Leadership Distinction Program 2015 Keiser University - Lakeland Campus February 2015 Keiser Corner Keiser University Volume 10, Issue 2 The Leadership Disncon Program schedule for 2015 is com- plete and all students are invited to aend any and all of these val- uable FREE seminars to improve their overall professionalism. The Leadership Disncon Pro- gram is designed to help students graduate not with just the knowledge in their filed of study but also be prepared for their new careers with professionalism, soſt skills and exceponal job search strategies. The program is open to all students in Associate’s, Bachelor’s and Mas- ter’s de- grees. Students must parcipate in the required number of leadership seminars based upon the length of their program and required number of community service projects: Diploma/Cerficate program: 5 lead- ership seminars; 1 community service project Associate program: 8 leadership sem- inars; 2 community service projects Bachelor program: 10 leadership seminars; 4 community service pro- jects Master program: 8 leadership semi- nars; 2 community service projects Seminars are provided by the Depart- ment of Student Services held on campus in the auditorium, classroom or Career Center and occur about once a month. Upon compleon of the pro- gram, student will receive: Single red honor cord to wear at graduaon and denoted in com- mencement program Leer of compleon of Leader- ship Program by Campus Presi- dent Student Cerficate The following 4 seminars are required if you want to complete the LDP pro- gram: Geng the Interview: Includes: Cover Leer, Resume, and Thank you The Interview: Includes: Inter- viewing Skills and Soſt Skills Financial Success Strategies Job Search using Technology The following seminars will also be available: Networking Study Skills Time Management Leadership Civic Responsibilies Professionalism Community Service Projects should involve a minimum of 4 hours per 1 service project.
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Leadership Distinction Program 2015
Keiser University -
Lakeland Campus
February 2015
Keiser Corner
Keiser University
Volume 10, Issue 2
The Leadership Distinction Program schedule for 2015 is com-plete and all students are invited to attend any and all of these val-uable FREE seminars to improve their overall professionalism. The Leadership Distinction Pro-gram is designed to help students graduate not with just the knowledge in their filed of study but also be prepared for their new careers with professionalism, soft skills and exceptional job search strategies.
The program is open to all students in Associate’s, Bachelor’s and Mas-ter’s de-grees.
Students must participate in the required number of leadership seminars based upon the length of their program and required number of community service projects:
Diploma/Certificate program: 5 lead-ership seminars; 1 community service project
Associate program: 8 leadership sem-inars; 2 community service projects
Bachelor program: 10 leadership seminars; 4 community service pro-jects
Master program: 8 leadership semi-nars; 2 community service projects Seminars are provided by the Depart-ment of Student Services held on campus in the auditorium, classroom or Career Center and occur about once a month.
Upon completion of the pro-gram, student will receive: Single red honor cord to wear at
graduation and denoted in com-
mencement program Letter of completion of Leader-
ship Program by Campus Presi-dent
Student Certificate
The following 4 seminars are required if you want to complete the LDP pro-gram: Getting the Interview: Includes:
Cover Letter, Resume, and Thankyou
The Interview: Includes: Inter-viewing Skills and Soft Skills
Financial Success Strategies Job Search using Technology
The following seminars will alsobe available: Networking Study Skills Time Management Leadership Civic Responsibilities Professionalism
Community Service Projects should involve a minimum of 4 hours per 1 service project.
Kristen Pulse. Kristen is an Associate of Science in Radia-tion Therapy student who’s
story “How I saved Keiser” appeared in the Eagle’s Land-
ing Student Edition (E.L.S.E.)last week. Her story was also featured in the January edi-
tion of the Keiser Corner
monthly newsletter. Kristen
initiated a campus-wide
awareness of the needs of
stray animals in Polk County
with her story. A collection box for items needed at the Polk County Animal Shelter
was placed in the student lounge of building one and
money was raised with a dress-down day in December. Kristen said, “It was with the
help of KU students, faculty,
and student services that I
was able to raise awareness
and have a successful event. “
Some of the topics Mr.
Stamm will discuss
will include:
Budgeting, as astudent and after
graduation
Creating a
spending diary and
how it helps
Savings—pay
yourself!
How to Make Money on your Money
Credit scores and how to improve yours
Credit cards—the good and the bad
Identity Theft
Student loans, private loans and federal
aid
Mr. Stamm has spoken on campus before and
EVERY student walked away learning some-thing new and worthwhile. We encourage
everyone to check with your instructor and make the time to attend one of the two semi-
nars offered. For additional questions, please
contact Student Services at 863-682-6020 or stop by the Career Center in building one, se-
cond floor. On Tuesday February 10th, K.U. Lakeland will
host guest speaker Geoff Stamm from the Of-fice of the Chancellor for a free seminar on
Financial Success for all students.
This seminar will be held during class time but
can be an excused absence during the seminar time. (Be sure to check with your instructor.)
The day session starts at 11:30 and the evening session will start at 6:00 p.m. If you would like
to attend this incredibly beneficial and informa-
tive seminar, please RSVP with Student Ser-vices by February 9th, 5:00. Stop by the Career
Center or call Student Services at 863-682-
6020.
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Financial Success Strategies—February 10th
February Star Student—Kristen Pulse
We all know that volunteering is beneficial to the community, but this may not be a good enough reason for you to join a volunteer group. When you realize, however, that volunteering can help you en-hance your leadership skills, you will definitely become interested in spending your time as a volunteer. According to statistics, employed individuals are more likely to partic-ipate in volunteer programs than those who are unemployed. This is because workers know that volun-teering can give them the experi-ence and skills that they need in order to advance their careers. In-terestingly, more and more compa-nies are willing to pay their employ-ees for volun-teering. So how does volunteering help make a good leader? You gain a broader per-spective When you vol-unteer, you naturally go out of your comfort zone because you will have to work with new people, take on new challenges, and learn new
skills. What volunteering basically does is make you set new goals and priorities. By hanging out with different people with varying back-grounds and life experiences, you learn different ways to overcome challenges. The projects that you will take on with these people will definitely change the way you think about life itself, and this is what will give you a wider perspective on how you should live your life and proceed in your career. You discover your hidden skills and talents Although you are interested, you may find it quite risky to discover new skills at work. But if you work as a volunteer, you give yourself a
chance to actually try out an untested skill of your own. Volunteer organi-zations always welcome help from anyone offer-ing it. You won’t even be judged
based on your qualifications as long as you have the desire to help. A good leader is aware that learning from experience is essen-
tial in professional growth. As a leader also, you would want to encourage your staff to volunteer so that they can discover their hidden skills, which the company can take advantage of. You will learn how to be a follower As the saying goes, a great leader is a good follower. Of course, you wouldn’t know how to make your people follow you if you don’t even know what it means to follow a leader. By joining volunteer programs, you won’t be con-sidered as superior to anyone. Every-one is equal. This experience will help you understand what it takes to be an effective leader. It will teach you also how to adjust to an environment where you don’t have power, which will teach you humility. You will gain a bigger network Through volunteering, you have a chance to meet people coming from different fields. This is a huge ad-vantage for you because you will never know when you may decide to try out a different career. As we all know, mak-ing some huge career moves is inevi-table, especially if you aspire to have a fulfilling and gratifying career. Cecile Peterkin is a certified career and retirement coach, and a registered member of the Career Professionals of
