{"id":6067,"date":"2020-04-30T13:55:52","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T17:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/?p=6067"},"modified":"2025-05-22T12:15:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T16:15:39","slug":"first-class-of-eastman-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/blog\/first-class-of-eastman-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Eckerd College names first class of Eastman Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”] [image_with_animation image_url=”6105″ alignment=”” animation=”Fade In” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][vc_column_text]Left to right: Sophomores Morgan Bower, Kathryn Genovesi, Alex Gordon, Leah Totman and Summer Vishnu named 2020 Eastman Leaders<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_position=”right” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” el_class=”med_text” width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]\n

Perhaps, the future is female. The catchy slogan certainly holds true for the inaugural cohort of The Donald and Christine Eastman Citizenship and Leadership Program<\/a>, which includes five ambitious Eckerd College women.<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”32″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_position=”right” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty Suzan Harrison announced on April 21 that students had been selected for the program founded in honor of retiring Eckerd College President Donald Eastman and his wife of more than 50 years, Christine<\/a>. Selected sophomores will each receive $10,000 to support completion of an individualized discovery plan, which must include participation in at least one study abroad course, an internship, a service-learning project, and additional activities that correspond with the student\u2019s academic and professional goals.<\/p>\n

The 2020 Eastman Leaders are Morgan Bower, an environmental studies<\/a> and international relations and global affairs<\/a> student from Nassau, Bahamas; Kathryn Genovesi, a political science<\/a> and environmental studies student from Titusville, New Jersey; Alex Gordon, a political science and environmental studies student from Houston, Texas; Leah Totman, an international relations and global affairs and Spanish<\/a> student from Phippsburg, Maine; and Summer Vishnu, an environmental studies and sociology<\/a> student from Mount Dora, Florida.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”32″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_position=”right” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]\u201cHaving dedicated our nearly 20 years at Eckerd to improve and enhance the student experience and each individual\u2019s potential, we are honored and humbled that this will be a part of our legacy at Eckerd College,\u201d said President Eastman<\/a> about the program. \u201cEastman Leaders will be innovators and future leaders, and I can\u2019t imagine a better way to invest in the future.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”48″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_position=”right” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][image_with_animation image_url=”6075″ alignment=”” animation=”Fade In” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”16″][vc_column_text]Leah Totman, an international relations and global affairs and Spanish student from Phippsburg, Maine<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”32″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_position=”right” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]Leah Totman found out about her good news in a happy place, on a nature hike for exercise while spending her Spring Semester at home in Maine during the COVID-19 pandemic. \u201cI saw the email on my phone. It was a fun moment to celebrate in nature,\u201d she said. \u201cI applied to be an Eastman Leader because this program is an unparalleled opportunity for me to improve myself academically while doing the things I love: travel and service work.\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”32″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_position=”right” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]Interested students had been asked to submit the start of their individualized plan, so faculty could evaluate their potential for success in the Eastman Leaders Program. Unsurprisingly, the five applicants chosen have used their first two years at Eckerd to take campus leadership roles as peer mentors, tutors, student club leaders and community volunteers.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”48″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_position=”right” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][image_with_animation image_url=”6073″ alignment=”” animation=”Fade In” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”16″][vc_column_text]Summer Vishnu, an environmental studies and sociology student from Mount Dora, Florida<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”32″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_position=”right” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]Summer Vishnu worked in Campus Activities on top of volunteering with the Edible Peace Patch<\/a>, a nonprofit that teaches Pinellas County, Florida, elementary schoolers science through growing plants and foods in school gardens. She drew from those experiences to write her individualized plan to travel abroad to New Zealand and study environmental justice and food insecurity in St. Petersburg. \u201cFor me, I can\u2019t think about the environment without thinking of the human components of it\u2014such as human impacts, environmental justice and food security,\u201d Summer said.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”48″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_position=”right” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][image_with_animation image_url=”6077″ alignment=”” animation=”Fade In” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”16″][vc_column_text]Alex Gordon, a political science and environmental studies student from Houston, Texas<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”32″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_position=”right” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]Alex Gordon\u2019s resume includes statewide leadership roles with the community organization group the Florida Public Interest Research Group Students<\/a> and as a peer mentor, a campus Admission Ambassador and in a position on the Eckerd College Organization of Students Environmental Responsibility Committee<\/a>. Still, she almost didn\u2019t apply. \u201cIt was really daunting to know only five people were going to get it,\u201d she laughed. \u201cI always feel so unqualified for anything. But a lot of people encouraged me to apply. 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Kathryn Genovesi\u2019s plan involved beautifying the campus with a sustainable solution. 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