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August 14, 2007
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NACC Students Learn about Leadership
Recently, eight Northeast Alabama Community College students
traveled to Wallace State Community College at Hanceville for a
two- day Student Leadership Institute.
Officers of Northeast’s Student Government Association and Sigma
Kappa Delta attended the conference to learn how to be more
effective leaders. In keeping with the theme “Rolling out the
Red Carpet for Our Community College Leaders,” everywhere the
students went, they entered on a red carpet indicating how
important student leaders are for the college they represent.
The student leaders were given ways to help them recognize
traits in themselves and others that would build cohesive teams
to accomplish the goals of the various groups on the individual
college campuses.
The keynote speaker for the Student Leadership Institute was
Lynn Hodges, who gave a presentation called “The Magic of
Leadership.” Dr. David Hodge, Dean of Students with
Chattahoochee Valley Community College, led the group in the
Human Rights Pledge and discussed its meaning for student
leaders.
The approximately 275 student leaders from community colleges
within the Alabama College System were then divided into
Learning Communities consisting of twelve to fifteen students.
Various facilitators from across the state helped the student
leaders recognize their “True Colors,” a personality profile.
Three Northeast personnel served among the facilitators for the
Learning Communities: Joan Reeves, Tonie Niblett, and Andrea
Wheeler. The student leaders then had to design a bumper sticker
working together as a group with the other personality types
(colors). The bumper stickers were displayed at the dance on
Thursday night and the winners were voted on by the entire
Student Leadership Institute.
Northeast’s Dean of Student Services, Tonie Niblett said, “This
was my first experience with the SLI. I found it to be an
exciting and productive way for student leaders to get training
in how to deal with people with a different personality types.
Our students had a very good time and felt that they learned a
lot. It will be interesting for me to watch our students put
into practice what they learned at SLI. The great thing about
the skills that the students learned is that they can use them
not only at Northeast but for the rest of their lives.” She went
on to say, “This was the seventh annual Student Leadership
Institute, and it is sponsored by the Alabama Deans of Student
Affairs Association.”
The theme of the Thursday night dance was the “Glitz and Glamour
of the Red Carpet.” Northeast students are pictured below in
their “glitzy” attire as they prepare to attend the banquet and
dance. They are Sarah Sneed, Laura Brewer, Matthew Hubbard,
Jessica Freeman, John Stubblefield, Kerry Adkins, Danielle
Hawes, and Amber McIntire. For other photos, see:
Student Leadership Institute Photo Gallery.
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