Harry T Wilks Leadership Institute

A white paper is a certain type of report that is distinctive in terms of purpose, audience, and organization. This paper was written in August of 2009 by Kathleen Knight Abowitz, Staphanie Raill Jayanandhan, and Sarah Woiteshek. Their goal in producing this paper was to:

On August 21st 2009 at the Bicentennial Convocation, nine students received the Provost Student Academic Achievement Award. The award is to recognize the students for outstanding academic achievement and notable contributions to the intellectual climate of Miami. Two of the winners, Benjamin Walker and Mike Eilers are Wilks Scholars in the Scholar Leader program.

On August the 29th the Wilks Scholars and staff traveled to Pyramid Hill for a day of team building. Pyramid Hill is a public sculpture park in Hamilton, where Harry T Wilks displays his sculpture collection on a vast campus of 265 acres. Mr.Wilks also resides on the campus in his home that he designed himself.

Jessica Reading, a 2008 Acting Locally program Wilks Scholar and a 2009 Miami University graduate, completed an Honor's Thesis on her Acting Locally work sponsored through the Wilks Leadership Institute and the Department of American Studies. Jessica's thesis was directed by Dr. Jarrett Bromberg and read by Dr. Peggy Shaffer & Rebecca Luzadis.

Local high school students gathered for a day of leadership discussion and skill-building on the Oxford campus on Friday, April 24, 2009.