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PLS at 10: A Scholar’s reflection on the Presidential Leadership Scholars experience

November 13, 2025

By Niki Marin, Class of 2025 What stays with me as a Presidential Leadership Scholar is the understanding that learning never stops. Leadership requires the discipline to keep listening, questioning, and growing, even when it feels easier to stand still. While the classroom lessons shaped by the legacies of four presidents were powerful, some of the most […]

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Session 3 Recap: Vision & Communication with President Bill Clinton

April 25, 2018

This month, the 2018 Class of Presidential Leadership Scholars met for the third time at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. There, Scholars received unique insights from former administration officials on what it meant to work for President Bill Clinton, and how his gift for communicating, and the core values of opportunity, responsibility, […]

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2018 Class of Presidential Leadership Scholars Announced

January 30, 2018

Fourth annual class comprised of 59 Scholars including veterans, educators, doctors, public servants, and corporate professionals; program begins on February 6 in Washington, D.C. January 30, 2018 – Today, the Presidential Leadership Scholars (PLS) program announced the 59 Scholars who will form the program’s fourth annual class. PLS serves as a catalyst for a diverse […]

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

July 13, 2017 | Gabe Albornoz (‘17)

Watch live at 5:00 p.m. Central

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Applications Open for Fourth Presidential Leadership Scholars Class

June 9, 2017

PLS offers participants the unique opportunity to learn from the experience and leadership of the four affiliated presidents and join a life-long network of nearly 200 Scholars from the business, public service, education, nonprofit, health, and military sectors.

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2017 Class of Presidential Leadership Scholars Announced

January 15, 2017 | Jamie Scott (‘17)

60 Scholars comprised of veterans, educators, public servants, and corporate professionals to begin program on February 7^th in Washington, D.C.

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Presidential Leadership Scholars Program Announces 2017 Schedule to Cultivate Emerging Leaders

December 21, 2016

New Class of Scholars to be named in January; 121 alumni celebrated for Personal Leadership Projects

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Video: Conversation with Members of the Little Rock Nine

July 17, 2016 | Chike Aguh (‘17)

The Little Rock Nine at the Presidential Leadership Scholars graduation, July 14, 2016 from Little Rock Central High School.

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Video: 2016 Moody Foundation Conversation and Graduation Ceremony

July 17, 2016 | Brent Taylor (‘16)

The Right Honourable Tony Blair, President George W. Bush, and President Bill Clinton participated in the Moody Foundation Conversation at the graduation of the 2016 Presidential Leadership Scholars.

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2016 Class of Presidential Leadership Scholars Announced

May 25, 2016

The Presidential Leadership Scholars program today announced the 61 scholars invited to participate in the program’s second class.

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

July 9, 2015

Via USA TodayJuly 9, 2015 Kids "aging out" of foster care in Mississippi. Elderly patients grappling with chronic ailments in Washington, D.C. Students in struggling schools in Chicago. The lessons learned by the 60 participants in the inaugural Presidential Leadership Scholars program, co-sponsored by four presidential libraries, are being deployed to boost projects across the […]

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