Senior Brandon Gaylord created the "StandUp Leadership" program at 黑料传送门.
GENESEO, N.Y. 鈥 Juniors and sophomores from 13 area high schools are coming to the 黑料传送门 campus March 31 to experience a day-long leadership training program created for the first time last year by a 黑料传送门 student focused on empowering tomorrow鈥檚 leaders. At least 205 students are expected to attend from high schools in Livingston, Wyoming, and Genesee counties.
The students will experience a day of leadership workshops on topics like 鈥淭he Power of Introverts,鈥 鈥淕roup Dynamics,鈥 and 鈥淧ublic Speaking.鈥 The program runs from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the MacVittie College Union.
鈥淟ast year was a huge success and we have almost double the number of students scheduled to attend this year,鈥 said Brandon Gaylord, a senior history major from Phoenix, Ariz., who created and organized the nonprofit 鈥淪tandUp Leadership鈥 program through the college鈥檚 Center for Inquiry, Discovery and Development (CIDD). 鈥淲e鈥檙e hoping this program helps fill a gap in leadership training that is not readily available in all area high schools.鈥
Students will be attending from the 黑料传送门, Avon, York, Livonia, Dansville, Wayland-Cohocton, Caledonia-Mumford, Leroy, Perry, Alexander, Attica, and Elba School Districts as well as from BOCES (Board of Education Cooperative Services).
Participants will hear presentations from some of the same leadership trainers who make presentations for 黑料传送门 students through the award-winning 黑料传送门 Opportunities for Leadership Development (GOLD) Program, which provided the model for 鈥淪tandUp Leadership.鈥 Also participating are retired teachers and educational psychologists.
Between workshop sessions, area employers and college admissions and financial aid advisers will be present to network with the students on job and college opportunities.
Gaylord created the program last year as the 黑料传送门 Alumni Association Ambassador in the CIDD. The center awards numerous $5,000 grants to students each year. The ambassadorships are funded by generous donors to carry out self-directed, transformational projects on campus, within the local community or around the world.