The Office of Multicultural Serivces offers many leadership development opportunties for students both on and off campus.
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Leadership Institute
The Leadership Institute is designed to help prepare our students to be leaders in the 21st Century and beyond. Organizational officers along with first/second year students will go through intensive training during an overnight retreat and meet once a month in the Hoover Library Board room, the same room in which our trustees meet. Student leaders are expected to be dressed in appropriate business attire and are exposed to a set of core competencies that they will be able to attach to their resumes in the form of a Leadership Transcript. An additional goal is to identify and develop new leadership among our students and also help our current student leaders to compete locally and globally.
Leadership Conferences
Carroll F.S. Hardy National Black Student Leadership Conference
Link: http://www.selg.com/
The National Black Leadership Conference is the vehicle used to create and empower this diverse collegiate leadership group, who attend predominantly white colleges ad universities. It is an intensive interactive three-day leadership experience. Held annually in January, this Conference provides the participants with an opportunity to increase their effectiveness as leaders. The Conference provides them with information, exercises, and activities about leadership styles, practices and theories. The Conference provides an arena for the observation, discussion and group interaction, while affording participants avenues for networking and interacting with national and international leaders. Business organizations, educational institutions, and governmental agencies are also invited to meet with these selected leaders.
Multi-Ethnic Perspectives Conference
Link: http://www.geocities.com/fapconsult/MEPindex.html
The Multi-Ethnic Perspectives Conference provides an informative, interesting and thought-provoking agenda that is sure to attract educators, administrators, business and community leaders, and college students that share a common interest in topics centered on diversity, leadership and community relations. Through a variety of workshops, sessions and timely topics targeted to matters of race, diversity, and community building, the conference features a variety of acclaimed speakers, interactive seminars, cultural performances, and exhibits. The Leadership Scholars Program is one of the special features of the conference. Its purpose is to provide participants with the core competencies necessary for designing and leading effective diversity initiatives; assessing organizational and community climates; building coalitions of stakeholders; and, facilitating productive teams and focus groups.
International Student Leadership Conference
Link: http://www.jmu.edu/international/islc
This conference is a wonderful opportunity for learning and community building among an incredible group of individuals from around the world who are currently studying at colleges and universities in the United States . Various workshops focused on leadership development are combined with evening activities and a special keynote speaker. Students from a five-state regional area regularly attend this conference.