Current Scholar News
March 31, 2009
Oppenheim Awarded 2009 General Hugh Shelton National Leadership Scholarship
Kaitlyn Oppenheim, the daughter of Kristine and U.S. Army Officer Jeffrey Oppenheim, has been named the General Hugh Shelton National Leadership Scholarship recipient for the 2009-2010 academic year at North Carolina State University.
The national scholarship is supported by the General Hugh Shelton Leadership Endowment in the NC State Foundation. It includes a $10,000 annual renewable support toward NC State tuition, fees, and housing, etc. In addition, the recipient receives an annual stipend to fund student leadership enrichment experiences including leadership retreats/seminars, internships, study abroad, the Shelton Leadership Forum, and self-designed learning experiences.
Kaitlyn comes from a diverse international background spending the last seven years abroad living in countries such as Brussels, Belgium and currently Moscow, Russia. She was elected Class President four times and served as the Vice President for her transnational school in Moscow, where she learned how to manage and lead a multicultural student body that is comprised of over 67 countries. In addition, Kaitlyn was inducted into the National Honors Society at the end of her sophomore year and continued to contribute until she was a senior. During her sophomore year, she has also attended a DoDDS Professional Technical Studies Expo placing her team 2nd in Europe in a structural engineering competition.
As a service to her community Kaitlyn has volunteered in the Hurricane Katrina Relief and the Kids in the K(C)ommunity service group, which aids orphans and animal shelters in her local neighborhood. Not only is she extremely dedicated to her work and her community, but she also is passionate athletically; participating in track, softball, basketball, skiing, and volleyball, becoming the DoDDS Europeon Champions and CEESA Champions two years in a row for volleyball and basketball. As a true leader and a visionary her goal is to someday provide to orphans in Moscow a place to live and a guardian to protect them. Kaitlyn plans to spend the next four years in America joining the N.C. State Wolfpack and will pursue her interest in the field of Aerospace Engineering. Kaitlin becomes the first child of an active duty military family to win this prestigious scholarship.
January 20, 2009
NC State nominates Halli Sigal for Truman Scholarship
Halli Sigal, a Shelton-Caldwell Scholar studying animal science and zoology, has been nominated by NC State for the prestigious Truman Scholarship, which provides financial support for graduate study for students who are “committed to making a difference through public service.”
Each year, the Truman Scholarship Foundation selects 60-65 college juniors who demonstrate high academic potential and a commitment to public service. Recipients receive up to $30,000 in funding for graduate studies in the public service field and assistance with career counseling, internship placement, graduate school admissions, and professional development. They are also invited to participate in activities from Truman Scholar Leadership Week to The Summer Institute. After finishing their graduate degree program, students are required to complete three years of public service.
In her three years at NC State Halli has been an active part of the campus community, assuming leadership roles in the Pre-Vet Club and the Zoology Club. In the summer of 2008, she collected field research on Karongwe Game Reserve during a summer service expedition with Global Village International in South Africa.
To learn more about the Truman Scholarship Program, visit: http://www.truman.gov/.
September 30, 2008
Shelton Scholars Participate in First Weekend of Service
In September, Shelton Scholars joined volunteers with the North Carolina Coastal Federation to plant trees and maintain rain gardens at Hammocks Beach State Park for the first Shelton Weekend of Service.
“This weekend gives something back to the local community and provides an opportunity for the scholars themselves to come together and learn about one another’s differences and commonalities and grow as servant leaders,” Debbie Reno, the Shelton Leadership Center’s coordinator for educational programs and training, told The Jacksonville Daily News.
Besides a chance to dig their hands – and their boots – into the sandy soil to pitch in, the weekend was an opportunity for reflection, bringing together students from the center’s diverse scholarship programs to reflect on their responsibilities as leaders in their communities.
After the work finished, scholars had a chance to meet with Gen. H. Hugh Shelton, the executive director of the center. Shelton, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, invited the students to his Morehead City home for a cookout and an opportunity to talk, in-depth, about their experiences at NC State and his own experiences as a values-based leader.
To read coverage of the Shelton Weekend of Service, visit: http://www.jdnews.com/news/service_59722___article.html/leadership_scholars.html.