NEW Leadership Oregon

College women (and those who know them) need to know about the opportunities NEW Leadership Oregon provides. Every June NLO puts on a six-day residential conference at Portland State University to train and mentor college women for civic engagement and public service. PSU was fortunate to be chosen as one of 13 programs(at the time, there are now nearly 20 programs) around the country, led by the Center for American Women in Politics at Rutgers Univeristy.

Oregon's most influential women come to engage with college women from all over the state. In past years women like Governor Barbara Roberts, Gretchen Kafoury, Kay Toran, Delores Pigsley, Vanessa Gaston, and Gail Shibley have lent their expertise and mentorship. This year proves to be no exception with Governor Roberts, Gretchen Kafoury and State Representative Carolyn Tomei already signed on.

The program is non-partisan and open to all college women enrolled in 2 or 4 year colleges or universities in Oregon. This means private, community or state schools, graduate or undergraduate levels.

The application deadline is this Friday, April 14. The application is available on the NLO website at www.newleadershiporegon.org Questions can be ansewered via email at newleadership@pdx.edu or by calling 503-725-3137.