2018 Summit Leadership Symposium

Date: Saturday, September 8, 2018
Time: 9:30AM - 3:30PM
Location: BRC

The Summit Leadership Symposium is geared towards student leaders, and aims to provide participants with a wide variety of educational sessions to customize their learning experience and an opportunity to network with peers. Students will have the ability to select sessions that best fit their current leadership development needs. Participation in the Summit Leadership Symposium is free and open to all current undergraduate and graduate student leaders on campus on a first come, first served basis. Up to three student leaders per club/organization are able to apply. There is a $10 no-show fee for confirmed participants however, which will be levied to the individual’s club/organization c-fund.

Application Deadline: Thursday, August 30th

Apply Here!

Summit Learning Outcomes

As a result of attending the Summit Leader Symposium, students will….

• Be able to articulate how they will incorporate information learned into their day-to-day leadership practices.
• Reaffirm or learn new ways to practice inclusion with their organization(s).
• Learn how to delegate to and empower others within their organization(s).
• Have enhanced knowledge of how to support their organization's sustainability and legacy development.

Summit Leadership Symposium Schedule

Each student attendee will be sent a unique StrengthFinder Inventory Code in advance of Summit. This one-time use Strengths Code will help attendees learn more about themselves as they are developing their leadership style. There will be educational sessions offered throughout the symposium, “Strengths-Based Leadership,” to learn more about attendees’ strengths and how to use them as a leader.

• 9:30 AM - Check-In & Breakfast
• 10:00 AM - Opening Session by Judy Le (Rice Alumna, President & Co-Founder, TakeRoot Leadership)
• 11:00 AM - Educational Session Block 1 (Choose from the following four sessions)
  • Strategic Planning for Student Leaders (Panel Discussion/Q&A)
  • Strengths-Based Leadership*
  • Organization Culture & Leadership Pipelines
  • Legacy Development
• 12:00 PM - Lunch
• 1:00 PM - Educational Session Block 2 (Choose from the following three sessions)
  • Creating Inclusive Environments (Panel Discussion/Q&A)
  • Strengths-Based Leadership*
  • Influencer: Making Change on Campus
• 2:00 PM - Educational Session Block 3  (Choose from the following four sessions)
  • Women in Leadership (Panel Discussion/Q&A)
  • Strengths-Based Leadership*
  • Enable Others to Act: Managing a Team
  • Crucial Conversations: Responding to Conflict
• 3:00 PM - Closing Session
• 3:30 PM - Summit Ends

*Please Note: The same content will be covered in each of these sessions.

Questions? Please email sactclubs@rice.edu for more information!