The Virginia Women’s Institute for Leadership develops your leadership skills and builds character and competence. For four years you will live and learn in a demanding environment where truth, duty, and honor are governing standards. Your commitment to the program is a commitment to demand the best from yourself, to fully use the experiences and resources available to you, and to value and respec
t the community that you have joined. When you leave the Virginia Women’s Institute for Leadership, you will be skilled as a leader, prepared as a citizen soldier, and inspired to achieve a balance in the way you live as an intellectual, spiritual, social, and physical being. You will be determined to attain your goals and to surmount any gender-related barriers you may encounter. You will know yourself well; you will appreciate collaboration; you will take pride in your achievement and in the achievements of others; you will become part of a powerful network of women who are dedicated to their careers, families, and communities. The Institute expects you, as a graduate of the program, to make significant contributions in business, civic, or voluntary organizations, government, in the military or international affairs. As a VWIL woman, you will inspire responsible action in a revolutionized world.
