Adrienne Campbell
aqc7327@truman.edu
The Harry S. Truman Art Symposium is a campus-wide art exhibit and competition. Students submit their art to be displayed in the SUB Alumni Room for a day. The pieces are voted on, and the SUB displays the winner’s piece. The SUB will hold the exhibit on October 30th. Informational sessions are October 1st, 2nd, and 3rd of 2018. Through Residence Life, this event will ideally develop to become an annual event focusing on different facets of diversity each year. This year, the focus is neurodiversity. The goal and mission of the event is to promote acceptance and appreciation for those who are neurodiverse, as well as an understanding of what neurodiversity means across campus.
Status: Developing
Level of Outreach: Campus
Keywords: Diversity and Neurodiversity
Subheadings: Visual Arts
Taylor Duncan
tmd1275@truman.edu
The goal of my leadership project is to innovate the Adair County Humane’s Society volunteer program to improve the organization and effectiveness of the volunteers. This will improve the well-being of the Humane Society’s workers and the animals involved. I plan to do this by:
-Creating a longer, more thorough orientation which will involve an animal trainer. The trainer will demonstrate positive reinforcement for the good behavior of dogs, which will help them become more adoptable.
-Communicating through a new, private Facebook group that will further inform those who have attended the orientation. They can receive up-to-date information on how they can help at the Humane Society or how to volunteer.
– Encouraging and advertising to students the ability to do their scholarship jobs at the Humane Society.
-Creating a positive community through monthly events at the Humane Society such as get-togethers, group activities, and social media spotlighting of volunteers.
Status: In-progress
Level of Outreach: Community and Local
Keywords: Animal Care, Animals and Pets, and Humane Society
Subheadings:
Emma Famous
edf1626@truman.edu
The American Medical Student Association (AMSA) annually attends an International Service Learning (ISL) trip. This year I will plan and organize the trip through ISL. My goals are to:
- Increase the number of students attending the trip
- Reach out to other pre-health profession organizations for involvement
- Fund raise to make the trip more feasible for more students
- Take ideas and feedback from fellow AMSA members to improve the experience
Status: In-progress
Level of Outreach: Campus and Global
Keywords:
Subheadings:
Clare Bolesta, Quinn Miller
ctb6428@truman.edu, qtm3878@truman.edu
During the 2017-2018 school year, we took over the Stand for the Silent project, originally started by Caleb Jones and Theo Greer. The leadership scholars worked with the Thousand Hills Rotary Club and their leadership mentor, Professor Chandrika Collins. The goal of the project was to raise awareness about, and ultimately reduce, bullying and depression at Kirksville Middle School. The leadership scholars developed curricula and planned and executed an event consisting of four sessions at Kirksville Middle School. During the event, the leadership scholars and volunteers covered multiple stations with the students, teaching them about the dangers and effects of bullying, and resources available to them.
Status: Completed and/or Self-Sustaining
Level of Outreach: Community and Local
Keywords: Awareness, Bullying, Health, Kirksville Middle School, Mental Health, and Thousand Hills Rotary Club
Subheadings:
Clarissa Fennessey
Cmf4712@truman.edu
Helped organize a successful vacation bible school by completing the following:
- Created crafts, decor, name tags and costumes, successful daily schedule
- Contacted and enlisted volunteers
- Delegated tasks and advised the group and station leaders
- Managed time and kept track of scheduling so the kids could experience every event in the allotted time
- Solved problems as they came up, especially at the very start of the program
Status: Completed and/or Self-Sustaining
Level of Outreach: Community and Local
Keywords:
Subheadings:
Annalie Hoppe
arh7648@truman.edu
Two years ago, Leadership Scholars started the Be a Buddy Not a Bully program. As it is still running, the program currently focuses on addressing bullying in the Kirksville middle school. The students who started the program, Caleb Jones and Theo Greer, worked with the Thousand Hills Rotary Club in Kirksville to make it a success. We plan to continue the relationship with them and look into possibly expanding the program.
Status: In-progress
Level of Outreach: Community and Local
Keywords: Awareness, Bullying, Kirksville Middle School, Mental Health, and Thousand Hills Rotary Club
Subheadings:
Kyle Trojahn
kat1113@truman.edu
I hope to maintain 100% retention for both the Spring 2018 and Fall 2018 New Member Classes. Of course, there are situations that may arise that cannot be controlled (i.e. a student transfers or needs to drop out due to financial circumstances), but I want to do my best to encourage members to stay on the board. Typical reasons for dropping include, but are not limited to: not feeling like they fit in with the board socially, not enjoying the act of planning campus events, and/or disliking the time commitment the board requires. It is my job as New Member Educator to work with each new member consistently throughout the semester to resolve board-related and personal issues that may arise in order to get them to stay on the board.
In order to solve these issues with member retention, I hope to revitalize the responsibilities of being a New Member Educator. After being approved into the role, I was given a fairly basic template on how to complete it. However, in order to see change, I need to switch things up a bit (detailed more in the “Goals” section). I want to create a more personal connection with each new member, make weekly meetings more intriguing, foster a community environment both in their class and on SAB as a whole, and
By the end of my role as New Member Educator, I hope there will be roughly 15 new SAB members that feel intrinsically motivated to maintain and improve the Student Activities Board. The grounding principal values of my vision are embodied by encouraging openness, brotherhood (community), integrity, time-management and ultimately (and most importantly) hard work. I am proud to hold this position as the direct effects of my work can be seen for years after my tenure on the board.
Goals:
- Individually meet-up or check-in with each new member at least once per month
- Put forth enough effort to make each weekly new member meeting interesting
- Research universally applicable strategies to manage SAB and college life
- Teach said strategies to new members at weekly meetings and one-on-one’s
- Make the SAB curriculum more interesting by integrating activities
Status: In-progress
Level of Outreach: Campus
Keywords: Curriculum, Education, Student Activities, and Training
Subheadings:
Mary Beth Howard
meh4184@truman.edu
The following steps were taken in order to increase mental wellness and sisterhood within Sigma Kappa:
- QPR (Suicide Prevention) Training provided for Members
- Steps toward Financial Aid and Scholarship Opportunities
- Changes in Scholarship program for Mental Health
- Monthly Goal Setting for Executive Board Members
- Sisterhood Focus and Female Empowerment
Status: In-progress
Level of Outreach: Campus and Global
Keywords: Executive Board and Sisterhood
Subheadings:
Korbin Keller
kwk7547@truman.edu
- Served as student voice on a faculty committee that was writing curriculum for incoming freshmen
- Pursued projects for a sequence of common seminars and for corresponding assignments for future students
Status: Completed and/or Self-Sustaining
Level of Outreach: Campus
Keywords: Curriculum
Subheadings:
Korbin Keller
kwk7547@truman.edu
I was the chairman of the College Republicans at Truman State University. During that time, I pursued various special projects in order to raise awareness of the Republican platform and Conservative candidates, to recruit students, and to advance the Republican party, including
- Hosted Suzanne Scholte, human rights activist from the Victims of Communism, an award-winning humanitarian with regards to working with refugees from North Korea.
- Hosted renown Conservative author and speaker Dinesh D’Souza on campus
- Organized two conferences to MOCR Fall Retreat and statewide Lincoln Day in February, bringing groups of 20 students to each event.
- Raised over $2,500 in funds for the activities of the club.
- Grew due-paying membership to 40 members.
Status: Completed and/or Self-Sustaining
Level of Outreach: Community, Local, and Campus
Keywords: Events
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