Category: Student Leadership Development
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Celebrating Active Citizenship
Last week, the Office of Community Engagement hosted our annual celebration of active citizenship. We invite all students, faculty, staff, and community partners to come together in recognition of the important work of the past year. No blog post can encapsulate the many things to be celebrated, so I am just going to highlight four…
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Vocation, Capacity, Community Part One
When I talk about vocation with students, I often describe it as the overlap between what you want and are equipped to do and what your communities need. After all, active citizenship, the guiding model of our office, is about prioritizing community in your values and life choices. It is through this lens of vocation…
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What’s to Come in the Spring Timey Wimey
My freshman RA explained to us that Fall Semester winds down while Spring Semester winds up, with time seeming to speed up the closer to Graduation we are. Moving at regular speed, I’ve had the time to think about some of the things I am excited for this semester. MLK Social Justice and Service Program…
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Editing My Leadership
The last assignment we gave to our Women in Leadership course was to write a leadership manifesto which expressed students’ commitments to themselves and others. While being a co-instructor of the course meant the assignment wasn’t for me, I drafted my own as well. I wrote those 100 or so words, and then, because I…
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That Time a W&M Professor Lied To Me
It was one of my favorite stories to tell on an admission tour as we paused in the lobby of Blair Hall. I recounted the day I walked into my history course, “The Global Color Line” with Professor Vinson, and he stared us all down. “Today, you are going to teach class,” he said, while…