[The sessions are designed to prepare people to take on leadership roles with area organizations, associations and businesses, and to become more involved in the community. They begin Sept. 22 and end with a graduation ceremony Nov. 17.] It's open to people in the community, ... There are a lot of potential leaders out there.

It's open to people in the community. There are a lot of potential leaders out there.

Bill represents the spirit of community leadership and involvement exemplified by Charles H. Flynn and the 33 previous winners of this prestigious award. We are very fortunate that he has been so willing to share his time and expertise with so many different groups in the Valley down through the years.

Some of the criteria that is used is the comparisons are potential rate of your freshmen and sophomore has, graduation rates, size of the classes, what percentage of your classes are 20 students or fewer, what percentages are over 40, the faculty student ratio, and ours is a fairly low one in comparison to many other universities, alumni giving rates, the resources that we have for faculty, the number of full-time faculty,

The last scene? I've got to tell you, everyone was bawling. People were just crying. It was like a graduation. It was very surreal. We all spoke about it earlier that day, but people were just breaking down. I mean, seven years, every day. You see people grow up, you grow up yourself, you see people going through ups and downs. It was hard for us.

Many of these organizations are gatekeepers, potential employers and potential landlords. They are often not properly trained to read the CORI.