West Point Cadets to Lead Detroit Workshop Virtually

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Local Michigan cadets from the U.S. Military Academy will virtually lead the West Point Leadership and Ethics in STEM workshop on October 30.

Over 20 Detroit area high schools and JROTC programs were invited to participate in this first of its kind virtual event.  Cass Technical High School, Renaissance High School and Wayne Memorial High School to name a few had the highest students signed up. Students will be challenged to lead diverse groups, solve problems, and make values-based decisions in an atmosphere of friendly competition.

The workshop features a track for students and a track for educators, both focused on leadership, values and ethics, problem-solving, moral-reasoning and decision-making. The goals of the workshops are to provide participants with an opportunity to develop leadership and teambuilding skills; to reinforce the importance of ethical leadership in an increasingly technology-driven world; to promote ethics; to underscore the importance of competent and diverse leadership in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

Cadet Lawrence Shepherd, Class of 2021 applied to West Point as a result of attending a LEADS Workshop in Detroit when he was in high school.

The following local area cadets are expected to participate:

• Hannah Blakey, Class of 2022
• Gurjiwan Chahal, Class of 2021
• Samantha Chinn, Class of 2022
• Lauren Clark, Class of 2021
• Alma Cooper, Class of 20'23
• Charles Debczak, Class of 2021
• Emilie Hong, Class of 2021
• Kathyrn Lewalk, Class of 2022
• Titus McClary, Class of 2024
• Randy McKenzie, Class of 2022
• Lauren Ousby, Class of 2022
• Lawrence Shepherd, Class of 2021
• Anamika Shrestha, Class of 2021
• Mirriam Tolston, Class of 2022
• Taylor Ufford, Class of 2022

About West Point 

The U. S. Military Academy at West Point is a four-year, co-educational, federal, liberal arts college located 50 miles north of New York City. It was founded in 1802 as America's first college of engineering and continues today as the world’s premier leader-development institution, consistently ranked among top colleges in the country. Its mission remains constant—to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for a career of professional excellence and service to the nation as an officer in the U. S. Army. For more information, go to www.westpoint.edu.