This experience has shaped the way I live and will continue to shape what I do in the future.

-          Wendell Jackson, LEADer

The LEAD Summer Global Institute (SGI) enables students from the United States and their international peers to reside and attend classes for ten days together on-campus at an international university. The Summer Global Institute exposes diverse, high-potential rising high school sophomores and juniors to the fields of business, engineering and health sciences and focuses on the challenges and opportunities inherent in a global economy.

LEAD seeks to collaborate with international peers to encourage participating students to explore global career opportunities, empowering them to confidently make better informed decisions when choosing their university and career.

The goal of the Summer Global Institute is to expose students early in their academic development to the innumerable career opportunities, and to equip them with knowledge and expertise from international universities and multi-national corporations.

The goals of the LEAD Summer Global Institute are to:

• Engage students in an intense, hands-on curriculum incorporating case studies, business plans and team projects.

• Provide students with first-hand knowledge from U.S. multi-national and international business professionals through mentoring and corporate site visits.

• Cultivate an appreciation for and understanding of others’ cultures through collaboration with students from diverse countries and heritages.

• Develop students’ presentation and public speaking skills.

• Impart principles of responsible leadership.

• Engage students in cultural and social activities.

• Prepare students for college.

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS

During the LEAD Summer Global Institute, students gain increased knowledge and practical skills development in topics related to business, health and rehabilitation sciences, engineering and commerce. The content provided includes:

• Exposure to a variety of discipline topics within each track. Some of the topics include marketing, finance, chemical engineering, civil engineering and physiotherapy.
• Age appropriate, hand-on learning to develop keen understanding of both the strategy and tactics for topics covered.
• Access to organizations and facilities that provide “real world” exposure to various career disciplines.
• Skills development in “how to network with other individuals who have careers in various industries”.