{"id":66984,"date":"2006-04-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/leadership-minor-gives-major-boost-to-uri-graduates\/"},"modified":"2006-04-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-04-27T00:00:00","slug":"leadership-minor-gives-major-boost-to-uri-graduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2006\/04\/leadership-minor-gives-major-boost-to-uri-graduates\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership minor gives major boost to 溏心vlog免费B站 graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. — April 27, 2006 — Megan Marshall educates residents of El Salvador who intend to migrate, JoAnna Williams helps coordinate Rhode Island public health initiatives, and Kristen Olson promotes Maryland college athletic teams.<\/p>\n


\nThe three 溏心vlog免费B站 graduates followed divergent career paths, but have one thing in common: each graduated with a minor in leadership studies and credit that experience with their success.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe minor, sponsored by the 溏心vlog免费B站 Center for Student Leadership Development, is an interdisciplinary program, linking practical application with theoretical leadership skills. When it was offered in 1998, it was one of the first such minors in the country. \u201cLeadership courses are a big growth area today,\u201d said Christine Wilson, assistant director for student leadership. <\/p>\n


\n\tThe minor gives students a lens to see where they can apply their leadership skills, according to Wilson. There are 120 students enrolled in the minor, another 400 students who take at least one leadership class, and about 1,000 other students who participate in other center activities. There are 111 alumni who graduated with the minor.<\/p>\n


\nThe minor offers five tracks: emerging leadership, outreach and peer leadership, fraternity\/sorority leadership, leadership in activism\/social change units, and leadership in student athletics. <\/p>\n


\nMarshall graduated in 2003 with a major in psychology and minors in both leadership and hunger studies. \u201cThose classes are what gave me the skills and thought structures that I use now to help people,\u201d said the Tolland, Conn. native. \u201cWhere else can you learn about the real stuff of the world, and make everyday in class mean something later in life?\u201d she asks.<\/p>\n


\nNow a volunteer with Catholic Relief Services in El Salvador, she works closely with Salvadorian immigrant workers, teaching them about their rights and tracking human rights abuses. She also teaches those looking to immigrate about the transit process and helps to establish a network of contacts on the U.S. border. According to Marshall, about 700 people leave El Salvador everyday to come to the U.S.<\/p>\n


\n\t \u201cIt is the missing link that should be added to all bachelor’s degrees,\u201d says JoAnna Williams who graduated with a degree in human science and services in 2002. <\/p>\n


\nThe Cranston resident now works at the Rhode Island Department of Health as a promotion specialist for the Healthy Rhode Island 2010 initiative where she assists in coordinating and monitoring the program. Williams will graduate in May from Boston University with a master\u2019s degree in public health and hopes to add a consulting business for resume writing and skills identification to her already busy schedule.\t<\/p>\n


\nKristen Olson, a 2004 graduate, followed the student-athlete leadership track. \u201cThose classes helped me gain confidence speaking in front of groups and helped me communicate better with my softball team, \u201c she said. \u201cIt also helped me open my eyes to the rest of campus because, as an athlete, I spent most of my time going from class to the athletic facilities and sometimes forgot that there were other opportunities for campus involvement.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nHer leadership experience helped her land a job as the assistant director of marketing and promotions at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. \u201cDuring the interview, my current supervisor asked me more questions about my leadership minor than he did about anything else,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n


\n Olson\u2019s responsibilities include marketing the school\u2019s 20 sports teams to the campus community, student organizations, and surrounding businesses. She hopes to eventually become a Division I athletic director, and is taking classes at Maryland\u2019s College Park campus toward a master\u2019s degree in higher education administration.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThe leadership studies minor is hands down valuable,\u201d she said. \u201cIt absolutely helped me to realize my potential.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nLeaders of Tomorrow: 溏心vlog免费B站 Leadership minor students attend a leadership seminar. Photo Courtesy of The Leadership Program.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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