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Meredith Herald February 16, 2000 2 Campus News Students learn to improve leadership at LEAD Christina Hoi.okr News Editor The foutih annua! I.EAD uonfcrcnce was held on Satur day, Feb. 15, at Cuiawba Col lege in Salisbury, NC. The conference, sponsored by ihe NC College Personnel Assix'iation's leadership Con sortium and the Southeast Cen- ler for Organizational Leader ship, aims to help students develop the skills lo lead cam pus organiications. It is a forum for students around the state to discuss problems and solutions in organizations. The Office of Sludeni Activi ties and Leadership Develop- menl sponsors the event each year for Meredith siiidents, donating $10 to students who are sponsored by a campus organization; however, any stu dent could attend for the cost of $30. Buses pulled away from Johnson Hall early Saturday morning with over 30 students. Cheryl Jenkins and Dena Price, director and assistant director of the Office of Student Activities and Leadership Development, went as well. Price, the Chair of the NCCPA Leadership Consor tium, helped to cix>rdinate Ihe conference and offered opening and closing remarks for the day. Jenkins said that each year the conference is beneficial because Meredith students have the opportunity lo interact with other students from ocher uni versities and develop the skills needed to be an effective leader. The conference is a day-long event that includes workshops for personal leaderehip develop- meni, round-table discussions where students can talk about campus concerns and addresses from keynote speakers. This year’s keynote speaker was Joanna Iwaia. the Director of the Benson University Center at Wake Forest University, who has designed several leadership training programs to increase change and growth in campus organizations. As Ihe conference began, the iheme, ‘The Leadership Kalei doscope: Creating and Focusing Your View," gave students a small glimpse of the eight hours of leadership training that were ahead of them. .Students could attend various workshops that touched on ways to strengthen leadership skills. Some included “All Talk, No Action," a session that offered ways to motivate apathetic members of an organization; "Leadership and the Mayberry Model." a session that looked at the Andy Griffith Show as a model for positive motivation; and "No Sweat—Really!,"a ses sion that gave students a “sweat towel” as a souvenir to remind them not to “sweat the small stuff." Junior Leslie Gilliland said, “I always enjoy going to the LF.AD conference,” noting that an advantage of the conference is the wide variety of sessions. Gilliland attended a ses.sion on marketing leadership skills in Ihe workplace after gradua tion ‘That was probably the most beneficial session for me," said Gilliland. One session focused on stu dent government issues. “We gol some good ideas,” she said. GiHilarid added that this session gave her a new perspective of other colleges in tlie stale. Jenkins, who also led a work shop called “Personal leader ship; Putting First Things First,” said that her aim in leading a session was to encourage stu dents to ‘‘look at the things in life that are urgent and impor tant and to ask ourselves if we are putting lime into the things we love to do." Students could attend various round-table discussions on top ics ranging from time manage ment and serving as an ethical leader, to beginning a new orga nization and student govern ment issues. Junior Heather Spell said her favorite session was for people who want to be in student devel opment entitled “So you want to be a dean of students.” “I went to the round-table discussion on student govern ment issues," said junior Lisa Coltrain. “It was good to hear how .stu dents from different schools were facing the same issues and how they resolved them.” Coltrain hopes to bring the ideas she discussed to improve the effectiveness of the organi zations in which she is involved at Meredith. Coltrain, who has attended the conference in the past, says she would recommend the con ference lo other Meredith stu dents and “especially to new leaders who are trying to sharp en their leadership skill.s.” E£ach year Ihe LF.AD Confer ence is hosted at a different col lege or university in North Car olina, leaving many students who have attended eager to bring the conference to Mered ith. 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