RISE

This year I was given the opportunity to help facilitate a conference called RISE which was focused around the 7-habits of highly effective people. There was a main facilitator who taught the rest of us exactly what the 7-habits were and how we can apply them to our everyday lives to become better leaders and…

Special Events Co-Director

After serving as the Vice President of Program Board my junior year, I was thankful to be given the opportunity to be Special Event Co-Director with Skyler Conran during my first semester of senior year. I was excited to take on this position for a few reasons, at this point I was the only returning…

Leadership Launch 2018

After spending about a week completely processing everything rushing through my brain I’ve decided the best way to completely compile my thoughts on Special Olympic’s Leadership Launch this year would be to compile a little blog post. Throwing it back to my junior year in high school, I was introduced to a program formerly known…

ICRH and Servant Leadership

As a part of the Leader Advancement Scholar program we are taking classes towards earning a leadership minor at Central Michigan University. One class we are expected to take is Introduction to Leadership Theories. In this class we explore different approaches and theories of leadership that have been researched, some for many years, and some…

My Pal, Kristen

I have ADORED Kristen in my LAS cohort from the second I met her. She is such an independent, strong-willed, and kind soul. I have watched her grow so much this year through so much adversity and I am incredibly proud to call her a friend. Unfortunately we haven’t gotten a chance to really sit…

The Golden Circle

Simon Sinek’s idea of WHY is demonstrated in what he calls the Golden Circle, he states that at the center is WHY, then HOW, then WHAT. He explains that many people know what they do in life, some know how they do it, but very few know why they do what they do. He insists…

Spark Leadership Series

The Spark Leadership series is a three part event that is held for two hours every other week. When I walked into Spark the first night it was really the first CMU leadership event I have walked into besides Safari so I really wasn’t sure what to expect. I had heard so much about the…

Leadership Symposium

This year is a year of many milestones for Central Michigan University, and more specifically, leadership at CMU. We celebrate 125 years as a university, 20 years with a Leadership Institute, now being changed to the Sarah R. Opperman Leadership Institute, and 25 years with the Mary Brandell Volunteer Center, to name a few. We…

Leadership Safari

Taking decorations off my walls, going on a last midnight drive with Hailey, singing our hearts out to Hannah Montana, crying leaving Ashley at the Pancake Factory, and packing up my Ford Fusion with my mom and heading towards Central Michigan University-ready for the next adventure that was waiting just around the corner. I arrived…