LASU Student Gets Scholarship To Attend Summit On Leadership In USA
A 300-level student from the Department of History and International Studies, Faculty of Arts, Lagos State University, Mr. Pelumi Olugbenga has emerged as one of the five newly selected Hesselbein International Scholars from Africa who will participate in the 2017 Hesselbein Global Leadership Summit in United State of America.
This was contained in a statement made available by the school management on Tuesday.
The Hesselbein Global Leadership Summit which holds at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States offers participants a transformative, globally-minded leadership experience. Through the Hesselbein Student Leadership Summit, exceptional and dynamic student leaders from around the world converge in Pittsburgh for an intensive four-day experience.
According to the statement, “These outstanding and phenomenal student leaders participate in interactive workshops, receive mentorship from government and business leaders, and take part in hands-on problem solving sessions.
“Mr Pelumi’s successful selection was by no means an easy feat. Out of several applications from accomplished university students across the globe, fifty (50) Student Leaders were eventually selected across the six(6) continents of the world with only five(5) from Africa – including Mr Pelumi Olugbenga as the new set of Hesselbein International Scholars.
” The globally competitive selection process demands interested student leaders across the world to summit requirements such as : a well crafted current curriculum vitae (C.V), personal essays on challenges and achievements as a student leader, individual thoughts on leadership approaches and policies that will facilitate a drastic change in the world, innovative ideas on global development issues, community service amongst other stringent requirements. ‘
The management stressed that Pelumi’s Hesselbein scholarship covers his tuition, feeding, accommodation, transportation and other expenses in the Academy. Upon his completion of the Leadership Summit,
They said, Pelumi will be conferred with a prestigious Fellowship of Hesselbein Global Academy for Student Leadership and Civic Engagement, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
