With only 17 days remaining, the University’s African-American Cultural Center is still open for workshop submissions for the sixth annual Multicultural Student Leadership Conference on Oct. 27 at the Student Union.
This is the only free conference on campus focusing on leadership and diversity for both undergraduate and graduate students, according to a news release Tuesday. The conference is cosponsored by several University departments, including Student Government.
The African-American Cultural Center is looking for conference tracks varying in topics that include gender and sexuality, student-athlete leaders and spirituality and religion, said LaKeitha Poole, the African American Student Affairs coordinator.
“In the past, we have had presentations consisting of diversifying your work experience, studying abroad, programming 101, biracial identities, substance use and abuse, LGBTQ awareness, life after college and many more,” she said in an email.
During last year’s theme of “Discovering Dimensions of Diversity,” the conference invited Evettte Castillo Clark, Tulane University’s assistant dean of students in the Division of Student Affairs, to be a keynote speaker.
The keynote speaker this year is Alexandra Chung Rouse, Teach for America’s director of alumni affairs and an LSU alumna.
Estefania Reichard, an international studies senior and president of the Hispanic Student Cultural Society, said she attended the conference her freshman year to meet students of diverse backgrounds and to further her networking on campus.
“My favorite part would have to [have] been the different workshop sessions that the conference offered. The workshops covered topics that included overcoming … stereotypes all the way to improving leadership skills, which are all topics that college students should focus on,” she said in an email.
Reichard said she’s attending this year’s conference to look for leadership qualities to potentially benefit her after graduation along with potential inspiration for her post-graduation plans.
Poole encouraged all students to submit proposals for past topics and any new topics for presentations or panels. The extended deadline for submissions is Oct. 12 at 5 p.m.
The Multicultural Student Leadership Conference, scheduled for Oct. 27, focuses on leadership and diversity for undergraduate and graduate students.
