Awards recognise leadership potential

Captains’ Club Leadership Awards worth $5000 each have been offered to 61 top secondary school pupils from throughout New Zealand to assist them with first-year study costs at Massey next year.

College of Business Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor Lawrence Rose says the awards recognise and encourage emerging leaders to further their studies.

The pupils selected are from schools ranging from Kerikeri High School in Northland to Gore High School in Southland. The criteria included gaining NCEA level 2 in year-12 (usually last year) and being clearly capable of achieving university entrance.

They must also have been the leader of a school academic or cultural group or captain of their school's top sports team in a code. Most will receive their scholarships at their school's end-of-year prize giving.

“Fostering and furthering the talents of school leavers is part of the University’s role," Professor Rose says. They can take any first-year course of study in a range of undergraduate degrees, mostly offered by the College of Business, but also Sciences and Creative Arts, including business studies, accountancy, aviation, communication, agri-commerce, design and engineering.

“The Captains’ Club Leadership Award recipients will also be studying at one of the best business schools, following the University’s international accreditation in business by the Florida-based Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business [AACSB International], which makes it one of only 570 business schools worldwide that are accredited.”

Recipients still must meet the entry criteria for the programme that they intend to enrol in at the University.