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Freshmen joining a new leadership program at the University of Colorado at Boulder will help clean up trails and clear noxious weeds at Boulder's Chautauqua Park on Saturday, Aug. 21.
The community service project will take place between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. starting at the Chautauqua Ranger Cottage.
The Chancellor's Leadership Residential Program has about 40 CU-Boulder freshmen who are living together on designated floors in a Williams Village residence hall. The program is directed by Richard Kraft, an award-winning education professor and former vice chairman of the Colorado State Board of Education.
The idea behind residential learning is for students to share a range of coursework and experiences in the residence hall and out in the community, said Kraft, who will help out at Chautauqua on Saturday. The Chancellor's Leadership RAP includes special classes, internships with civic leaders, a "Leaders in Residence" program and community-based service activities such as the Chautauqua cleanup.
On Sept. 5-6, Chancellor's Leadership RAP students will attend a mountain retreat at the Denver Public School's Balarat Center for Environmental Studies northwest of Jamestown.
The leadership RAP is an addition to several other residential learning programs already offered at CU-Boulder, and is the first that is not directly connected to a particular school or college.
"Leaders come out of a range of academic backgrounds and are found in every occupation and profession and in every community and group in our society" Kraft said.
For more information contact Kraft at (303) 492-8450 or Peter Caughey in the CU-Boulder Office of News Services at (303) 492-4007.