Walton College Students Complete Leadership Walton Program
Leadership Walton
The George W. Edwards Jr. Career Development Center is proud to recognize this semester’s graduates who have completed the required components of the Leadership Walton program. In addition to the 45 students who finished in May, nine students finished in December. These 2013 graduates were honored at a ceremony on May 10. Each received a certificate of completion and gold honor cord to wear at commencement. Only 200 students are selected to join the program each year; and since the program began in 2007, only 178 other students have completed the program and received these honors.
Leadership Walton is a developmental program that enhances students’ experiences in the areas of leadership, career development and academics. The program is managed by the George W. Edwards Jr. Career Development Center in the Sam M. Walton College of Business. For more information, please visit: http://waltoncollege.uark.edu/career/lwoverview.asp.
Contacts
Sara Phillips,
Walton College Career Center
575-6415,
sphillips@walton.uark.edu
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