Student affairs officials are hosting a yearly student leadership workshop.
Star Summit will be from 2-5 p.m. Friday in the Great Hall in Tom and Brenda McDaniel University Center. The summit occurs every spring.
Star Summit is a half-day leadership institute facilitated in a workshop-style format, said Levi Harrel, associate director of student development.
“The overall goal of the event is to educate engaged students on how they can be leaders on our campus today and be civically engaged leaders tomorrow,” Harrel said.
The program is designed to offer student leaders a chance to reflect on the year, identify their needs and plan for the future. This year’s theme is “being a reflective leader.”
“We are always looking for new and interesting methods to help educate students along their respective leadership journeys,” Harrel said. “Remarkable leaders are reflective and then responsive. That is what this year’s Star Summit will be focusing on.”
Every student organization, including clubs and Greek organizations, is asked to send two members to participate.
“I’m going to Star Summit to represent Kappa Phi as their current president,” said Onnika Hanson, acting junior. “I hope to learn things from other organizations, seeing as ours is currently pretty small, but we’re hoping to grow and have a larger impact on campus, so I hope to learn from organizations that currently have that impact.”
Student affairs officials emailed the link to register for the event. Interested students can register until the day of the event. For more information, email Harrel at ljharrel@okcu.edu.
“I hope that students learn a bit about who they are as people, as leaders and as followers,” Harrel said. “Being a reflective leader means that each must pause and take note of our successes and failures, and the successes and failures of those around us. I want students to walk away with a greater ability of how to do just that.”
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