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Cargill Invests in Programs to Accelerate Inclusive Leadership
USAgNet - 09/19/2017
Cargill, a global agriculture, food and nutrition company, has given Kansas State University more than $600,000 in continued support of Project IMPACT and development of the Cargill Leadership Acceleration Program.
As an original and ongoing Project IMPACT contributor, Cargill's partnership supports the university's recruitment and retention of multicultural students with interests in agriculture, business and engineering. Project IMPACT serves 170 scholars from their
freshman through senior years with a focus on leadership development. Cargill's investment also includes resources toward recruitment programs that support historically underrepresented students with mentoring and scholarships.
"Working together with Cargill, we have accomplished a great deal," said K-State President Richard Myers. "Together, we have increased multicultural student enrollment by 82 percent in targeted programs. K-State's commitment to growing the cultural
diversity on campus and expertise in agriculture, engineering and business aligns with Cargill's values as they address the challenge to sustainably nourish a growing population."
The latest Cargill gift also will advance the Staley School of Leadership Studies' development of the Cargill Leadership Acceleration Program, known as Cargill LAP. This program will create a supportive environment to increase the school's capacity to prepare
and empower students across the university to exercise leadership in their communities and global workplaces. Cargill LAP participants will practice leadership skills necessary to work confidently, cross-culturally and in an era of complex and continual change.
"Cargill's partnership increases the Staley School of Leadership Studies' capacity to fulfill our mission of developing knowledgeable, ethical, caring, inclusive leaders for a diverse and changing world," said Mary Tolar, the Mary Lynn and Warren Staley chair for
leadership and director of the Staley School. "The Cargill Leadership Acceleration Program creates a common thread to link the Staley School's activities across the university and increases our capacity to prepare students as workplace and community leaders."
Support for the Cargill College-for-a-Day, Summer Bridge and Relationship Recruiting programs will continue with this gift and ensure students in grades seven to 12 and incoming freshmen from across Kansas will have the opportunity to experience a college
campus and envision their educational future beyond high school.
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