Developing Skill • Supporting Action • Building Community

2012 Summer Institute

May 21 - 25, 2012

Application Deadline:

February 17, 2012

2012 Summer Institute • May 21 – 25, 2012
Changing the Face of Public Leadership

What is Iowa N.E.W. Leadership?

Iowa N.E.W. Leadership is an intensive 5-day residential institute designed to empower women across the political spectrum and increase the participation of underrepresented groups in all sectors of public leadership. The Institute experience is built around a challenging curriculum that develops knowledge and skill in key areas, including: strategic communication, policy analysis, philanthropy, negotiation, community development, professional sustainability, relationship-building, productive engagement with difference, conflict and collaboration.

Developed by the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University in 1991, the NEW Leadership ™ network currently includes 21 colleges and universities serving women in 25 states.

The University of Iowa joined in 2007 and will hold its fifth Summer Institute May 21 – 25, 2012.

Who is eligible to apply?

      • Women students enrolled at the UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
      • Women enrolled in ANY post-secondary academic institution in Iowa
      • Women Iowa residents attending colleges or universities OUTSIDE the state
      • Women students (as listed above) pursuing degrees in ANY academic discipline

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For more information contact:

Megan Schwalm-Bell

Program Coordinator

Women's Resource and Action Center

130 N. Madison Street

Iowa City, IA 52245

Phone:  (319) 335-1486

Fax:  (319) 353-1985

wrac-newleadership@uiowa.edu