The MSU Leadership Institute strives to host a number of multifaceted events that offer participants the opportunity to engage in leadership training through a variety of activities. Our special events are so much more than a mere lecture or training. We aim to make each one different and engaging in new and exciting ways. At our special events, participants will find new perspectives and insight into what it is to be a leader.
National Geographic Young Explorers Workshop
Saturday, February 11
Gaines Hall 101, MSU, Bozeman
Welcome & Registration: 9:45 am
Workshop Concludes at 3 pm
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Each year the Young Explorer Grant Program hosts workshops for future Young Explorers. These workshops introduce National Geographic Young Explorer grantees-as well as National Geographic explorers, conservationists, and researchers-to students interested in pursuing grants from National Geographic to support their research or project.
MSU Sponsors: Office of the President, Office of the Provost, ASMSU, MSU Leadership Institute, Department of Earth Sciences, University College, ASMSU Sustainability Center
Workshop Activities
- Welcome Reception: Check-in and light breakfast
- Morning Session: Introduction to National Geographic and its role in supporting exploration, research, and conservation. Outstanding young explorer grantees will present their projects and their future plans in the field. The morning panel will offer advice on the elements of a good grant application and why many applications miss the mark.
- Lunch: With students, National Geographic grantees, and staff
- Afternoon Idea Pitch Session: Time to share ideas for field projects in breakout groups with National Geographic grantees and staff
- Evening Lecture Presentation: Join National Geographic explorers and photographers for a memorable evening presentation.
Participants
- Dr. John Francis, Vice President, Research, Conservation, and Exploration, National Geographic Society
- Rebecca Martin, Director, Expeditions Council, National Geographic Society
- National Geographic Grant Program Officers
- National Geographic Grant Committee Members
- National Geographic Young Explorer Grantees
- National Geographic Society Research, Conservation, and Exploration Grantees
- Students
Frugal Fashionista
Students supporting Afghan women widowed by decades of war and oppression
Thursday, March 1
SUB Ballrooms B and C, from 4 to 8 pm.
The centerpiece of Frugal Fashionista is a sale of gently used to new women's clothing donated by students and Greek Life members from across campus. In addition to the sale, there will be local art vendors, refreshments, music, and a silent auction. All proceeds will be benefit Afghan women who have been widowed by decades of war and oppression.
Afghan widows are highly vulnerable and trapped in an ever-deepening cycle of extreme poverty and helplessness. Beyond the 11th is a non-profit organization whose mission is to fund programs that help Afghan widows gain the skills necessary to generate their own income and become self-sufficient. This organization was founded by two American women whose husbands were killed on 9/11. Their mission is to reach beyond differences of culture and geography and embrace humanity.
Sponsors include: Office of the President, ASMSU, MSU Leadership Institute, ASMSU Sustainability Center, Amnesty International and Beyond the 11th
Visit the Beyond the 11th website
ASMSU Presidential Debate
Tuesday, February 21
Location and time: Noon - 1 pm
Procrastinator Theatre, Strand Union Building
This event is free and open to the public.
The ASMSU student body president and vice president are positions that take a great deal of skill and passion to excel in. Watch your candidates debate a wide variety of issues that pertain to student life and campus policies at MSU. Taking an interest in your student government is the first step in creating positive and meaningful changes here at MSU. Come see who has what it takes to lead our university into the future! The choice is yours. Be informed.
This event is sponsored by ASMSU and the MSU Leadership Institute.
Past Events
Spring 2011
Cuba's Road to Literacy: A Leadership Model for Women Worldwide
An Evening with Cuban activist Norma Guillard and US filmmaker Catherine Murphy
Monday, March 28th
7:30PM in MSU Strand Union Ballrooms
FREE and Open to the Public
La Fiesta Cubana! Drinks, Music and Cuban Fare – a pre-event fundraiser to support the MSU Leadership Institute Endowment: 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm. For more information call 406-994-7275 or email cmcspadden@montana.edu
The Literacy Project and the ICAIC in collaboration with the MSU Leadership Institute are excited to present a screening of the 30 minute documentary “Maestra” and an open dialogue with both Cuban educator and activist, Norma Guillard, and US filmmaker, Catherine Murphy.
Once a young girl in the Cuban Literacy Campaign in the 1960s, Guillard is now a social and clinical psychologist, professor, scholar and activist with special expertise in HIV/AIDS and sex education. In addition, she is currently the founder of Oremi, the first formal organization of lesbians and bisexuals in Cuba. Murphy, her filmmaker counterpart, is a sociologist, social documentarian and the founder and coordinator of “The Literacy Project” a multi-media history project on literacy in the Americas.
Guillard and Murphy will be discussing the intertwining role of women in the Literacy Campaign and the reality of Cuban women’s lives today as well as the history of Cuba during the early years of the Cuban Revolution. Their speaking tour will also include screening Murphy’s 30 minute documentary “Maestra,” which highlights one of the pinnacle moments in the social history of the Americas and tells the story of the 1961 Cuban Literacy Movement through personal testimonies. Thought provoking, “Maestra” aims to spark dialogue, reflection, and positive social change in contemporary society.
For more information, contact the MSU Leadership Institute at 994-7275, visit www.womenandcuba.org, or visit http://www.theliteracyproject.org/
Terrorism is not a Nationality
April 4, 2011 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
SUB 235
FREE and open to the public
Who is a terrorist? How do we define 21st century terrorism and how do we fight against it?
In the world we live in today, terrorism has been brought to the forefront of political verbiage and is perpetuated by media footage of terrorist attacks. Where do you stand amidst all of this and how should you react?
The MSU Leadership Institute will be hosting a critical discussion evening on the topic of terrorism that brings together MSU students to share their opinions, stereotypes, fears and personal experiences in the form of a healthy dialogue.
For more information, contact the MSU Leadership Institute at 994-7275
