The Honor Code is at the heart of the University of Mary Washington’s new Student Leadership Colloquium. Supported by a $25,000 grant from the AT&T Foundation, the initiative aims to introduce students to the principles of leadership and social responsibility and to enhance critical-thinking skills. A special focus of the project will be increasing understanding and acceptance of the Honor Code and the ways in which the concepts behind it impact leadership.
AT&T Mid Atlantic President Michael Schweder presented the grant to President Richard V. Hurley in August as Mary Washington representatives and Virginia House of Delegates Speaker William Howell looked on. “I can assure you that honor is very much alive on the UMW campus,” Hurley said. The Student Leadership Colloquium is open to all students but aims to engage at least half of the underrepresented population of the entering class of 2011. The program also will target first-year students and those at risk of failing to complete their degrees.