Legacies, a women’s leadership organization founded at Texas A&M University, has made its way to Tarleton State University and will begin recruiting next year.

“We want to group together strong-minded women and that want to succeed and be leaders,” said Legacies president Patricia Guereca. “Our goals are to create a network of connections, help the community, create lasting experiences and prepare for what life will throw at us after college.”

Legacies requires “respect for the organization and yourself, holding high standards at all times” according to the group’s web document. The group hopes to be ready to recruit by next spring.

“Hopefully we’ll have a recruitment in the spring of next year,” said Vice President Brenda Perez. “The way you join is, we do an application. It’s a completely blind process – we won’t know your name or what you look like, your ethnicity, nothing like that. It is a nonjudgmental process, completely open to anyone.”

The group requires a minimum 3.0 GPA for membership.

“The whole point of this organization is to build successful and great leaders for our world,” said Perez. “We want to motivate you to do better for yourself and your community.”

Dr. Leslie Stanley-Stevens, a professor of sociology at Tarleton, will serve as advisor for the group.

For more information, contact Stanley-Stevens at (254) 968-9620.