First Student Leadership Conference set
Eddie R. Cole Jr.
Editor in Chief
Issue date: 1/29/07 Section: News
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The conference, themed "21st Century Global Leadership: Vision, Strategy & Execution," is open to all TSU students and the $75 registration fee deadline is Friday, Feb. 2.
William U. Latham, UHP associate director, said the two-day conference is to include two keynote speakers and a young alumni panel discussion, among other breakout sessions on leadership-related topics.
He said TSU provided the UHP with $10,000 in support of the first-ever leadership conference, a vision Latham said he formed three years ago when he visited the Harvard University Business School's African American Student Union (AASU) Conference.
"That's one of the best leadership programs for African American students, particularly for those interested in going to graduate business school of course," Latham said. "And I saw the founding members from 1968 when they launched AASU come back and be recognized at the closing of the banquet and I sat there and said to myself 'Oh my God! Why and how and when can we do that at (TSU)?'"
Latham said that same vision for a leadership conference at TSU was later cast to UHP director Sandra Holt and now the program hopes to launch its own version of AASU with the TSU Young Executive Infinite Group in 2007.
Upon formation, this group of TSU students and alumni is expected to eventually become co-sponsors of the leadership conference, Latham said. He also added that students will have the opportunity to be led, taught and impacted by leadership experts from across the nation, particularly former TSU graduates, to help them shape a "purpose-driven life."
Obie McKenzie, a 1967 TSU and 1972 Harvard Business School graduate, is expected to serve as keynote speaker on Friday, Feb. 9. McKenzie is managing director for Black Rock Inc. on Wall Street and has more than 30 years of experience in corporate business leadership positions.
SGA President Ayodeji Olojo said he believes the conference will serve as catalyst to change the culture of low expectations that often permeates the TSU campus.
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