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Tuition: $200

Lunch is Provided

Dillard University’s Youth Leadership Institute has been in existence since June 2009 and is an intense two-week summer program comprised of academic enrichment, environmental awareness, economic development, health and wellness, social entrepreneurship, and community and civic engagement; all encompassing the importance of Leadership and the Freedom Movement. Students in grades 8th-9th meet each year in the month of June and students in grades 10th-12th meet in the month of July. Classes are held Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. -3 p.m. Students and parents may apply by contacting Dr. Theresa DeGruy at (504) 816-4222 or via email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or Ms. Dianna Woods at (504) 816-4306 or via email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.”  --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

For more information, please contact:

Theresa DeGruy, Ph.D., LPC-S
Director, Pre-Collegiate Emerging Scholars Program
Dillard University, Dent Hall 158
2601 Gentilly Boulevard
New Orleans, LA  70122
(504) 816-4222 office
(504) 816-4956 fax
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Kevin Bastian, Ph.D., LPC
Assistant Vice President for Student Success and Support Services
Dillard University, Dent Hall 110
2601 Gentilly Blvd
New Orleans, LA  70122
(504) 816-4306 office
(504) 816-4956 fax
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