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, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.
Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.
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