Leadership Education Workshops

Introduction to Leadership Certificate Program

Date: Tuesday, August 21, 7 – 8 p.m.
Location: Bowen-Thompson Student Union 307
Facilitator: Center for Leadership Staff
Description: Employers are looking for demonstrated leadership and team development experiences. The BGSU Leadership Certificate Program (LCP) provides a guide for BGSU students to advance and demonstrate their leadership and team experiences. This workshop will introduce participants to the benefits of the LCP and the program requirements.
Sponsored By: Center for Leadership
LCP Status: Required

Introduction to Leadership Certificate Program

Date: Monday, August 27, 7 – 8 p.m.
Location: Bowen-Thompson Student Union 309
Facilitator: Center for Leadership Staff
Description: Employers are looking for demonstrated leadership and team development experiences. The BGSU Leadership Certificate Program (LCP) provides a guide for BGSU students to advance and demonstrate their leadership and team experiences. This workshop will introduce participants to the benefits of the LCP and the program requirements.
Sponsored By: Center for Leadership
LCP Status: Required

Introduction to Leadership Certificate Program

Date: Wednesday, August 29, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Location: Bowen-Thompson Student Union 309
Facilitator: Center for Leadership Staff
Description: Employers are looking for demonstrated leadership and team development experiences. The BGSU Leadership Certificate Program (LCP) provides a guide for BGSU students to advance and demonstrate their leadership and team experiences. This workshop will introduce participants to the benefits of the LCP and the program requirements.
Sponsored By: Center for Leadership
LCP Status: Required

Running a Meeting: Setting the Tone, Agenda, and Expectations

Date: Wednesday, September 5, 3:30-5 p.m.
Location: Olscamp 205
Facilitator: Michael Ginsburg
Description: Setting the expectations of participants, agenda and tone for meetings is important in trying to get things done for your organization. This session will help you better manage meetings to ensure your organization is successful!
Sponsored By: Office of the Dean of Students
LCP Status: Elective

See Jane Lead

Date: Thursday, September 6, 2-3:30 p.m.
Location: Business Administration (BA) 112
Facilitator: Claire Semer
Description: The truth is that women lead all the time - they just don't call it leadership. In our personal and professional lives, we ignore the qualities and assets we already possess that can make us great leaders. This workshop will shatter the myths of female leadership and empower you to take charge! See Jane Lead reveals the most effective ways women can lead at school, at work, at home, and beyond - using natural capabilities.
Sponsored By: Office of Residence Life
LCP Status: Elective

Introduction to Leadership Certificate Program

Date: Friday, September 7, Noon – 1 p.m.
Location: Bowen-Thompson Student Union 309
Facilitator: Center for Leadership Staff
Description: Employers are looking for demonstrated leadership and team development experiences. The BGSU Leadership Certificate Program (LCP) provides a guide for BGSU students to advance and demonstrate their leadership and team experiences. This workshop will introduce participants to the benefits of the LCP and the program requirements.
Sponsored By: Center for Leadership
LCP Status: Required

Leading Across Difference: LGBTQ Safe Zone Training

Date: Wednesday, September 12, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Location: LGBT Resource Center, 318B Math Science Building
Facilitator: Tobias Spears
Description: The OHIO Safe Zone project promotes awareness of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning individuals.  This workshop provides education concerning LGBT issues and seeks to improve the environment for LGBT people and create allies.  
Sponsored By: Office of Multicultural Affairs
LCP Status: Elective

Dealing with Trigger Events

Date: Monday, September 17, 2-3:30 p.m.
Location: Bowen-Thompson Student Union 207
Facilitator: Jasmine Hamilton
Description: This is an opportunity for leaders to recognize trigger events that often occur during discourse of multicultural issues. Recognizing trigger events can be the difference between building trust and weakening the ties one has with their community.
Some of the materials used in this workshop are offensive and used for demonstration purposes only. Participates are highly encouraged to speak privately or publicly with the facilitator to address concerns. Email Jasmine at jmhamilt@oberlin.edu
Sponsored By: Oberlin College Office of Residential Education
LCP Status: Elective

Being an Eco-Leader

Date: Tuesday, September 18, 5:30-6:45 p.m.
Location: Business Administration (BA) 115
Facilitator: Dr. Nick Hennessey
Description: Our world is in desperate need for green leaders, with a working understanding of how to incorporate basic sustainability principles into their organization's daily activities.  This presentation will provide students with a knowledge base and the working tools they will need to begin moving towards being a "green leader" and exercising their civic responsibility to assist the environment as well as their organization.  As more and more employers seek employees with literacy in practical sustainability principles, this session is also designed to assist students in their career searches.
Sponsored By: Office of Campus Sustainability
LCP Status: Elective

Interactive Teambuilding

Date: Thursday, September 20, 5 – 6:15 p.m.
Location: Student Recreation Center, Rock Wall
Facilitator: Jerome Gabriel
Description: Participate in and learn to lead various team building activities.
Sponsored By: Recreation and Wellness, Outdoor Programs
LCP Status: Elective

Motivating and Validating Others: The Art of Encouraging the Heart

Date: Monday, September 24, 6-7:30 p.m.
Location: Bowen-Thompson Student Union 306
Facilitators: Sherry Early, David Sleasman
Description: Encouragement matters. Encouraging leadership can increase productivity, decrease absenteeism, build relationships, and validate the contributions of others. This interactive workshop is designed to explore the seven essentials of encouraging. Examples of simple, yet effective ways to encourage will be provided. Participants will also walk away with an encouragement implementation plan.
Sponsored By: Department of Higher Education and Student Affairs, Graduate Student Senate
LCP Status: Elective

Moral and Ethical Decision Making

Date: Monday, October 8, 4 – 5:30 p.m.
Location: Business Administration (BA) 110
Facilitator: Dr. Jeff Kegolis
Description: What makes any given decision an ethical decision? The problem with ethics is that what may seem morally right (ethical) to one person may seem inappropriate to another. Moral and ethical leadership is about knowing your core values and having the courage to live them in all parts of your life. During this workshop, we will discuss the value of ethical leadership and learn techniques to help us handle ethical dilemmas.
Sponsored By: Fraternity and Sorority Life
LCP Status: Required

Introduction to Leadership Certificate Program

Date: Thursday, October 11, 7 – 8 p.m.
Location: Bowen-Thompson Student Union 307
Facilitator: Center for Leadership Staff
Description: Employers are looking for demonstrated leadership and team development experiences. The BGSU Leadership Certificate Program (LCP) provides a guide for BGSU students to advance and demonstrate their leadership and team experiences. This workshop will introduce participants to the benefits of the LCP and the program requirements.
Sponsored By: Center for Leadership
LCP Status: Required

Collaboration, Controversy, Delegation, and Change

Date: Tuesday, October 16, 5-6:15 p.m.
Location: Bowen-Thompson Student Union 306
Facilitator: David Sleasman
Description: Using the foundation of the Social Change Model, this workshop discusses group dynamics. We will discuss ways to further collaborate, enhance communication within an organization, conveying a clear common purpose, and using controversy (disagreements) as a part of the process for the growth of the organization. Through this, the delegation of tasks to obtain common goal and dealing with change will also be discussed. The workshop will review Kouzes and Posner's 5 Practices for Exemplary Leadership.
Sponsored By: Graduate Student Senate
LCP Status: Elective

Leading Across Difference: LGBTQ Safe Zone Training

Date: Tuesday, October 16, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Location: LGBT Resource Center, Math Science Building
Facilitator: Tobias Spears
Description: The OHIO Safe Zone project promotes awareness of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning individuals.  This workshop provides education concerning LGBT issues and seeks to improve the environment for LGBT people and create allies.  
Sponsored By: Office of Multicultural Affairs
LCP Status: Elective

Putting the “I” Back in Leadership

Date: Thursday, October 18, 2012 6-7:15 p.m.
Location: Bowen-Thompson Student Union 306
Facilitator: Casey Stark
Description: For leaders, how you treat yourself is just as important as how you treat others. This session will be an opportunity for student leaders to take a step back and focus on how they can be great leaders and still maintain healthy balance.  Participants will leave the session with an arsenal of BGSU and community resources they can use to seek balance.  Participants will also create a plan and/or set of goals to strive toward maintaining healthy leadership in their lifestyle.
Sponsored By: Department of Recreation and Wellness
LCP Status: Elective

Nach-yo Disability: Learning and Leading with Inclusivity in Mind

Date: Monday, October 22, 6:30 – 8 p.m.
Location: Business Administration (BA) 100
Facilitators: Steve Syoen, Jessica Minard
Description: Disabilities have not been a widely discussed topic on campus. Participants who attend this program will learn about a few disabilities and learn about appropriate language and interaction etiquette when discussing and working with people who have disabilities. When it is Nach-yo disability, it IS your responsibility to learn and know about visible and invisible conditions that impact your peers and community members. Come learn how to be inclusive in life and leadership. Nachos provided!
Sponsored By: Office of Residence Life
LCP Status: Elective

Introduction to Leadership Certificate Program

Date: Tuesday, October 23, 7 – 8 p.m.
Location: Bowen-Thompson Student Union 318
Facilitator: Center for Leadership Staff
Description: Employers are looking for demonstrated leadership and team development experiences. The BGSU Leadership Certificate Program (LCP) provides a guide for BGSU students to advance and demonstrate their leadership and team experiences. This workshop will introduce participants to the benefits of the LCP and the program requirements.
Sponsored By: Center for Leadership
LCP Status: Required

Managing Presentation Anxiety

Date: Monday, October 29, 6 – 7:30 p.m.
Location: Business Administration Annex (BAA) 1001
Facilitator: Slade Billew
Description: This workshop will explore what causes the different types of anxiety caused by presenting in front of groups. After the causes are understood, clear and simple tools for managing anxiety will be learned. These tools will then be applied under simulated stress in order to give participants access to these tools when they need them.
Sponsored By: Department of Theatre and Film
LCP Status: Elective

Leading Across Difference: LGBTQ Safe Zone Training

Date: Thursday, November 1, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Location: LGBT Resource Center, 318B Math Science Building
Facilitator: Tobias Spears
Description: The OHIO Safe Zone project promotes awareness of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning individuals.  This workshop provides education concerning LGBT issues and seeks to improve the environment for LGBT people and create allies.  
Sponsored By: Office of Multicultural Affairs
LCP Status: Elective

Introduction to Leadership Certificate Program

Date: Monday, November 5, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Location: Bowen-Thompson Student Union 306
Facilitator: Center for Leadership Staff
Description: Employers are looking for demonstrated leadership and team development experiences. The BGSU Leadership Certificate Program (LCP) provides a guide for BGSU students to advance and demonstrate their leadership and team experiences. This workshop will introduce participants to the benefits of the LCP and the program requirements.
Sponsored By: Center for Leadership
LCP Status: Required

Marketing Your Leadership and Teamwork Skills to Employers

Date: Wednesday, November 7, 5 – 6:45 p.m.
Location: Olscamp Hall 205
Facilitator: Andrea Domachowski
Description: Learn how to communicate your leadership and teamwork experiences to employers, using targeted resumes and effective interview strategies.
Sponsored By: Career Center
LCP Status: Elective

Sustaining Your Organization: How to Be Effective at Transitioning Between Leadership

Date: Wednesday, November 7, 7 – 8:15 p.m.
Location: Bowen-Thompson Student Union 306
Facilitator: Carson Lance
Description: This session is targeted at an often over-looked or bothersome time in a student organization's yearly schedule: transitioning.  This session hopes to provide students with the skills to design and implement a learning-focused transitioning program.  By identifying the purpose, topics, and best practices of successful plans, students will be able to utilize these resources to create their own, useful transitioning program.
Sponsored By: Alumni Association
LCP Status: Elective

Student Money Management

Date: Thursday, November 8, 4:30 – 5:45 p.m.
Location: Business Administration 103
Facilitator: Patricia Donnelly
Description: Gain practical skills and knowledge relating to spending, saving, and planning for your financial future.
Sponsored By: Student Money Management Services
LCP Status: Elective

Business Etiquette: Practical Advice

Date: Tuesday, November 13, 5 – 6:15 p.m.
Location: Business Administration 103
Facilitator: Abby Priehs
Description: Understanding proper dining and conversation etiquette is essential when interviewing and dining with colleagues and supervisors. Learn how to dress appropriately, negotiate interpersonal interactions, use proper dining techniques, and even how to travel for an interview.  This session will help you build all of your professional skills.
Sponsored By: Office of Residence Life
LCP Status: Elective

Becoming a Multiculturally Competent Leader

Date: Thursday, November 29, 6-7:45 p.m.
Location: Bowen-Thompson Student Union 306
Facilitators: Alexis Taylor, Corey Friend
Description: College campuses are becoming more diverse yet students are often unaware of the dynamics privilege and oppression play in their communities and in their relationships with other students. This training will promote introspection and reflection to develop greater self-awareness amongst students, which is significant due to the greater levels of diversity on college campuses. This program will help students gain skills of inclusive language and facilitate discussions around multicultural issues, which will assist in fostering communities.
Sponsored By: Office of Residence Life, Department of Higher Education and Student Affairs
LCP Status: Elective

Beyond Just Being Polite: Exploring Civility on our Campus

Date: Wednesday, December 5, 4-5:15 p.m.
Location: Bowen-Thompson Student Union 306
Facilitator: Holly Grunn
Description: What does it mean to be “civilized” in the 21st Century?! Come learn about civility and engage in conversation about issues on campus to see how you can use civil leadership to create a more positive environment at BGSU.
Sponsored By: Fraternity and Sorority Life
LCP Status: Elective