President's Leadership Council celebrates 43rd anniversary

Thursday, September 25, 2008

More than 80 alumni of the Oklahoma State University President’s Leadership Council program, including OSU President Burns Hargis, will be in Stillwater Saturday to mark the council’s 43rd anniversary.  
Some 100 current and recent PLC students who are still in school also are expected to attend the 3 p.m. reception at the Starlight Terrace on the fourth floor of the Student Union.
    
Hargis, who was in the first class of PLC students when it was formed at OSU by former President Robert B. Kamm in 1966, is expected to drop by and greet the guests. When he was a student at OSU the council was selected from all campus leaders. Today, the council is composed of freshman students.
   
Emcee for the program will be Sara Sheffield, a 2000-01 PLC alumna who is now a reporter and anchor for KYTV in Springfield, Mo.

“Over the years, the PLC program has affected more than 4,000 individuals and we are anxious to reconnect with each one of them,” said Stephen Haseley, director of the OSU Office of Leadership Development.  

Returning alumni also will learn about the plans to establish a new Center for Ethics and Creative Leadership at OSU from Dr. Steve Harrist, associate professor of applied health and educational psychology and Hyle Family Professor; hear plans for the major renovation of the Student Union from director Mitch Kilcrease; and learn about the PLC Scholarship Endowment Program from Haseley.