PA RULE is another Penn State-sponsored leadership program. RULE encourages and fosters the development of community leaders from all segments of Pennsylvania by using a program of study to:
Provide an opportunity for interested citizens to explore community problems and issues from a broad socioeconomic perspective and learn how they can participate more effectively in public decision-making.
Increase participant understanding of social organizations in communities; processes by which groups make decisions; strategies by which decisions are implemented; inter-organizational networks; government’s role in helping to solve public problems; and the economic, political, cultural, and social forces of direct importance to public policy decision-making.
Eisenhower Fellows receive a custom-tailored, all-expense-paid trip for up to five weeks to one or two countries. During the trip, fellows explore different agricultural issues in other parts of the world.
Previous participants of this unique program have risen to positions of influence, and have used the international connections to bring new ideas and technologies to their communities.
The applicant must be an active farmer aged 32-45 with excellent networking avenues, demonstrated leadership experience, U.S. citizenship, and a commitment to at least 15-20 years of further active leadership in agriculture.
2010 Eisenhower Ag Fellowship Announcement (applications due August 1, 2009)
For more information about these leadership opportunities, please contact Katie Ellis.