{"id":9196,"date":"2023-06-30T11:18:38","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T16:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/9196///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/9196//www.nicholls.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/9196//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/9196//?p=9196"},"modified":"2023-06-30T11:18:38","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T16:18:38","slug":"first-female-lieutenant-governor-keynote-speaker-at-louisiana-girls-leadership-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/9196///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/9196//www.nicholls.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/9196//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/9196//2023/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/9196//06/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/9196//30/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/9196//first-female-lieutenant-governor-keynote-speaker-at-louisiana-girls-leadership-academy/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/9196//","title":{"rendered":"First Female Lieutenant Governor Keynote Speaker at Louisiana Girls Leadership Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"

THIBODAUX, La. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/9196/u2013 The 2023 Louisiana Girls Leadership Academy held at ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ from June 11-14 featured Melinda Schwegmann, Louisiana/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/9196/u2019s first female Lieutenant Governor, as its keynote speaker for its celebration dinner. The special dinner was hosted on the third night of the program at the home of Dr. Raja and Guithre Talluri. Sporting her /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/9196/u201cVote Schwegmann/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/9196/u201d campaign t-shirt during her speech, Schwegmann reinforced that girls can do it all./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/9196/u00a0/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/9196/n

LGLA is a premiere leadership building opportunity, aiming to empower young women in grades 9-12 seeking leadership roles in their schools and to provide them with the tools necessary to be successful, including sessions on how to run campaigns, facilitate communication and build teams. Participants are able to stay on ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ campus, learn from the valuable programming and meet other high school students from all over the state. It/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/9196/u2019s the flagship program for the Louisiana Center for Women in Government and Business at ÐÓ°É´«Ã½, under the direction of Dr. Laura Badeaux and program coordinator Kristen Anselmi, ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ director of marketing./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/9196/n

With 63 candidates selected from over 100 applicants, participants represented 32 high schools and 16 parishes. Participants immerse themselves in a real world mock election, learning from a panel of experts and designing their own group campaign. The LGLA Ambassador is elected after the campaign process and represents an overall outstanding leadership model to assist in planning next year/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/9196/u2019s program and events./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/9196/n

Ava Robichaux from E.D. White High School was voted the 2023 LGLA Ambassador, and Whitney Coleman/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/9196/u2019s campaign team won for /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/9196/u201cGet Lit for Whit,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/9196/u201d whose group campaign featured light bulbs and neon colors. Of the nine young women who applied to be ambassador, the runner up was A/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/9196/u2019Myri Sam from New Iberia Senior High School. The six other ambassador applicants included:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/9196/n