{"id":10892,"date":"2023-03-10T14:02:22","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T20:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=10892"},"modified":"2023-03-13T09:32:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T14:32:51","slug":"missouri-western-students-finish-third-at-leadership-challenge-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2023\/03\/10\/missouri-western-students-finish-third-at-leadership-challenge-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri Western students finish third at Leadership Challenge Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10893\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10893\" class=\"size-fusion-400 wp-image-10893\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/Image_20230307_105724_372-400x400.jpeg\" alt=\"leadership challenge team and coach with trophies\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/Image_20230307_105724_372-66x66.jpeg 66w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/Image_20230307_105724_372-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/Image_20230307_105724_372-200x200.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/Image_20230307_105724_372-310x310.jpeg 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/Image_20230307_105724_372-400x400.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/Image_20230307_105724_372-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/Image_20230307_105724_372-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/Image_20230307_105724_372-800x800.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/Image_20230307_105724_372-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/Image_20230307_105724_372-1200x1201.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/Image_20230307_105724_372-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10893\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Back row, l-r: Artemii Udovenko, Israel Lovins, Coach Josh Clary. Front row, l-r: Emma Donaldson, Lauren Bloodgood and Tia Vernon.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">March 10, 2023&#8211;A team of Missouri Western State University students brought home third place in the Leadership Challenge Event at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, on March 2 and 3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The event sponsored by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washburn.edu\/academics\/leadership-institute\/leadership-challenge-event\/index.html\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Washburn University Leadership Institute<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> included a live, interactive leadership simulation. Student teams compete to fulfill the challenges and overcome the obstacles placed before them in a manner that demonstrates exemplary leadership knowledge and execution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Missouri Western placed third out of 15 college teams at the event, and also won the Team Transformation Award.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Team members included Lauren Bloodgood, senior biology major from St. Joseph; Emma Donaldson, senior political science major from St. Joseph; Israel Lovins, junior marketing major from Ferguson, Missouri; Artemii Udovenko, junior psychology major from Vladivostok, Russia; and Tia Vernon, junior elementary education major from North Kansas City, Missouri.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The team was coached by Josh Clary, Missouri Western\u2019s student development director.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Missouri Western State University is a student-centered learning community preparing individuals for lives of excellence through applied learning. Missouri Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">missouriwestern.edu<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 10, 2023&#8211;A team of Missouri Western State University students brought home third place in the Leadership Challenge Event at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, on March 2 and 3. The event sponsored by the Washburn University Leadership Institute included a live, interactive leadership simulation. 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