Sylvia Jessica Jaroslawski of Colonia, a senior nursing major at Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania, is among 35 students to complete the Widener Leadership Certificate program during the spring semester through the Oskin Leadership Institute at Widener. To earn the Widener Leadership Certificate, students must complete 18 one-hour workshops through the Oskin Leadership Institute on a variety of leadership-related topics including ethical fitness, personal courage, leadership myths and stereotypes, leading groups, decision making, and peer leadership, among others. Students must then develop their own leadership philosophy that addresses the competencies and challenges of leading oneself, leading others or leading change. Students present and explain their leadership philosophy at a ceremony and receive their certificate. The Widener Leadership Certificate program was designed to be completed in two years. Since the program was launched in fall 2013, more than 1,000 undergraduate students have participated in at least one of more than 400 leadership workshops offered by the institute.
