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Women’s Leadership and Mentorship Program (WLMP) Invites New Members for Fall 2015

The Women’s Leadership and Mentorship Program (WLMP) is ready to invite applications for new cohort members for fall 2015. This program is newly developed and provides leadership opportunities to selected incoming freshmen women.  If you are a freshman women (entering Fall 2015) or know of someone who is and might be interested, please see the following for more information about the program:
http://www.rmu.edu/Undergraduate/womenlead

Each woman selected for the program will receive a tuition stipend and study abroad stipend during her senior year.  The program involves partnering each woman with an upper-class peer mentor and a faculty mentor to support her during her four years at RMU.  WLMP hosts a variety of workshops, training sessions, networking events, and research opportunities for members throughout the year as well.

Take a look at the following video explaining more about the program.  The video features faculty mentor Dr. Sushma Mishra from the CIS department, as well as Meghan Riggle, a Cyber Forensics and Information Security major serving as a peer mentor in the program.  You will also hear from Cassidy Turner, an Information Systems student currently in the program.