Diversity Week's
Hunger Banquet
Diversity is a word used frequently around campuses, but what does it really mean? The Emerging leaders sponsered a week of diverse events to raise awareness about socioeconmic differences, sexual orientation and gender identity, international cultures and traditions, self awareness habits and more. One highlight from this week of events is the Hunger Banquet. The purpose of the Hunger Banquet is to open the eyes of students to the number of people suffering from poverty and hunger across the globe.
As part of the Emerging Leaders, we like to develop our students personally, academically, and professionally. The ettiquette dinner is just one example of our professional development activitites. Sponsored by SPSU's Career & Counseling Center, employers from across the state sit and have a dinner with the students where they learn the do's and don't of a business dinner. Employers share tips on what they look for in dinner or lunch interviews, what they consider to be proper ettiquette, and serveral other tips on how to impress a professional recruiter or supervisor. Emerging Leaders get to attend this event at no cost and walk away with some useful life long knowledge.
Emerging Leaders not only make an impact on the SPSU campus, but also on the communities surrounding the university. Every month Emerging Leaders particpate in a community service project. Our most popular event this year was helping out at the local YMCA. Playing games, building crafts, reading books, and just hanging out with kids was a touching experience for both the children and the Emerging Leaders.
Emerging Leaders are paired with an upperclassmen student leader on campus. These upperclassmen are students that were either a previous member of the Emerging Leaders, are or have been a Resident Assistant, a member of Student Government Association, or any other area of leadership for students. The student mentor's purpose is to be a peer that the student can relate to and go to for guidance on anything from classes, to personal relationships, to job searching, and any other daily events that a freshment in college may want advice on. The mentors and mentees do at least one activity a month with each other just to catch up! Having a support system in place for a new student is cruicial. In the emerging leaders, we have that covered.
Community Service
Project at the YMCA
Emerging Leaders
Take a look at some of the things we have done!
"I am happy for the many friendships I have received because of the Emerging Leaders, and I have enjoyed the time I spent within the program. You guys are doing a great thing for students here at SPSU!"
- Rebecca Wilson, 2012' - 2013'
"This has been one amazing year with these "Future Leaders"; I love them, and I can't wait to see their progression. They have made my life here at SPSU memorable!"
- Anthony Adams, 2012' - 2013'
The Requirements for Emerging Leaders:
• Reside in designated campus housing (Howell or Hornet Village 200)
• Attend weekly Sunday meetings
• Attend monthly community service project and plan one community service event per semester
• Attend EL Retreat
• Meet with paired mentor at least once a month
• Help with programming for the FYRE
• Be excited!!
Benefits:
• Be part of a supportive team oriented environment
• Attend State Conferences
• Participate in our Habitudes Leadership Series and more common readers
• Past Emerging Leaders have become Resident Assistants, Student Government Association members, Orientation Leaders, Campus Activities Board members and so much more!!