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First Fridays Leadership Institute

Leadership Off the Grid: A Leadership Development Series

 ** Students that attend 5 or more sessions throughout the year will receive a Certificate of Completion at the end of the academic year.

 

Workshop Schedule 2011-2012

2-4pm, Highline Student Union (Bldg 8), Mt. Constance Room  

November 3

Safe Zones: Creating Inclusive Student Communities

Presented by Josh Magallanes, Seattle Counseling Service

 

Safe Zones is a workshop that focuses on building a campus climate for GLBTQ communities and allies to utilize strategies in order to address individual and institutional forms of homophobia.  This session is specifically designed for student leaders to gain skills on how to build inclusive and equitable student communities.  Joshua Magallanes of Seattle Counseling Service has an educational background in counseling and has presented multiple Safe Zones trainings to the campus community.

December 2

Spirituality, Building Relationships and Meaning Making

Presented by Tim Wilson and Nicole Hoyes-Wilson, Seattle University

 

Leadership of the 21st century calls for holistic understanding of self and others.  Explore the spiritual dimensions of leadership that places intuition, empathy and reflection at the center of action.  Tim Wilson serves as a faculty member in the College of Education at Seattle University and currently is the Assistant to the Vice President for Student Development.  Nicole Hoyes-Wilson is the Associate Director for Learning Communities and Seattle University and has extensive experience in working with student

February 3

How to Have Presence

Presented by Carel Neffenger, Speech Department-Highline Community College

                       

How do you inspire people to get involved with a cause you believe in?  How do you make your voice heard deeply?  Presence is a leadership quality that can be learned and nurtured.  This session will teach you how to tap into your own presence in order to connect with others.  As a communication studies instructor at Highline Community College, Carel Neffenger has taught for 14 years and has worked in the field of student development and leadership at USC and UCLA.

March 2

The Dynamics Between Us: What You Bring to the Game of Life

Presented by Kayleen Oka, Sociology Department-Seattle Central Community College

 

How can you use your social and cultural capital to enhance your goals as a leader?   Learn how to leverage your current resources and networks to accomplish anything.  Kayleen Oka is a faculty member in the Sociology Department from Seattle Central Community College.

April 6

Keep the Peace: Mediating Conflict         

Presented by Vivien Sharples, Dispute Resolution Center

Shift your paradigms around negative associations with conflict and see how conflict can be an opportunity for change, growth and authenticity.  In this session, you will learn some basic mediation skills that can bring you and the people around you out of any conflict situation.

May 4

TBA

June 1

“The Final Say”

Surprise guest presenters will be revealed during the session!

 

Come join us for some inspirational leadership words from one specially selected faculty, staff and student. Student leadership recognitions will be announced as well as the distribution of First Fridays Leadership Institute Certificates of Completion. Celebrate after with a dessert buffet to honor your contributions to campus. 

 

 

 

For more information contact Natasha Burrowes at nburrowe@highline.edu or (206)878-3710 x3256

 

 

 

 

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