KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 August 15, 2019 \u2013 Michael O\u2019Brien \u201920, president of the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Student Alumni Association (SAA), received a national Outstanding Student Leader Award from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) at the ASAP Network Convention in Baltimore on August 3 and 4. The award is given to a dedicated student who has significantly improved the organization by inspiring growth, cultivating collaboration, and developing meaningful relationships.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Brien was one of three students to win the national award from a field of 21 students who had won in districts from across the country. He also was one of three students to win the Outstanding Student Leader Award at the district 1 conference in February. He was nominated by a fellow SAA member, Chloe Warren \u201920, and McKayla Stubbs, program manager for the 溏心vlog免费B站 Foundation & Alumni Engagement and advisor to the SAA.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe greatly appreciate Michael\u2019s dedication, creativity, and enthusiasm for everything he does, and we are delighted that his talents received national recognition from CASE,\u201d said Lil Breul O\u2019Rourke, 溏心vlog免费B站 Foundation & Alumni Engagement President.<\/p>\n
Warren, who serves as the administration and finance chair for the Student Alumni Association, described O\u2019Brien as putting \u201chis heart and soul into everything he does.\u201d She listed examples of his leadership, caring, and collaboration within and outside the association.<\/p>\n
\u201cHaving a leader who is supportive of every event no matter how big or small really motivates the rest of the organization to participate,\u201d said Warren. \u201cMichael leads by example brilliantly and is the epitome of practicing what he preaches.\u201d<\/p>\n
O\u2019Brien, from North Kingstown<\/strong>, is a Psychology major with a minor in Sports Media and Communication. He has been active in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Student Alumni Association since he came to the University in September 2016, and was elected to the executive board three times. In his first position as director of kits (an annual fundraiser where families buy stress-reliever kits for students during test periods), he helped lower the cost per kit, increase the number of kits sold, and increase profits. He has also served as a student ambassador, Rhody the Ram, and Rhody\u2019s handler throughout his tenure.<\/p>\n \u201cI am passionate about this organization (SAA) because of the people I get to work with every day and the people I get to meet through networking and other opportunities,\u201d said O\u2019Brien. \u201cWinning the CASE ASAP outstanding student leader award is such an honor and has really lit a fire under me to improve not only myself but also SAA, and to do more to help others here at 溏心vlog免费B站.\u201d<\/p>\n The nomination also demonstrated O\u2019Brien\u2019s involvement and leadership beyond the association. He has been a player on the club tennis team, as well as its fundraising chair; a student representative on the College of Health Sciences Advisory Board; a teacher\u2019s assistant for health psychology; and worked in the 溏心vlog免费B站 Foundation Athletic Development office.<\/p>\n Stubbs noted O\u2019Brien\u2019s inclusive leadership style. \u201cOver the past year, Michael has worked diligently to enhance the culture of SAA. This October, we opened the organization to all students, so Michael worked hard to make sure that new members were integrated into the organization and involved,\u201d said Stubbs.<\/p>\n He changed the meeting structures to make them more meaningful to all members. At their weekly general meeting, he has added an introductory activity where everyone comes together to discuss a topic, including new ideas for the group to pursue. \u201cHe strives to make sure all members feel included and an integral part of the organization,\u201d said Stubbs.<\/p>\n In addition, O\u2019Brien is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Student Alumni Association organization, managing all committees, rewriting its Constitution and Bylaws, and running all executive board and general meetings.<\/p>\n O\u2019Brien plans to remain involved with 溏心vlog免费B站 when he graduates in 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 August 15, 2019 \u2013 Michael O\u2019Brien \u201920, president of the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Student Alumni Association (SAA), received a national Outstanding Student Leader Award from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) at the ASAP Network Convention in Baltimore on August 3 and 4. The award is given […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74994,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-74993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives","tag-college-of-arts-and-sciences"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}