Serenbetz Institute, Center for Women's Leadership

Serenbetz Institute, Center for Women's Leadership We believe there's a leader in everyone. Norman family. The W.F. Norman Corporation (1898) is a world leader in the production of decorative tin ceilings.

Housed in the Helen and George Washburn Center for Women’s Leadership (CWL), the Serenbetz Institute for Women's Leadership, Social Responsibility, and Global Awareness educates, empowers, and equips the next generation of women leaders. Since 2003, the Leadership, Experiences, Opportunity program known as LEO, has provided leadership certification for Cottey students. This four-level certificatio

n program blends leadership workshops, a three-credit leadership class, active campus participation, attendance at enrichment and diversity events, and service. Each of the four levels builds upon the previous level so that students move from observing leadership to practicing leadership. In 2010, the Serenbetz Institute was established to create a common experience of learning and accomplishments for every student, regardless of major. These common experiences are arranged around three threads interwoven throughout the curricula: the threads of women’s leadership, social responsibility, and global awareness. The Serenbetz Institute works with Cottey faculty to offer and incorporate additional educational and developmental experiences in women’s leadership, social responsibility, and global awareness into their classroom instruction, experiential learning assignments, and co-curricular activities. Currently, initiatives are organized into the areas of Academic Learning, Experiential Development and Outreach Initiatives. We are excited to grow and enhance the resources we provide to the Cottey College campus, the Southwest Missouri Region and the world! Historical Information: The Center for Women’s Leadership was built in 1927 to serve as a private residence for the W.F. Under the leadership of Dr. Helen Washburn, President of Cottey College 1986-2004, the property was purchased in 1997 to serve as the Center for Women’s Leadership. The Center officially opened in October 2000 offering leadership programming for Cottey students and area women and girls. The Serenbetz Institute for Women’s Leadership, Social Responsibility, and Global Awareness was established in the fall of 2010 to support Cottey College’s mission to educate women so they may realize their full potential as “learners, leaders, and citizens.” In 2014, the Serenbetz Institute was named in recognition of a gift to the college by donor Thelma Serenbetz. In August 2017, Cottey restructured the leadership programs into one streamlined program. This reorganization provides the opportunity to maintain the many hallmark programs of both the Serenbetz Institute and the Center for Women’s Leadership under one organizational unit, as well as offer resources to expand programming and services to new audiences in the future.

03/29/2020

Christine Hong talks to her audience about the struggles that can come with change and how to manage even the toughest of life transitions. She introduces her audience to the "Three R`s," a technique that can help anyone struggling with change come out stronger than before.

05/10/2019
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05/08/2019
Recognizing the students, faculty, and staff who have benefited from Serenbetz grants or programs during fall 2018.
01/29/2019

Recognizing the students, faculty, and staff who have benefited from Serenbetz grants or programs during fall 2018.

01/22/2019

Cottey leadership students led lessons with area youth this afternoon to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service. Anita Kamwendo Morgan Brown Dee Finley

Anita Kamwendo and Grace Diaz, Serenbetz Institute leadership assistants, coordinated the 2018 civic engagement efforts
11/08/2018

Anita Kamwendo and Grace Diaz, Serenbetz Institute leadership assistants, coordinated the 2018 civic engagement efforts

More photos to come!
11/06/2018

More photos to come!

Anita Kamwendo and Grace Diaz, Serenbetz Institute leadership assistants, received a mini-grant for their efforts to coo...
11/06/2018

Anita Kamwendo and Grace Diaz, Serenbetz Institute leadership assistants, received a mini-grant for their efforts to coordinate civic engagement activities on campus this fall.

A few snapshots from the Women Who Wow 2018
10/26/2018

A few snapshots from the Women Who Wow 2018

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Housed in the Helen and George Washburn Center for Women’s Leadership (CWL), the Serenbetz Institute for Women's Leadership, Social Responsibility, and Global Awareness educates, empowers, and equips the next generation of women leaders. Since 2003, the Leadership, Experiences, Opportunity program known as LEO, has provided leadership certification for Cottey students. This four-level certification program blends leadership workshops, a three-credit leadership class, active campus participation, attendance at enrichment and diversity events, and service. Each of the four levels builds upon the previous level so that students move from observing leadership to practicing leadership. In 2010, the Serenbetz Institute was established to create a common experience of learning and accomplishments for every student, regardless of major. These common experiences are arranged around three threads interwoven throughout the curricula: the threads of women’s leadership, social responsibility, and global awareness. The Serenbetz Institute works with Cottey faculty to offer and incorporate additional educational and developmental experiences in women’s leadership, social responsibility, and global awareness into their classroom instruction, experiential learning assignments, and co-curricular activities. Historical Information:

The Center for Women’s Leadership was built in 1927 to serve as a private residence for the W.F. Norman family. The W.F. Norman Corporation (1898) is a world leader in the production of decorative tin ceilings. Under the leadership of Dr. Helen Washburn, President of Cottey College 1986-2004, the property was purchased in 1997 to serve as the Center for Women’s Leadership. The Center officially opened in October 2000 offering leadership programming for Cottey students and area women and girls. The Serenbetz Institute for Women’s Leadership, Social Responsibility, and Global Awareness was established in the fall of 2010 to support Cottey College’s mission to educate women so they may realize their full potential as “learners, leaders, and citizens.” In 2014, the Serenbetz Institute was named in recognition of a gift to the college by donor Thelma Serenbetz. In August 2017, Cottey restructured the leadership programs into one streamlined program. This reorganization provides the opportunity to maintain the many hallmark programs of both the Serenbetz Institute and the Center for Women’s Leadership under one organizational unit, as well as offer resources to expand programming and services to new audiences in the future.