Leadership Week Hosted by LEAD Scholars Academy
Tough Cookies and Conversations | Feb. 20 | 10-11 a.m. | Magnolia, Room 224, Live Oak Event Center Sometimes in life there are just some tough cookie situations you have to face. Difficult conversations can be one of them. Learn how to lean into conflict, because not all conflict has to be negative, and get the recipe for success when …
Leadership Week 2023Leaders Labyrinth Walk | Feb. 20 | 11 a.m.- 1 p.m. Faculty, staff, students are invited to take a time out for a mindfulness walk on the Leaders Labyrinth Walk. UCF Wellness and Health Promotions Service staff will be available to give you more stress reduction tips. Location: Look for our tent set up in the yard by the Campus …
Leadership Week 2023Sustainability Module Workshop | Feb. 20 | 11 a.m.-noon | Garden Key, Room 221, Student Union Join Student Government leaders in learning more about sustainability efforts at UCF. This is an interactive Webcourse module where you will learn how you can be more eco-friendly as a student. Environmental studies student and UCF Arboretum staff member Nicole Boisson will facilitate. If you want to …
Leadership Week 2023Keynote Speaker: “Tales from the Zooniverse: Innovation Leading to Discovery” with Dr. Laura Trouille| Feb. 20 | noon- 1p.m.| Zoom Laura Trouille is vice president of Science Engagement and Visualization at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, Illinois. She is a co-primary investigator to Zooniverse, the world’s largest platform for online citizen science, with more than two million participants worldwide and over 300 projects …
Leadership Week 2023Act Because You Care | Feb. 20 | 1:30-3 p.m. | Magnolia, Room 224, Live Oak Event Center Learn how to positively influence peers to practicing healthy behaviors with drugs and/or alcohol as well as how to properly respond to an overdose. The training is a comprehensive approach to teach students how to act when they are concerned about a …
Leadership Week 2023ARTivism: Art and the Fight for Cuba's Freedom with Karen Rodriguez | Feb. 20 | 3-4 p.m. | Zoom Did you know over 250,00 Cubans have fled Cuba in the last year alone? This session comes in light of the current Cuban exodus taking place, which marks the largest amount of Cubans fleeing the country in history. It will include …
Leadership Week 2023TEDTalk/Talk Back: Influential Leadership | Feb. 20 | 4-5 p.m. | Magnolia, Room 224, Live Oak Event Center Dr. Stacey Malaret, director of UCF’s LEAD Scholars Academy, leads a discussion on two TEDTalks about how great leaders inspire action and how to get your ideas to spread.
Leadership Week 2023Keynote Speaker: Dr. Albert Manero with Limbitless Solutions | Feb. 20 | 6-7 p.m. | Live Oak Ballroom, Live Oak Event Center A three-time graduate from the University of Central Florida with a doctorate in mechanical engineering, Dr. Albert Manero co-founded Limbitless Solutions, a nonprofit direct support organization at UCF that increases accessibility and empowers children and adults in the limb …
Leadership Week 2023