The art of living a courageous life
Sheri Hunter, ’89 alum, shares her insights on the power of adventure and the importance of giving yourself space to grow.
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Every year, 15 students each from College of Engineering and Computer Science, the College of Business and the College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters are invited to participate in the campus's Emerging Leaders Program which offers cooperative education and internship students an opportunity to develop personal leadership knowledge and skills.
Building on a variety of leadership concepts, students are given the opportunity to meet with community leaders, work in small teams and develop personal leadership skills to help them launch their careers upon graduation. The program culminates with a Leadership Summit in which community leaders come to campus and share their perspectives of leadership with a larger community.
The most recent Leadership Summit in December welcomed back two alumni--Sheila M. Fontana ('83, B.S.), vice president of global capital markets for Comerica Bank, and Rick V. Morrone ('81 A.B.), vice president of the General Motors/Delphi Control Plan at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan-who joined U-M alumnus Richard Sheridan, president and chief executive officer of Ann Arbor-based Menlo Innovations LLC, in speaking to students about past challenges they've faced and how they overcame them, as well as how they do business. The panel also commented on what, in their experience, is needed to tackle the challenges society faces currently and those in the near future.
In the photo above, students who participated in the 2010 Emerging Leaders program pose with (from left, seated in middle at table) Mike Callahan, internship director for the College of Business; Patti Jones, co-op director for CASL; and Anthony DeLaRosa, co-op director in CECS. In the photo below, students chat with alumna Sheila Fontana (far left) during the networking lunch portion of the Leadership Summit in December. Fontana returned to campus to share with the students her business experiences as vice president of global capital markets for Comerica Bank.
