[growth > leadership learned]

Aside from the McDonough Center, below are a few opportunities I had to deepen my understand of leadership:

> The LeaderShape Institute (07)
> Mid-American Greek Council Association Conference (07)
> McDonough Executive-in-Residence Leadership and Communication Campaign Challenge (07)
> Delta Tau Delta Capital Leadership Academy (Washington, D.C.) (06):
    Stephen Covey’s Seven Habits of Highly Effective Leaders

> Delta Tau Delta Northern Division Leadership Conferences (06 &  07)
> Delta Tau Delta Karnea Leadership Conference (06)

[growth> associations and honoraries]

Below are a few associations or honoraries with which I am involved:

> International Leadership Association (ILA)

> Ohio Communication Association (OCA)
> Southern Writing Center Association (SWCA)
> Academy of American Poets
> Lambda Pi Eta (Communication honorary)
> Sigma Tau Delta (Literature honorary)
> Order of Omega (Greek leadership honorary)
> Pi Kappa Delta (Forensics honorary)

[growth > essays and reflections]

Below are a selection of essays in which I consider themes or reflect on my experiences throughout my leadership development at the McDonough Center.

> Reflection essay on my application to the McDonough Leadership Program.
In this essay I reflect on the application I completed four years previous in order to gain admittance into the McDonough Leadership Program.

> Reflection on my Leadership Practice Inventory.
In this essay, I comment on the results of my Leadership Practice Inventory (LPI), in which three observers' perceptions of me and my leadership and my own self-perceptions were compared.

> "Leadership for What? A McDonough Scholar's Statement"
In this short piece, I present a culminating vision for why I have studied leadership and why it will continue to be an important part of my life.