About the Conference
The Student Leadership Conference (SLC) is hosted annually by Engagement, Leadership and Service. SLC is designed to provide leadership development opportunities for both emerging and seasoned student leaders, regardless of holding a formal leadership role #NoTitleNeeded. The Student Leadership Conference will be hosted on Saturday, October 23, 2021 and is free for all student activity fee-paying students. Please register by Friday, October 15, to guarantee lunch!
Conference Schedule
9:00 – 9:30am – Check-in, Tate Student Center 5th Floor
9:30 – 10:30am – Opening & Keynote, Tate Grand Hall
10:40 – 11:25pm – Presentation Block 1, Tate meeting rooms
11:30 – 1:00pm – Lunch with Leaders Panel, Tate Grand Hall
1:00 – 1:15 – Break
1:15 – 2:00pm – Presentation Block 2, Tate meeting rooms
2:10 – 2:55pm – Presentation Block 3, Tate meeting rooms
3:00 – 4:00pm – Closing Social, Tate South Lawn
Music, door prizes, and more!
Presentation Tracks
- Personal Leadership
- Collaborative Leadership
- Community Engagement
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Personal Well-being
Meet the Keynote Speaker
Dr. Leslie Nwoke is a physician and executive coach. She is also the founder and CEO of HeartWork Now, the online learning and personal development platform. Dr. Leslie has a diverse background in medicine, global health, and nonprofit leadership. She is passionate about helping leaders become self-aware, resilient, and emotionally intelligent.
From YouTube stars to millennial entrepreneurs, this generation is changing the norms of leadership. The most effective of them realize, that leading well, means engaging not just your head, but your heart. Emotional intelligence is the process of becoming self-aware by engaging our challenging and messiest emotions and choosing to face them bravely. Dr. Leslie will share ways to be a more conscious and emotionally intelligent leader, and leave listeners with three big ideas on how to face the difficult parts of themselves head on.
Community Partner Drive
Books for Keeps works to improve children’s reading achievement by addressing barriers related to the accessibility and appeal of reading material. Books for Keeps gives books to children whose reading opportunities outside of school might be otherwise limited due to geography, income, or other factors. Books for Keeps is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Athens.
Consider donating your used books at the Books for Keeps Book Drive during the conference! Books for Keeps can accept books of all kinds except textbooks and encyclopedias. Any books that are not right for their program, go to the annual BFK Book Sale, where they generate funds to buy the books that are right.