Honors Student Selected to Attend National Sigma Phi Epsilon Leadership Development Program
Honors Student Selected to Attend National Sigma Phi Epsilon Leadership Development Program
Bowen Flowers, a finance major from Williamson, Ga. and one of the top 120 undergraduate Sigma Phi Epsilon members in the country, was recently selected to attend the Ruck Leadership Institute, a five-day interactive program with fellow undergraduate leaders of Sigma Phi Epsilon (SigEp) and alumni facilitators.
Chosen from a pool of more than 15,000 undergraduate members of the fraternity, Bowen said he was not sure what to expect at the gathering. “We got into teams right away and had to figure out how to work together with a lot of unknowns,” the Georgia Southern junior said.
Flowers maintains a 3.64 GPA and is involved in the University Honors Program, College Republicans and Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society. “My business courses give me the technical knowledge I need in business, but this leadership training has shown me how much I have to work on myself to get results from others,” he said.
The Ruck Leadership Institute focuses on the leadership principles espoused in The Leadership Challenge, co-written by Barry Posner, a nationally renowned leadership expert and SigEp alumnus. The program supports the SigEp mission: building balanced men.
Brian Warren, executive director of the fraternity, said, “I am confident that these students will go back to their campuses ready to take on leadership roles with new skills and determination, as I did when I completed the program in 2002. The opportunity to learn from the most talented and highly accomplished leaders in our fraternity gives these young men a distinct advantage as they embark on their careers.”
The Ruck Leadership Institute is named in honor of Frank J. Ruck, a former Grand President of SigEp and a visionary in developing leaders.
Sigma Phi Epsilon, established in 1901, is one of the nation’s largest fraternities, with more than 15,200 undergraduates on 240 campuses across the United States. Its mission is building balanced men, which is achieved through a four-year member development program that has contributed to a fraternity-wide GPA of more than 3.15, a focus on the principles of a sound mind and sound body, and service learning efforts that allow members to develop leadership skills while giving back to the community.
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