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May 05, 2008
Day 5: Program Closure
The view from Michigania...
Today was our last day at Leadership Connections. We began by completing five sentences. Here they are (after the colon is what we filled in):
1. We want to say thanks to: staff members and fellow groups for: sharing with us and inspiring us.
2. We really hope that: we can expand on what we've learned this week and bring it back to our society.
3. We are grateful for: the people who created EGL and made it the organization it is today.
4. We learned that: there is always progress to be made.
5. In the coming year, we are committed to: achieving our manageable goals and striving towards our stretch goals.
In number 5, you will see mention of our manageable goals and stretch goals. We didn’t post the picture of our goal sheet earlier, so here are the top manageable goals that we agreed on:
1. To create incentives towards/for meetings/events to engage more members
2. Session with new members and Tauber II’s
3. Create committees under executive board to get more involvement
Here are the top stretch goals that we agreed on:
1. For EGL to be more known to campus, faculty, and staff (100%)
2. Engage more members
3. More prestige
4. Receive more corporate donations/sponsorships (adequate funding)
5. 100% college, university, and community support
We sincerely hope to work towards these goals in the coming months and years. As we rode the bus home, during the four-hour drive we shared the lessons we learned during the week and during the break-out sessions from the day before. Overall, EGL’s first trip to Leadership Connections was a great success. We are all very excited about the future of EGL, and we would like to thank everyone who made this possible: The Office of Student Activities and Leadership; the facilitators: Jimmy, Angela, Jaden, Geni, Gabe, Mark and Dave; Stacie, our program advisor, who encouraged the idea of making a blog for our trip; the EGL student who read our blog and responded with comments; the fellow students at Leadership Connections who constantly provided support and new ideas; the three general student members (Claudio, Meghan, and Nate) who graciously donated a week of their summer to EGL, and provided new insight, energy, and boundless enthusiasm for the program; and our President, Lindsay, for her support and coaching during the sessions. Without her idea of attending LC, we would not have had the opportunity to attend and gain so much from this week.
We hope to return to Leadership Connections in the future, to continue to shape the EGL program and further the program’s mission! Thank you!
Posted by brumao at May 5, 2008 11:14 AM