Forty-nine WPI undergraduates were recently welcomed into the university LEAP (Leadership Experience and Practice) program. Thomas Balistrieri, director of the Student Counseling and Development Center, gave the welcome address.
Created in 1996, LEAP is a four-year, self-assessment, education, training and practice process designed to help undergraduates become better leaders, communicators, team members and team builders. The program was designed by Balistrieri and by Yvonne Harrison, director of WPI's Career Development Center, and Andrea Dorow, assistant director for student activities.
"LEAP is a cutting-edge program unlike any other in the country," says Balistrieri. "It gives WPI students leadership opportunities few other universities can offer."
Following is a list of the newest LEAP participants:
James Abbatiello '01, David Freeman '01, Kenneth Mair '01, Jeffrey Sinnamon '01, Jason Walonoski '01, Michael Weber, Jonathan Acorn '01, Joy Ann Benedix '00, and Jeffrey Moore '01, Christopher Bitzas 01, Jason Cardinal '01, Zhuo Feng Chen, graduate student, John Cieciuch '00, Michael Gorse '01, Timothy Hogan '01, Matthew Lewis '01, Jared Hill '01, Daniel Lopes '01, Edwin Mercado '01, Bradford Snow '01, Moses McCall '01, Channarith Vanthin '01, Diana Marie Suggs '01, Brendan Collings '00, Timothy Dresser '01, Aaron Lopez '01, Sarah House '01 and Jesse Milton '00, Jessica Morgan '01, Matthew LeClair '01, Jared Auclair '01, Clifford Dever '01, Ben Schulkin '01, Debra Li '01, Ali Durlov Khan '01, Kenda Conklin '01, and Jacqueline Flatow '01, Patricia DeChristopher '01, Nicholas Amaral '00, David Silva '00, Kenneth J. Fountain '01, and Eric Tripodi '01, Patricia De Christopher '01, Jan-Eric Ahlfors '01, Sharad Bhojnagarwala '01, Zaheer Kapadia '01, and Angie Li '00.