{"id":14840,"date":"2018-12-12T23:11:35","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T23:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/news\/2018\/12\/12\/clark-announces-first-graduates-of-emerging-leaders-institute\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T14:26:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:26:44","slug":"clark-announces-first-graduates-of-emerging-leaders-institute","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2018\/12\/12\/clark-announces-first-graduates-of-emerging-leaders-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"Clark announces first graduates of Emerging Leaders Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n

Social-change model used to prepare first-year students for leadership roles <\/p>\n

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Clark University recently celebrated its first class of undergraduate students inducted into the campus’ Emerging Leaders Institute (ELI), a six-week leadership program created by Kamaro Abubakar<\/a>, assistant director of campus life.<\/p>\n

Thirty-seven students received certificates from Abubakar and President David Angel<\/a> in a Dec. 5 ceremony and luncheon in Dana Commons’ Higgins Lounge.<\/p>\n

“You’ve been taught a very progressive model of leadership, and the kind of leadership that we hope is taking root in this country and this world,” Angel said. “People are gravitating to this model of leadership and moving away from leadership that is based upon power over people, and the arbitrary use of authority.”<\/p>\n

He added, “I can’t wait to see your mark on Clark four years from now, and what you’ve done.”<\/p>\n Kamaro Abubakar, assistant director of campus life\n

Abubakar launched the program this fall to prepare first-year students for leadership roles on campus. He designed the program  — which is co-funded by Campus Life and and co-funded by the Brian K. Yee ’93 — based on Clark’s LEEP curriculum<\/a> and the Social Change Model (SCM) of leadership development<\/a>. Developed in the 1990s by higher education professionals, SCM teaches students how to become collaborative, socially responsible leaders who effectively address complex social issues.<\/p>\n

“ELI is a well-known program in many institutions,” Abubakar said. “But the difference with this one is that we developed a curriculum to associate with it, and there’s going to be an outcome and a continuous solution moving forward.”<\/p>\n

ELI matches participants with peer mentors serving in various roles on campus: student athletes, peer advisers, residence advisers, and members of the National Residence Hall Honorary.<\/p>\n

Abubakar organized the program around “7Cs,” each related to Clark’s LEEP Learning Outcomes. Faculty and staff mentors led weekly sessions on the topics:\n<\/p>\n