Dear Faculty and Staff Colleagues:

The Institute for Leadership Education at Wartburg seeks your assistance in the selection of first-year students to serve as Baldwin Leadership Fellows. Wartburg College has established the Baldwin Leadership Fellows program to recognize the many contributions provided by Mark and Peggy Baldwin to Wartburg College, the Institute for Leadership Education (ILE), and the leadership programs they support. Fred Waldstein, Director of the Institute for Leadership Education, and Ashley Lang, Assistant Director of the Institute for Leadership Education and Director of the Baldwin Fellows Program are responsible for program administration.

The ILE will select four first-year students each year to serve as Baldwin Leadership Fellows. The term of the fellowships will normally be 3 ½ years. This includes attendance at the Air Force Academy National Character & Leadership Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado during the second year in the program. Baldwin Fellows, working with faculty and staff affiliated with the Institute for Leadership Education, will play a role in expanding the conversation about leadership education and civic engagement on campus throughout their tenure at Wartburg.

The Baldwin Fellows will ideally come from diverse academic backgrounds and be passionate about leadership and service in the context of the Wartburg mission. We are especially interested in identifying students engaged in interdisciplinary academic programs (e.g., ACES, Environmental Studies, Leadership, Peace & Justice, Scholars Program, Social Entrepreneurship, and Women’s Studies) and in co-curricular activities (e.g., intercollegiate athletics, music ensembles, student government).
All nominees will be asked to provide the following information:

          • A statement on their understanding of leadership and its value in promoting civic engagement;
          • A record of achievement as engaged servant leaders consistent with the mission of Wartburg College; and
          • A proposed project or set of activities they hope to complete consistent with the Wartburg definition of leadership,
            “taking responsibility for our communities, and making them better through public action.”

Nominations are due Thursday, January 24,  2019.

The students nominated will then be contacted regarding the nomination and asked to complete an application if they are interested in this highly selective opportunity.

We thank you in advance for making the effort to help identify those students who you believe are appropriate candidates for the Baldwin Fellowship program.  Please contact Ashley Lang if you have any questions.