<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Aptos;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;
mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#467886;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hello!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">You have been identified by department faculty and peers as a student who has demonstrated<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">leadership ability or has the characteristics to be a leader.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">You are invited to apply to become a member of the 2025-26 cohort of RLI Scholars, which<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">includes participation in a 3-credit leadership seminar during the Fall semester - ET 4950 (or ET<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">5950 for graduate students).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Highlights of the Robe Leadership Institute Seminar:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">1. Individualized attention and coaching from RLI Director Greg Kremer, RLI co-director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cody Petitt, and Adjunct Instructor and experienced CEO Dan Squiller.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2. Personal interactions and networking with a range of guest speakers – many of them<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Russ College alumni – who are at various stages of their personal and professional<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">leadership journeys and are eager to share their knowledge, experiences and lessons<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">learned.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">3. Opportunities to learn about yourself and develop deep relationships with members of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">the RLI cohort from across the college.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">4. Free leadership resources, workshops, activities (for example low-ropes and high-ropes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">challenges) and learning and development trips (designed with the RLI scholars).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">You are a good fit for the RLI seminar if<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">1. You are ready for a personal and professional growth adventure, not a lecture-based<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">class.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2. You have a desire to grow in personal awareness, a willingness to be vulnerable with<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">fellow scholars as we grow together, an interest in getting beyond comfort zones and set<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">patterns of behavior, and an open-mindedness to new perspectives.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">3. You resonate with the RLI core values –
<b>R</b>espect All, <b>L</b>earn Always, <b>I</b>nspire Authentic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Action.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">4. You will be at the junior or senior level in Fall 2025, or you are a graduate student.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">If you are interested but do not have room in your schedule for the 3-hour seminar, there is a 1-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">credit RLI select experiences (ME 4900) option where you can participate in the specific<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">activities and events that you are most interested in and that fit your schedule.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For more information, please contact Greg Kremer (kremer@ohio.edu) or Cody Petitt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(petittc@ohio.edu), or visit <a href="https://www.ohio.edu/engineering/current/leadership-integrity/robe">
https://www.ohio.edu/engineering/current/leadership-integrity/robe</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To join the RLI seminar (ET 4950) or the ME 4900 RLI Select Experiences, please use the class<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">permission process and include in your permission request a short statement confirming you are<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">a good fit for the RLI seminar (or the select experiences option).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">If you know of anyone else you think would benefit from the RLI seminar, feel free to forward<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">an invitation to them – we will be happy to talk with them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Aptos;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;
mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#467886;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hello!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">You have been identified by department faculty and peers as a student who has demonstrated<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">leadership ability or has the characteristics to be a leader.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">You are invited to apply to become a member of the 2025-26 cohort of RLI Scholars, which<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">includes participation in a 3-credit leadership seminar during the Fall semester - ET 4950 (or ET<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">5950 for graduate students).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Highlights of the Robe Leadership Institute Seminar:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">1. Individualized attention and coaching from RLI Director Greg Kremer, RLI co-director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cody Petitt, and Adjunct Instructor and experienced CEO Dan Squiller.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2. Personal interactions and networking with a range of guest speakers – many of them<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Russ College alumni – who are at various stages of their personal and professional<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">leadership journeys and are eager to share their knowledge, experiences and lessons<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">learned.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">3. Opportunities to learn about yourself and develop deep relationships with members of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">the RLI cohort from across the college.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">4. Free leadership resources, workshops, activities (for example low-ropes and high-ropes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">challenges) and learning and development trips (designed with the RLI scholars).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">You are a good fit for the RLI seminar if<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">1. You are ready for a personal and professional growth adventure, not a lecture-based<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">class.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2. You have a desire to grow in personal awareness, a willingness to be vulnerable with<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">fellow scholars as we grow together, an interest in getting beyond comfort zones and set<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">patterns of behavior, and an open-mindedness to new perspectives.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">3. You resonate with the RLI core values –
<b>R</b>espect All, <b>L</b>earn Always, <b>I</b>nspire Authentic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Action.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">4. You will be at the junior or senior level in Fall 2025, or you are a graduate student.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">If you are interested but do not have room in your schedule for the 3-hour seminar, there is a 1-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">credit RLI select experiences (ME 4900) option where you can participate in the specific<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">activities and events that you are most interested in and that fit your schedule.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For more information, please contact Greg Kremer (kremer@ohio.edu) or Cody Petitt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(petittc@ohio.edu), or visit <a href="https://www.ohio.edu/engineering/current/leadership-integrity/robe">
https://www.ohio.edu/engineering/current/leadership-integrity/robe</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To join the RLI seminar (ET 4950) or the ME 4900 RLI Select Experiences, please use the class<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">permission process and include in your permission request a short statement confirming you are<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">a good fit for the RLI seminar (or the select experiences option).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">If you know of anyone else you think would benefit from the RLI seminar, feel free to forward<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">an invitation to them – we will be happy to talk with them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>