About the Program - High School Leadership Institute | Wartburg College

About the High School Leadership Institute

HSLI Information

Program Information

High School Student Application

College Student Mentor Application

Participant Testimonials

The HSLI allows high school students in their junior year to apply for the opportunity to participate in a summer institute where they study and practice leadership skills and service as a form of community and civic engagement. Students work under the direction of faculty and staff affiliated with the Wartburg Institute for Leadership Education.

HSLI Participants will:

Participate in team-building activities and hands-on service projects designed to expand and challenge leadership and service skills.
Travel to Chicago to work with Holy Family Lutheran School to work with their summer youth program.
Develop a community service project to be implemented in their home communities during their senior year of high school.
Work with a trained college student mentor.
Create a portfolio and submit it for review to the Institute for Leadership Education.

Successful projects & portfolios result in:

3.5 semester hours of transferable college credit for “LS115: Elements of Leadership."
Eligibility for a $1,000 renewable scholarship to Wartburg College ($4,000 value)

The institute will be held 22-28, 2012 at Wartburg College.
*Attendance at the full week institute is required*

For more information, contact michael.gleason@wartburg.edu, 319-352-8651.