UWA CARES announces Summer Leadership camp

The University of West Alabama’s Center for Achievement, Retention, and Enrichment Services (UWA CARES), which is fully funded by a grant awarded from the U.S. Department of Education, will host two 2017 Summer Leadership Camps for rising, Senior high school students May 30-June 3, 2017 and July 26-30, 2017. There is no cost for camp participants.

Students selected to participate in these residential camps must meet the following criteria: be African American males attending high school in Choctaw, Clarke, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Pickens, Sumter, or Wilcox counties and be selected by their high school counselor. The purpose of the leadership camps is to facilitate the development of leadership skills, critical thinking skills, and team-building skills and increase motivation and self-esteem in African American, male students. For additional information or an application packet, please contact Hayley Johnson at 205-652-5542 or Lasandra Patrick at 205-652-3472.