laredo businessman Eduardo A. Garza Robles, CEO
of Uni-Trade, announced his gift of $50,000 to fund the University’s
continued participation in the LLI.
TAMIU Leadership Initiative students combine their classroom
learning with an organized community service. For example, TAMIU
students had a service learning experience with Literacy Volunteers
of Laredo, among other organizations. A Service Learning Expo was
held to celebrate students’ accomplishments.
Leadership students can also earn a Certificate in International
Leadership by completing four other designated courses. Classroom
instruction is supplemented by visits by notable leaders who will
provide insight into their leadership development and applied
leadership.
This semester, John Prendergast, a human rights activist focused
on stopping the genocide in Darfur,” visited TAMIU as part of the
TAMIU Leadership Initiative.
TAMIU Initiatives Focus
on Student Leadership
TAMIU
Undergraduate’s
Research
Named Best at A&M
System Conference
At the
10th Annual
Pathways
Student
Research
Symposium,
hosted last
month at
Texas A&M
University
at Galveston, Texas A&M
International University (TAMIU)
junior Biology and Chemistry
Major Amanda Garza earned the
Top 1% Award for her research
in life science.
The Pathways Student
Research Symposium attracted
over 500 Texas A&M University
System undergraduate,
masters, and doctoral students.
All presented their research
with both oral and poster
presentations.
Participants included
students, administrators, faculty,
and staff from throughout the
A&M System.
TAMIU was represented by
39 students: 16 undergraduate,
18 graduate and 5 doctoral
students.
Garza’s research undertaken
with her faculty advisor Dr. Ruby
Ynalvez aims to investigate
the potential of two South
Texas tree leaf extracts in the
treatment of AIDS. Described by
Dr. Ynalvez as perseverant and
self-disciplined, Garza plans to
continue her research.
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Prendergast in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2010
Cultivating Leadership