Forty teens from Wisconsin, Minnesota and Arkansas will spend next week learning how to survive and thrive in a changing environment. The students are learning to be responsible for themselves. What happens to them is up to them.
Life is full of choices.
In its ninth year, the Institute is on the cutting edge of a movement that is designed to create leaders by instilling in them the values and consciousness of a socially responsible citizen, Hallatt said. Participants in the weeklong programs are middle and high school students as well as incoming college freshmen. The Institute is run through the UW-Eau Claire College of Business Center for Leadership and is staffed by university students who have taken part in Hallatt's leadership seminars. It provides an opportunity for teens to meet other teens and to become familiar with UW-Eau Claire's campus. Ken Vance, president and owner of Ken Vance Motors in Eau Claire, has been involved with the Leadership Institute since its inception when his son, Jay, was a participant.