Spring 1999 student leadership conference January 29 - 30
Stevens Institute of Technology will conduct its Spring ’99 student leadership conference, "Designs for Development," Jan. 29 and 30, at the university. Officers and members of various student groups and organizations will attend sessions on both days involving teamwork, budgeting and planning issues.
For more information, or to register, please contact Laura Day, director of Student Activities, at lday@stevens.edu, or call 201-216-5699.
The agenda for the conference includes:
(all events will be held in the Wesley J. Howe Center)
Friday Jan. 29
| 5:00 p.m. | Check-in, 4th floor lobby |
| 5:30 p.m. | Dinner, Pierce Room, second floor |
| 6:30 p.m. | "Centergy" session, Bissinger Room, fourth floor Topics include: levels of commitment, communications delegation, effective teamwork, building cohesiveness and keys to empowerment. |
Saturday, Jan. 30
| 9:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast, Bissinger Room |
| 9:30 a.m. | "Jump Start." Topics include: planning, publicity and leadership. |
| 12:30 p.m. | Lunch, Pierce Room |
| 1:30 p.m. | "Avoiding Programming Nightmares" breakout sessions, including parliamentary procedures, "Putting the Planning Back In Program Planning" and fiduciary functions of organizations. |
| 3:45 p.m. | Liability Issues facing Greeks and student organizations. |
| 5:00 p.m. | Dinner, Pierce Room |
| 6:00 p.m. | Wrapup, Bissinger Room |
Contact: Laura Day
Director of Student Activities
(201) 216-5699
email: lday@stevens.edu
About Stevens Institute of Technology
Founded in 1870 and celebrating 140 Years of Innovation, Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation University TM , lives at the intersection of industry, academics and research. The University's students, faculty and partners leverage their collective real-world experience and culture of innovation, research and entrepreneurship to confront global challenges in engineering, science, systems and technology management.
Based in Hoboken, N.J. and with a location in Washington, D.C., Stevens offers baccalaureate, master’s, certificates and doctoral degrees in engineering, the sciences and management, in addition to baccalaureate degrees in business and liberal arts. Stevens has been recognized by both the US Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security as a National Center of Excellence in the areas of systems engineering and port security research. The University has a total enrollment of more than 2,200 undergraduate and 3,700 graduate students with almost 450 faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America as well as strategic partnerships with industry leaders, governments and other universities around the world. Additional information may be obtained at www.stevens.edu and www.stevens.edu/press.
