Events
| April Lessons in Leadership Events!! |
Coming in April, the Wilks Leadership Institute is excited to announce that Provost Gempesaw and Erin Brockovich will be our next guest speakers for our discussion series Lessons in Leadership! Lessons in Leadership is a dialogue series offering students the opportunity to explore leadership within a va
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| Lessons in Leadership 5!!! |
Interested in talking about leadership and eating free food?
The Wilks Leadership Institute is having its fifth Lessons in Leadership event in conjunction with Delta Sigma Phi on Wednesday, February 22nd from 6:00-7:30pm in the MacMillan Great Room. Lessons in Leadership is a monthly dialogue series that offers students the opportunity to explore leadership within a variety of contexts. This month’s discussion is "From Values to Action: Doing it Right by Leading with Your Values," led by Scott Wiley, the Executive Director of Delta Sigma Phi. Lessons in Leadership is a great forum for meeting new people at Miami and encourages students to collaborate with others to further their understanding and practice of leadership. Please join us for great discussion, people, and food!
We hope to see everyone at MacMillan on the 22nd!
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| Lessons in Leadership #2 |
Interested in talking about leadership and eating free food? |
| Lessons in Leadership November 16th |
The second Lessons in Leadership event will take place on Wednesday, November 16 from 6-7:30pm in 114 Benton Hall. The discussion will be led by Mr. Clark Kelly and Mr. Nicholas Cattin from Miami University's Office of Career Services. |
| Lessons in Leadership Oct. 12th |
This past Wednesday was our first Lesson in Leadership. The converstaion, titled Lessons in Followership, was led by professor of American Studies, Dr. Kelly Quinn. The discussion covered multiple topics concerning civic engagement and and the fun ways to make a statement by utilizing the artistic ability within each and every person. |
| Read to Lead Monthly Discussion April 6th |
Next Wednesday, April 6th at 7 PM, Read to Lead will be having their monthly book discussion. This month's book was Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath. The event will be held in the Bystrom Reid Room in the Shriver Center. There will be refreshments to go along with our discussion of what we took away from this months reading. |
| Register for the Citizens' Toolbox Conference |
Get your institution's civic engagement and service learning center on the map! You are invited to send a team of students, faculty and practitioners from your institution to present a workshop at The Citizens' Toolbox Conference: The Second Annual National Student Conference on Public Dialogue, Deliberation and Community Problem Solving. |
| Planning conservationist Randall Arendt to speak in 115 Shideler Hall |
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| Wilks sponsors HUMAN TRAFFICKING Advocacy Day, Call to Action! |
The Wilks Leadership Institute is sponsoring an event at the Miami Oxford Campus for 11/10/10 from 10am to 2pm. The event is titled:
Superseded: HUMAN TRAFFICKING Advocacy Day, Call
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| Scholar Leader Applications are Available |
Applications for the 2011-2012 Scholar Leader program are now available. The link to this application will be open until January 17, 2011. Follow this link to find the Application. If you have questions feel free to call the office at 513-529-0830 and our staff will be happy to |
| Pondering Politics |
The next session is scheduled for Wednesday, October 13 at 8:00 p.m. in the Bystrom-Reid Room. The dialogue will explore the meaning and purpose of the midterm elections and how they impact college students. |
| Constitution Day Today 9/17 |
The Wilks Leadership Institute is co-sponsoring Constitution Day which will be held tomorrow 9/17/2010. |
| The September Project |
This Friday, September 10, 2010, the Wilks Leadership Institute would like to encourage the Miami community to take part in what is known as the September Project. |
| 1st Pondering Politics Dialogue |
Come to the 1st Pondering Politics dialogue of the year Wednesday September 1 in the Benjamin Harrison Room in the Shriver Center. At this first session we will begin with introductions as well as discuss our first experiences with politics. Hope to see you all there! |
| 2010 High School Leadership Conference |
Deadline Extended! Workshop proposals due on Friday, March 19, 2010! Contact Sarah Kipp at kippsj@muohio.edu for more information. |
| Wilks Scholar and MU graduate completes honors thesis on Acting Locally work |
Jessica Reading, a 2008 Acting Locally program Wilks Scholar and a 2009 Miami University graduate, completed an Honor's Thesis on her Acting Locally work sponsored through the Wilks Leadership Institute and the Department of American Studies. Jessica's thesis was directed by Dr. Jarrett Bromberg and read by Dr. Peggy Shaffer & Rebecca Luzadis. |
| First Friday Breakfast on April 3 in Middletown |
First Friday Community Engagement & Service Breakfast Forum |
| Leadership, spirituality, and the search for meaning |
Thursday, March 19, 2009, 2 pm – 3:30 pm |
| Futures of Farming Conference, 2.28.09 |
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| First Friday Lunch Event for March 6th: Intergenerational Civic Engagement |
Friday, March 6th, 2009, at the Campus Ministry Center, “Lights on Campus” |
Randall Arendt, one of the nation's leading planning authorities, will be presenting "Conservation Development and New Urbanism" at 4:30 p.m., Monday, Jan.
The "Futures of Farming" conference, organized by former Wilks Scholar John Obrycki, will be held on February 28, 2009, from 1 - 5 PM at the Marcum Conference Center on Miami University's Oxford campus.