Jamelle Sharpe, dean of the University of Illinois College of Law, has been named one of the 2024-25 President’s Executive Leadership Program (PELP) Fellows by University of Illinois System President Timothy Killeen. Out of 80 nominations, Sharpe is one of six individuals from the Urbana-Champaign campus and 20 overall chosen for this honor. PELP is a professional development program designed to broaden participants’ understanding of higher education issues and to strengthen their leadership skills; it consists of four multi-day seminars in Chicago, Urbana-Champaign, Springfield, and Washington, D.C.

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