Monster’s Diversity Leadership Programs will bring together top business leaders and a select group of culturally diverse college students. The weekend will provide students an opportunity to build practical business skills in a dynamic and interactive weekend format.

In 2000, Chuck Knippen, DLP’s Program Founder and Manager, developed the initial vision for the Diversity Leadership Program: to create a unique learning environment for the nation’s top students of diverse background. A place where industry-leading employers would meet with tomorrow’s leaders, bridging that critical gap between college and the entry-level career. The vision included the nation’s most outstanding parties: motivated and talented students, top employers, experienced, energetic facilitators and inspirational keynote speakers. Students would spend a weekend with like-minded student leaders, learning practical work-life skills like resume writing and networking.

The format would be fun, interactive and entertaining, building on Chuck’s belief that students learn best when they are enjoying themselves. For the sponsoring companies, Chuck envisioned a weekend unlike any other recruiting event: access to the brightest students, in a natural, dynamic setting. This would not be your average leadership conference. While promoting an important cultural goal, this program would be and serve the best of the best.

April 2006
Read 2006 returning sponsor Shell's profile of 2005 scholarship winner Jared Murphy, a Mechanical Engineering student at Stanford university.

September 2005
Alumna Kari Cobham publishes article on DLP in the Orlando Sentinel archives.

June 2005
DLP mentioned on Yahoo Finance

August 2004
DLP featured in the Chicago Sun Times
Read the full article, “Job Seekers Get a Jump” in the August 16th archives at www.suntimes.com

Excerpt:
[The Diversity Leadership Program] offered the 275 college students attending a chance to network with several large companies and also included resume writing and interviewing technique sessions. Program founder Chuck Knippen said the program helps students "who need a leg up with the recession and the economy...''

August 2004
DLP wins EACE Award for “Multicultural Innovation"
The Monster Diversity Leadership Program has received the 2003-2004 Eastern Association of Colleges and Employers (EACE) Award for excellence in Multicultural Innovation, according to Marianne Tramelli, EACE president. Get the full scoop at www.diversityonline.com

July 2004
National Society of Hispanic Professionals Profiles DLP
To read the DLP profile, click through to the nationally recognized organization, National Society of Hispanic Professionals.

Excerpt:
Powerhouse Latino speakers, Pegine Echevarria and Jimmy Cabrera, will be part of the Monster.com Diversity Leadership Program (DLP) coming to Los Angeles this weekend, where top business leaders share the event with a group of culturally diverse college students around the nation.

July 2004
DLP cited in Fort Worth’s Star Telegram

July 2004
In Georgia, The Athens Banner-Herald covers the UGA’s DLP.

Excerpt:
“Students were selected for the program based on grade point average, extracurricular activities and an evaluation of their leadership skills; the average GPA for this year's participants is 3.3, Knippen said. And diversity, he added, extends beyond the color of their skin. 'It's that, but it's also talking about people who are first-generation college students, students who are perhaps Jewish or low-income,'' he said.

November 2003
Check us out in the New York Daily News.

Excerpt:
"Once I stepped in to check in, I knew this was different," said Yang, an electrical engineering major at the Rochester Institute of Technology, "It's the positive vibe - it's high-energy. I automatically saw this and I loved it."

Three hundred high-achieving, mostly minority students from all over the country, shook off their inhibitions and picked up a slew of career-boosting tips at the second annual conference put on by job-hunt Web company Monster.com.

November 2003
A full interview of Program Manager and Founder, Chuck Knippen, speaking about the DLP - Wall Street Journal's CollegeJournal.

March 2003
DLP described in detail on the Collegiate Press Wire.