First Fridays Leadership Institute
Leadership Off the Grid: A Leadership Development Series
Workshop Schedule 2011-2012
2-4pm, Highline Student Union (Bldg 8),
Mt. Constance Room
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November 4 |
Safe Zones: Creating Inclusive Student Communities
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.
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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
communities.
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February 3 |
How to Have Presence
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.
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March 2 |
The Dynamics Between Us: What You Bring to the Game of
Life
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.
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April 6 |
Keep the Peace: Mediating Conflict
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 |
Cancelled
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June 1 |
“The Final Say”
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. |