Upcoming Events

The Houston Fellows Program is currently accepting applications from High School sophomores and juniors! Round 2 Applications are due no later than March 14, 2008.

Past Events

January 5, 2008 MLT Houston and Rice Summer Business Institute Host 2nd Annual Networking Seminar:  The Rice Summer Business Institute partnered with the MLT Houston Fellows to host an informative day about personal branding, effective networking and building your personal pitch. Valerie Griffin, an MLT Career Prep Professional Coach, presented on the importance of building a personal brand. "Apple has had to reinvent itself to remain in the forefront of technology" Griffin explained; "sometimes you will, too". Career Prep Fellows Aerin K. Williams and Krystine Meyer shared their personal brands and how they developed them. 

Anthony Jewett of Bardoli Global, a non-profit organization whose goal is to empower diverse student leaders to experience international immersion and exchange, charged students with truly becoming a part of the global society.

All of the students dined with Rice Executive MBAs, and had the opportunity to practice their newly created personal pitches. The seminar ended with a dessert networking social.

November 17, 2007 MLT Houston Financial Aid and Entrepreneurship Workshop: The Houston Fellows Program includes follow-on workshops throughout the year. The November Workshop Featured college admissions expert Donald Kamentz ,  Director of College Counseling for the YES! Prep Schools.  Donald debunked myths about the FAFSA and college scholarship process and answered all of the students’ pressing questions about award specifications, debt, and how to best maximize their financial situations.

Immediately following the financial aid workshop, Team Business facilitators led the Fellows through an intense hands-on workshop that created a basic understanding of business concepts, roles, functions, and challenges. The Fellows were divided into teams and completed a production simulation that addressed the importance of efficiency in manufacturing, gauging supply and demand, marketing, price points and the use of technology.

October 29, 2007 MLT Houston Partner Reception: On October 29, 2007, several of MLT’s partners, Houston’s business, education and civic leaders, gathered in Shell’s Plaza Club to celebrate the success of the regional MLT program.  MLT’s Founder and CEO John Rice unabashedly shared the MLT strategy of working with high-performing youth to create a pipeline of future business leaders. Albert Myers, the Senior Adviser to the President of Shell Oil Company, explained why Shell partnered with MLT to solve the problem.  Several Fellows from the Class of 2008 shared how the MLT program was personally impacting their lives.

Shell Oil Company hosted the reception.  Albert Myers welcomed the guests and shared his sentiment on the dire need for the senior executive hallways of top companies to better reflect the cities they serve. Noting a specific need for energy and engineering professionals in Houston, Myers charged the attendees to join him in supporting an organization that has gone beyond identifying the problem of the diversity pipeline to senior business leadership, but has enacted a solution.

September 22, 2007 Houston Fellows Teamwork and Networking Workshop: The Fellows commenced this Fall for a Teamwork and Mentoring workshop. City leaders and professionals led in-depth discussions on the importance of acknowledging and addressing stereotypes as well as securing and managing mentor relationships. 

August 3, 2007 College Application & Financial Aid Workshop: The 2008 Fellows re-convened for their first Follow-on Session as an entire class for the year to get an edge on the college application and financial aid process.