Presidential Leadership Scholars explore lessons on vision and communication in Little Rock

04/14/2025

A 2023 Presidential Leadership Scholar is fighting back against human trafficking in Texas

03/26/2025

Turning obstacles into opportunities through the Presidential Leadership Scholars Program

03/19/2025

How a Presidential Leadership Scholar is working to increase accessibility and representation for disabled people across the world 

02/25/2025

Making community out of strangers: The impact of the Presidential Leadership Scholars Program 

02/13/2025

Presidential Leadership Scholar spotlight: Bayeté Ross Smith

by Bayete Ross Smith (‘19) , 02/10/2025

Presidential Leadership Scholar spotlight: Wade Lairsen

02/01/2025

2025 class of Presidential Leadership Scholars announced as program celebrates 10th anniversary

01/15/2025

Demonstrating leadership when it’s a matter of life and limb

12/09/2024

Leading from within: How authenticity and values shape leadership

12/06/2024

Presidential Leadership Scholar spotlight: An-Me Chung

12/06/2024

Political winds may blow, but values-based leadership remains 

10/25/2024

Presidential Leadership Scholar spotlight: Nubia Peña

10/25/2024

How one Presidential Leadership Scholar is using language to bridge divides

09/18/2024

Presidential Leadership Scholar spotlight: Randell Trammell

09/16/2024

A leadership program unlike any other

09/06/2024

Presidential Leadership Scholar spotlight: Amy Kroll

08/16/2024

Presidential Leadership Scholar spotlight: Rani Elwy

08/07/2024

Lessons in leadership: The secret sauce 

06/28/2024

2024 Presidential Leadership Scholars join alumni network

06/26/2024

Huston-Tillotson University President and CEO shares her PLS experience

06/17/2024

Presidential Leadership Scholar spotlight: Maya Enista Smith

06/03/2024

Exploring influence and persuasion in the Texas Hill Country

05/28/2024

Application opens for tenth class of Presidential Leadership Scholars

05/08/2024

Our Responsibilities as Good Citizens

05/03/2024

We can heal our nation through service 

04/25/2024

Presidential Leadership Scholar spotlight: Steve Smith

04/25/2024

Using strategic partnerships to create lasting impact 

04/03/2024

Presidential Leadership Scholar spotlight: Mozhgan Wafiq Alokozai

03/27/2024

Lessons in leadership: Going further together 

03/12/2024

Working together to create a more perfect union 

03/08/2024

Presidential Leadership Scholar spotlight: Yoon Choi 

02/27/2024

Insights from behind the curtain: The genesis of the Presidential Leadership Scholars

02/15/2024

The precious gift of PLS 

02/13/2024

Presidential Leadership Scholar Spotlight: Jared Lyon

02/05/2024

2024 Class of Presidential Leadership Scholars Announced

01/24/2024

Presidential Leadership Scholar spotlight: Rachel Korberg

12/20/2023

Presidential Leadership Scholar spotlight: Desirre de la Torre

11/30/2023

In the news｜‘My patient did not have to die the way she did’

11/28/2023

In the news｜How renewing a Bush era program for Africa will help us fend off Russia and China, boost national security

11/28/2023

Presidential Leadership Scholar spotlight: Scott Hadland

10/13/2023

Five Presidential Leadership Scholar stories we love 

10/04/2023

Presidential Leadership Scholar spotlight: Neil Grunberg

09/20/2023

Presidential Leadership Scholar spotlight: Sheril Kirshenbaum

09/19/2023

For Dallas Fire-Rescue Deputy Chief, emergency response time is personal

09/19/2023

Supporting Afghans two years after the fall of Afghanistan 

08/15/2023

Presidential Leadership Scholar spotlight: Anita Ravi

07/27/2023

Presidential Leadership Scholar spotlight: Victor Jones

06/12/2023

How to become e pluribus unum 

06/01/2023

A conversation with Jean Becker, journalist turned Chief of Staff to President George H.W. Bush  

05/17/2023

Application opens for ninth class of Presidential Leadership Scholars 

05/03/2023

What will it take to deliver a historic deal for nature?  

04/21/2023

Presidential Leadership Scholar leads first known all-woman heart transplant team

03/24/2023

NASA astronaut Captain Victor Glover on leadership, breaking barriers, and what’s next in space exploration

02/10/2023

In the news｜How videos of police brutality can traumatize many Americans

02/01/2023

In the news｜Let’s be with each other even if we don’t agree with each other

01/23/2023

2023 class of Presidential Leadership Scholars announced

01/12/2023

Achieving success in rural schools

12/05/2022

Presidential Leadership Scholar discusses ongoing protests amidst atrocities in Iran

09/30/2022

In the News｜A new approach to domestic violence

09/23/2022

Presidential Leadership Scholar influences nationwide rollout of health care tool 

09/20/2022

In the News｜Wildfire season is here. California needs to fight back smarter

08/11/2022

In the News | Presidential Leadership Scholar named Director of Illinois Department of Public Health

07/14/2022

2022 Module Six Recap: Philadelphia

06/24/2022

Welcoming our newest neighbors

06/21/2022

Addressing the workforce crisis in trade industries

06/07/2022

2022 Module Five Recap: Austin

05/19/2022

Applications Open for Eighth Class of Presidential Leadership Scholars

05/02/2022

In the News｜Save America’s Patent System

04/28/2022

2022 Module Four Recap: Dallas

04/25/2022

Scholar Spotlight: Q&A with Dr. Raymond Tsai

04/11/2022

Women’s health clinics founded by Presidential Leadership Scholar expand to second coast 

04/07/2022

2022 Module Three Recap: Vision and Communication

03/25/2022

What to read, watch, and listen to this Women’s History Month according to Presidential Leadership Scholars

03/03/2022

2022 Module Two Recap: Strategic Partnerships

03/01/2022

Leaders to Celebrate This Black History Month: Shareefah Mason

02/21/2022

Leaders to Celebrate This Black History Month: Jerry Hawkins

02/11/2022

Scholar Spotlight: Q&A with John Coleman

02/04/2022

2022 Module One Recap: The Leadership Foundation

01/28/2022

2022 Class of Presidential Leadership Scholars Announced

01/18/2022

Presidential Leadership Scholars Year In Review

12/23/2021

Presidential Leadership Scholar Stories of Gratitude

11/22/2021

In the News｜Hispanic Impact Fund to Surpass $1M Given to Local Nonprofits

by Gerardo Interiano (‘17) , 10/25/2021

Hispanic Heritage Month: Julissa Carielo

10/12/2021

In the News: National service can heal our partisan divides

by AnnMaura Connolly (‘15) and Rye Barcott (‘19) , 07/15/2021

Immigrant Heritage Month: Sameer Vohra

06/23/2021

Immigrant Heritage Month: Bing Wei

by Bing Wei (‘16) , 06/22/2021

In the News: Bowser nominates Philadelphia school official to be D.C.’s superintendent of education

06/07/2021

In the News: Harvard Kennedy School announces 2021 Alumni Award winners

by Jay Bhatt (‘16) , 05/25/2021

Applications Open for Eighth Class of Presidential Leadership Scholars

05/13/2021

Presidential Leadership Scholars Featured in Out of Many, One: Portraits of America’s Immigrants

by Mark Haidar (‘19) , Sumera Haque (‘19) , Alfia Ilicheva (‘19) , Dilafruz Khonikboyeva (‘19) , Roya Mahboob (‘19) , Thear Suzuki (‘19) , Tina Tran (‘18) , Ezinne Uzo-Okoro (‘18) and Mariam Memarsadeghi (‘17) , 04/20/2021

#ThisIsOurShot – Behind the Scenes on the Strategerist Podcast

by Sunny Jha (‘18) , Jay Bhatt (‘16) and Loren Robinson (‘18) , 03/30/2021

How to find hope in dark times

by Virginia Buckingham (‘15) , 02/03/2021

It takes a community to help overcome vaccine hesitancy: OPINION

by Jay Bhatt (‘16) and Kavita Patel (‘15) , 02/01/2021

Free education for essential workers in Michigan is expanding into a pathway toward a four-year degree

12/03/2020

Scholar Spotlight: Q&A with Brent Taylor

by Brent Taylor (‘16) , 10/07/2020

The Root 100’s list of the most influential African Americans

by Rob Gore (‘18) , 09/23/2020

100 inspiring Hispanic/Latinx scientists in America

by Ricardo Correa Marquez (‘19) , 09/18/2020

Online platform connects teens and senior to form unlikely friendships

by Michael Hole (‘19) , 08/31/2020

Pizza Hut Appoints First-Ever Chief Equity Officer

by Chequan Lewis (‘18) , 08/20/2020

An Urgent Invitation to The Movies

08/13/2020

Real Reform Comes From Civic Stamina

08/04/2020

Revitalized by summer protests, Dallas’ inequity programs fight through pandemic’s ‘gut punch’

by Byron Sanders (‘17) , 07/27/2020

Good Apple helping keep Austin fed and healthy amid coronavirus pandemic

07/20/2020

Statements by President George W. Bush and President Bill Clinton on the Passing of Congressman John Lewis

07/18/2020

Ending the Pandemic Threat: The Implications of Public Charge

by Ricardo Correa Marquez (‘19) , 06/29/2020

Opinion: Learn from pandemics of COVID-19 and racism

by Tracey Henry (‘17) , 06/29/2020

Op-Ed | Trapped: A surge in domestic violence amid COVID-19 exposes dangerous gaps in justice system

by Lucy Lang (‘17) , 06/29/2020

Jamila Thomas: The Impact of History, Education, and Mentoring

by Jamila Thomas (‘19) , 06/29/2020

We ask if people are for or against the riots while suffocating the real question: Why are we burning?

by Chequan Lewis (‘18) , 06/29/2020

Dallas and America’s History of Violence

by Byron Sanders (‘17) , 06/29/2020

Asha Varghese, Caterpillar Foundation

by Asha Varghese (‘18) , 06/29/2020

Dallas cannot achieve equity until we face the truth

by Byron Sanders (‘17) , 06/29/2020

Perspectives on Systematic Racism

06/23/2020

Statements by President George W. Bush and President William J. Clinton

06/03/2020

Notes from the Field: Sunny Jha

05/22/2020

Notes from the Field: Judge Scott Schlegel

05/18/2020

Nomi Network Program Graduates Spearhead COVID-19 Response

by Diana Mao (‘15) , 05/15/2020

Update on 2020-2021 Programming

05/05/2020

Notes from the Field: Q&A with Michael Hole

by Michael Hole (‘19) , 04/27/2020

Notes from the Field: Even Though We’re Apart, We’re Together In This Fight

by SreyRam Kuy (‘17) , 04/14/2020

COVID-19 + Cyber Crime

by Kristin Judge (‘17) , 04/08/2020

What Matters Most?

by Jane Henzerling (‘17) , 04/06/2020

It’s all one song.

04/03/2020

In Times of Crisis, Calm Always Wins

by Marta Michelle Colon (‘17) , 03/24/2020

COVID-19 Updates from the Presidential Leadership Scholars Community

03/19/2020

2020 Module Two Recap: College Station, Texas

03/11/2020

Telling the Story of Slavery and the White House

by Tynesia Boyea-Robinson (‘18) , 02/20/2020

I asked two former presidents how they accomplished big things. Their answers surprised me.

by Jay Bhatt (‘16) , 02/20/2020

PLS Spotlight: Hunter Taylor

by Hunter Taylor (‘18) , 02/18/2020

2020 Module One Recap

02/10/2020

2020 Class of Presidential Leadership Scholars Announced

01/27/2020

PLS Spotlight: Thear Suzuki

by Thear Suzuki (‘19) and Alfia Ilicheva (‘19) , 01/14/2020

Updates from the 2019 Annual Meeting

by J. Eric Wilson (‘18) , Kelly Wolfe (‘18) , Adeeti Gupta (‘19) , Marta Michelle Colon (‘17) and Jamila Thomas (‘19) , 10/31/2019

Lessons in Civility

by Scott Eisner (‘19) , 08/23/2019

Dinner For Six

by Alfia Ilicheva (‘19) , Dilafruz Khonikboyeva (‘19) , Jamila Thomas (‘19) , Scott Eisner (‘19) , Vivian Greentree (‘19) and Dan Savage (‘19) , 08/09/2019

Presidents Bush and Clinton Visit Big Thought

06/28/2019

The Power of Persuasion

06/26/2019

Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton at PLS Fifth Anniversary Celebration

06/20/2019

Applications Open for Sixth Class of Presidential Leadership Scholars

06/03/2019

Decision Points

05/23/2019

Running to Remember: Lisa’s Story

by Lisa Hallett (‘18) , 05/22/2019

Vision and Communication

04/18/2019

Remembering the Leadership of President George H.W. Bush

03/26/2019

Lessons in Presidential History

02/20/2019

2019 Class of Presidential Leadership Scholars Announced

01/31/2019

From Austin to Iraq: Two Presidential Leadership Scholars Continue to Take Action

by Sunny Jha (‘18) and Quyen Chu (‘18) , 10/04/2018

Scholar Buddy Bengel Starts Disaster Relief Fund in the Wake of Hurricane Florence

by Buddy Bengel (‘18) and William McNulty (‘15) , 09/24/2018

Developing Leaders in Healthcare

by Neil Grunberg (‘15) , 09/11/2018

Video: 2018 Graduation Featuring Presidents Bush and Clinton

07/09/2018

Meet Four Changemakers from Diverse Backgrounds Who Share a Commitment to Facing Society’s Greatest Challenges

07/02/2018

Session 5 Recap: Persuasion and influence in the Johnson administration

06/28/2018

Applications Open for Fifth Class of Presidential Leadership Scholars

06/05/2018

Session 4 Recap: Decision Points with President George W. Bush

05/22/2018

Session 3 Recap: Vision & Communication with President Bill Clinton

04/25/2018

2018 Class of Presidential Leadership Scholars Announced

01/30/2018

Video: 2017 Graduation featuring President George W. Bush and President Bill Clinton

by Gabe Albornoz (‘17) , 07/13/2017

Applications Open for Fourth Presidential Leadership Scholars Class

06/09/2017

2017 Class of Presidential Leadership Scholars Announced

by Jamie Scott (‘17) , 01/15/2017

Presidential Leadership Scholars Program Announces 2017 Schedule to Cultivate Emerging Leaders

12/21/2016

Video: Conversation with Members of the Little Rock Nine

by Chike Aguh (‘17) , 07/17/2016

Video: 2016 Moody Foundation Conversation and Graduation Ceremony

by Brent Taylor (‘16) , 07/17/2016

2016 Class of Presidential Leadership Scholars Announced

05/25/2016

[USA Today] Presidential lessons: To help foster kids, ailing seniors and more

07/09/2015

Video: President Bush and President Clinton Speak at 2015 Graduation of Inaugural Class of Presidential Leadership Scholars

07/09/2015

Inaugural Class of Presidential Leadership Scholars Announced

03/23/2015

Video: Launch of the Presidential Leadership Scholars Program

09/08/2014

[New York Times] Bill Clinton and George W. Bush Banter, and Introduce Leadership Program

09/08/2014