President's First Year Leadership Council
The President’s First-Year Leadership Council is a prestigious opportunity for 25 outstanding first-year students to grow as leaders within the close-knit community Roanoke College has to offer. Members engage in personalized leadership development, explore academic and career pathways, all while building meaningful connections with peers, faculty, and upperclass student mentors.
Benefits to students
- Build connections with faculty, staff and upperclass student mentors.
- Attend a fall and spring retreat with the President and council members.
- Engage in opportunities to shape the Roanoke College student experience like offering direct feedback and ideas to leadership and community organizers.
- Connect with future internship opportunities.
- Foster meaningful friendships with like-minded, curious, driven, and thoughtful peers.
- Participate in monthly meetings with the President and senior leadership at Roanoke College.
- Enjoy monthly lunches with the council to discuss upcoming events, current experiences, and themes.
- Attend dinner at the President’s House (Fishwick House) during the fall and spring term to discuss first-year experiences.
"Spending time with the council never fails to inspire me! The students we get to gather around the table with are incredibly bright, hopeful, and energizing. We get to have rich conversations about purpose and life and becoming... the stuff that real growth and discovery is made of. Our students on the council offer invaluable insight into the Roanoke College experience and they get to play a key and direct role in the world-class educational opportunities we provide here."
Dakota Farquhar-Caddell
