Emory Campus Life August 2012

August 2012 Division of Campus Life at Emory University Life Beyond the Classroom

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table of contents Message from Ajay Nair, Senior Vice President and Dean of Campus Life Dear Colleagues, Thank you for your warm welcome to Emory. I continue to amass t-shirts, water bottles, and other Emory paraphernalia!

In the past month, I have engaged in many meetings and conversations about campus life. One thing is clear: We have tremendous opportunities ahead of us because of your passion and dedication. Together, we can help students reach their fullest potential.

With all best wishes for the start of the academic year, I am sincerely yours, Ajay Nair , Ph.D.

MISSION STATEMENT The Division of Campus Life strengthens and enhances the Emory community through our programs, activities, services, and facilities.

We create a welcoming and supportive campus environment and are committed to modeling and teaching holistic well-being, ethical leadership, community service, and global citizenship.

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SPOTLIGHT ON CAMPUS LIFE STAFF Michael Faccini is the RHD Fellow for the Office of Health Promotion.

Michael is responsible for marketing, especially with video and social media. If you want to be behind the scenes or in front of the camera in a Student Health 101 video, he can help make that happen. He also partners with Residence Life to bring healthy living to the residence halls.

Third-year psychiatry residents Maryam Hosseini and Melissa Smith were with Student Health through June 30.

The Counseling Center has three new Psychology Doctoral Interns who started August 1: Jason Mayotte-Blum, MA, a doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology at Adelphi University; Lindsay Ellch, MA, a doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology at The Adler School of Professional Psychology, and John Jackson, MA, a doctoral candidate in Counseling Psychology at the University of Maryland – College Park.

Dr. Ian Bonner and Dr. Karen Tringle have successfully completed their internships (and their doctorates!) at the Counseling Center. They will be with us for an additional year as Post-Doctoral Fellows. Stephanie Cook, LMSW, will also stay on for an additional year as a Post-MSW Fellow.

Please welcome Kendra Winkles to the Student Health community. Kendra is a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN). She comes to us from St. Augustine, Florida (grew up in Montana). Her favorite things to do are making hair bows for her daughters and couponing.

James Francois, Donna Wong’s successor, will take over as Assistant Dean for Campus Life and Director of the Office of Multicultural Programs and Services (OMPS) this fall. In addition to changing leadership, the OMPS Office will also be conducting candidate interviews for an Assistant Director position now open in the office. This position will, among other duties, provide support programs for Emory’s international student community. Interviews will be held on August 7 and 8 with candidate presentations both days from 11:15 am to 12:00 noon in DUC Room 338 (formerly 355). The Emory community is invited to participate.

In July, Jane Hershman joined the Dobbs University Center team as the Assistant Director for Facilities and Meeting Services. Jane is responsible for leading the meeting services and custodial operation teams as well as supervising all building and occupant services.

The Office of Residence Life & Housing has a few new faces! Please help us welcome Jeff Tate (Assistant Director of Operations for Sorority & Fraternity Housing), Josh Gilbert (Coordinator of Housing Operations), Janelle Lopp (Administrative Assistant), and Ambra Yarborough (Complex Director – Harris Hall).

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s life around u p The Emerging Leaders Experience 2012-2013 The LEAD Team is happy to welcome the 2016 cohort of Emerging Leaders Experience (ELE) participants to the Fall ELE program. To meet a growing need for the program, this year the LEAD Team will be offering an ELE program during the beginning of the Fall and Spring semesters. The Emerging Leaders Experience isn’t a typical leadership program. As part of the Emerging Leader Experience, participants will receive first-hand mentoring and guidance from upper-class students who have successfully completed an ELE experience.

The Emerging Leaders Experience will begin with an overnight retreat. At this retreat, participants will be immersed in learning about their leadership styles, values, and how to get involved at Emory. For the duration of the Fall semester, ELE participants will meet bi-weekly in sessions facilitated by our awesome LEAD Team. The ELE program is part of the Office of Student Leadership & Service.

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Four students represented Emory at the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance Conference in Washington, D.C. The students presented a session on creating a Queer and Asian student group at a historically White campus. Funding was provided through the J. Michael Aycock Student Leadership Development Fund and the Daniel D. Adame Leadership Fund in the Office of LGBT Life.

Visit http://www.nqapia.org for more information about the Conference.

The Office of Student Leadership & Service invited the Dean of Students’ staff members to join them for their annual retreat. As a part of that, they participated in a service project with Project Open Hand on July 30.

It was a great opportunity to connect, understand a deep need in the Atlanta community, and refocus on the important work we all do with students!

The Office of Student Leadership & Service, joined by several other staff members in the Dean of Students areas, volunteered at Project Open Hand, packaging nutritious meals for community members in need.

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Emory Swimming & Diving Teams Earn CSCAA Academic Honors Head Coach Jon Howell's 2011-12 Emory women's swimming & diving team that won a 14th consecutive University Athletic Association championship and a third straight NCAA D-III national championship has captured both team and individual academic honors from the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA). Fifteen members of the 2011-12 Eagles earned individual academic recognition from the CSCAA.

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Howell's men's swimming & diving team also captured a 14th straight league title while posting a third-place finish at nationals. Eight representatives from that squad earned individual academic laurels from the CSCAA this year.

An important enhancement for the Emory softball program has begun with the construction of batting cages beyond the center field fence. The project will continue for the rest of the summer with a scheduled completion date of early September.

The addition of the cages to the Emory Softball Field will allow team members to work on their swings year round no matter the weather conditions.

"We are certainly excited to have begun the construction of the batting cages," said Emory head softball coach Penny Siqueiros. "To be able to have a facility like this for our players to use will certainly pay dividends in terms of performance. We are appreciative of all the support we have received for this project, which will certainly upgrade the softball complex and help maintain its reputation as one of the best in the nation."

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The Emory University volleyball program has been recognized for excellence in the classroom during the 2011-12 school year by earning the American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award.

The award, which was initiated in 1992-93, honors collegiate and high school volleyball teams that displayed excellence in the classroom during the school year by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average on a 4.0 scale or a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale.

The Eagles concluded this past academic year with a GPA of 3.48 and were one of four University Athletic Association teams to garner the award. All totaled, 90 Division III programs were recognized while 102 Division I and 67 Division II teams received academic acclaim.

Emory finished the 2011 campaign with an overall record of 36-5, tying the school record for most wins in a season.

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saving fixtures in the rooms, Dobbs got some HVAC upgrades, a fire sprinkler system, and five new study lounges in the building. Check out Dobbs on Twitter: @HolderDobbsHall if you’d like to take a look!

Emory To Host 2012 NCAA South/Southeast Regional Cross Country Championships Emory University will serve as the host institution for the 2012 NCAA Men's and Women's South/Southeast Regional Cross Country Championships. The event will be held on November 10 at the Nash Farm Battlefield Course in Hampton, Georgia, the site of the 2011 Colonial Athletic Association Championships. The South/Southeast Regional is one of eight regional championships that will be held across the country with a total of 16 teams (top two teams from each region) in both the men's and women's competition earning automatic berths to the NCAA D-III Championships while 16 squads will garner at-large berths. In addition, seven runners from each region from teams who do not qualify will be selected for the national championship, which will be held on November17 at the LaVern Gibson Course in Terre Haute, Indiana.

Two students, Zakiya Haji and Stephanie Llanes, closely associated with the Offfice of Multicultural Programs & Services, represented Emory at the Social Justice Training Institute in San Zakiya Haji Francisco on July 11.

Zakiya is currently summer interning at the Office of Multicultural Programs & Services. Stephanie will serve as Vice President of College Council in the fall. Director James Francois stated that he’d like to see Stephanie social justice as a multicultural Llanes compentency requirement for positions dealing with diverse populations at Emory.

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SUMMER PROJECTS! Residence Life & Housing has been busy with projects this summer! The Residence Life team at Clairmont Campus (led by Frank Gaertner and Elizabeth Cox) have been busy evaluating and developing the Junior and Senior Year at Emory experiences for our upperclass students. Junior Year at Emory will support third-year students in their transition into their majors, adjust to apartment living, and reflect upon study abroad and internship experiences. Senior Year at Emory is a collaborative effort with the Emory Alumni Association that will support students in post-graduation preparation, both professionally and socially.

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Both Zakiya and Stephanie had only good things to say about the institute: Zakiya wrote, “When I was encouraged to apply for the Social Justice Training Institute (SJTI), I was entirely clueless as to what to expect. What I discovered was the 4-day experience was so powerful that it was able to really change my perspective—on society, on the people in my life, on the people I’m surrounded by, on issues of social justice, and more. In those days, we spent a lot of time reflecting on our different identities in connection to our communities and relationships. The experience has inspired me to be more observant of my surroundings and more active in the roles that I play. I also feel a much more heightened sense of awareness of the impact others leave in my world. Surprisingly, in those intense few days, I was able to connect to the other participants more than to some people I’ve known for years. The people were supportive; the environment was comfortable; and the experience was invigorating. I would encourage anyone passionate about pursuing leadership in areas of social justice to page 6 attend!” page 6

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Dobbs Hall got a minor facelift this summer.

In addition to new paint, furniture, carpet, energy-saving lighting, and new water-

Stephanie wrote, “Challenging, enlightening, humbling, emotional, and inspirational are only a few words I can think of to describe my experience at SJTI. I am excited to know that there are so many other students and professionals fighting for equity, true liberty, and justice for ALL. Not only did I realize I have much more to learn, but I also learned the importance of understanding my own privileges. I made new friendships and met people that have changed my life forever. The most valuable asset I gained at SJTI is to be proud of who I am and know that I am not alone. “

The Office of Multicultural Programs & Services (OMPS) will kick off freshman orientation with the annual Crossroads Retreat at Rock Eagle campsite in Eatonton, GA, August 23 through 25. Crossroads is a diversity retreat where introspection is encouraged and where values, self-identity, bias, prejudice, and community and familial concepts are challenged and clarified. It is OMPS’ goal to provide a safe, away-fromcampus, live-in experience where students outside of their comfort zones can openly dialogue on diversity issues, cross-cultural and ethnic barriers, and appreciate intersecting identities with other students of diverse backgrounds. This is a phenomenal experience which often results in deeper friendships based on mutual appreciation.

We’re expecting big things from students during their Emory careers.

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Here are the highlights for the week!

Saturday, August 25-MOVE IN! and Campus Life Opening Program Sunday, August 26-Late Night on McDonough Monday, August 27-Skit Happens Tuesday, August 28-Solo Circus Act Wednesday, August 29-Student Activities Fair and Screen on the Green Thursday, August 30-SongFest Friday, August 31-Best in Show

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The Orientation Team is gearing up for Orientation. Currently, there are 1366 first-year students joining the Emory family this fall. The Orientation Captains have spent the entire year planning a fun week of events.

The OMPS Office boasts an annual cadre of student volunteers who assist with office programming needs. One such recurring opportunity is to act as panelists and tour guides discussing college access and college life for visiting high school and junior high school students. Troizel Carr, a summer intern at OMPS; Olivia Montgomery, a frequent panelist and tour guide for OMPS, and Hillary Li, a former Crossroads participant and volunteer for OMPS participated as panelists and tour guides for the Clarkston Community Center CPACS (Center for Pan Asian Community Services) Clarkston High School students. Many of the students will be first generation college students. Our student volunteers answered a barrage of questions about admissions, campus life, their majors, study habits, and social lives.

Many of the students expressed interest in attending Emory and completed the Admissions information and contact cards. To top off their visit, the SAAC provided an opportunity for the students to cool down in the pool and relax prior to returning home.

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The Sexual & Relationship Violence Prevention Education and Response team has been renamed The Respect Program. Lauren Bernstein The Respect Program engages the Emory community to prevent and respond to sexual assault and relationship violence. Contact Lauren Bernstein about building healthier relationships, creating a violence-free Emory community, and advocacy, crisis intervention, and referral for anyone affected by sexual assault, abuse in a relationship, or stalking. Lauren is also the advisor for the Alliance for Sexual Assault Prevention (ASAP), Sexual Assault Peer Advocates (SAPA), and the Respect Program intern team. Voicemail: 404-727-1514; lauren.bernstein@emory.edu

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Emory National Debate Institute The Barkley Forum hosted the 45th Emory National Debate Institute two-week residential program for high school students June 10-24, accompanied by four-week and six-week residential programs which concluded on July 21. A total of 120 students from 43 schools in 19 states and Singapore participated, including four children of Emory debate alumni. The non-residential two-week middle school division was attended by 40 students.

The national interscholastic debate topic for 2012-2013 researched during the programs was Resolved: the United States federal government should substantially increase its transportation infrastructure investment in the United States. President Jim Wagner joined the group for lunch on July 11 and shared his engineering expertise to answer questions on the topic, the environmental impact of plastics and polymers, and challenged the students to use critical thinking and thorough research inquiry to promote respectful civil discourse.

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The students learned argumentation theory, practiced critical thinking and oral communication skills, and conducted intensive research on the topic. Over 2,000 bibliography items were vetted for initial argument positions.

Background research for the 2012-2013 intercollegiate topic begins each May following a rigorous selection process that involves submission of research papers by both debate and topic experts to the national college debate community. Emory’s Director of Debate, Ed Lee, served on the national topic committee conference at the University of Kentucky along with senior debate coach John Turner. Emory debate alumni Scott Segal (environmental lawyer and partner, Bracewell & Giuliani) and Ana Nikolic (environmental legal researcher, Bracewell & Giuliani) submitted the winning topic paper, and Emory Director of Debate Programs James Herndon provided substantial research and commentary during the deliberations, resulting in the topic, Resolved: the United States Federal Government should substantially reduce restrictions on and/or substantially increase financial incentives for energy production in the United States of one or more of the following: coal, crude oil, natural gas, nuclear power, solar power, wind power. The opening national tournament is September 22-26, and Emory debate starts the season with 12 nationally-ranked varsity debaters, including two new frosh who won national high school debate titles: Martin Luther King Scholar Ben Dean, Grady High School, 2012 National UDL Champion and Alben Barkley Scholar Jason Sigalos, Woodward Academy, 2012 National Debate Association Champion.

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Out with the Old and In with the New!

If you’ve walked anywhere near Zaya’s at the Depot lately, you may have noticed a large new gaping hole in the Freshman Quad “skyline.”

Bringing down a building is always bittersweet, but students will surely remember all the good times they had in Trimble Hall.

Trimble Hall, originally named Wesley Hall, was renamed in 1951 after Burton Trimble, the Dean of the Theology School for twenty years. After

his retirement, the University named a residence hall after him.

The footprint of Freshman Hall 5 (FH5) will partially overlap where Trimble used to stand.

Construction on FH5 is already ramping up with Trimble’s demolition. In the meantime, Hamilton Holmes Hall opens this fall to 125 students.

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DOBBS UNIVERSITY CENTER LOOKING BACK AND MOVING FORWARD The Dobbs University Center’s (DUC) mission is to provide a welcoming and inclusive self-directed learning laboratory outside of the classroom that complements the academic experience by providing programs and services that represent the core values of our community: human development, integrity, collaboration, and community.

The DUC is full of history. As the DUC moves forward with new energy, it is also important to look back and see where we’ve been.

The DUC began as the Alumni Memorial University Center in 1927, following the national trend of building student unions and dedicating them to America’s fallen soldiers, in this case World War I and then later World War II soldiers.

Students are always surprised to learn that what we now consider the “back” entrance, outside of Harland Cinema, was originally the front entrance. Here’s what the lobby looked like, which is now Harland Cinema.

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What most people think of as the “old” entrance, ensconced by the addition, was originally the entrance to the cafeteria, and what was then the cafeteria is now the Mary G. Munroe Theater!

In 1984, an alumnus named R. Howard Dobbs Jr. made a gift to the University to build an addition to the university center and the University re-named it in his honor. Mr. Dobbs was an insurance executive, life-long Atlanta resident, and great supporter of civic causes. Among the many civic leadership positions he held in his career, Mr. Dobbs was president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, chairman of the Arthritis Foundation, and an Emory trustee. His charitable foundation focuses on three main areas: educational opportunity, health care, and the environment. In order to break ground on what we now call “the DUC,” Winship Hall, the first residence hall on-campus, had to be demolished. The University thereafter named Winship Ballroom in its and the Winship family’s honor.

This expansion and renovation is probably most famous for its preservation of the facade of the old Alumni Memorial building, but it also met the needs of a growing Emory population, particularly when it came to dining, meeting space, postal services, and at the time, bookstore services.

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A lot has changed inside the DUC since then, including increased space for student groups including student government and student media, interior renovations, the loss of the bookstore space, and the inclusion of many Campus Life offices inside the building.

Moving forward, the DUC hopes to continue to build community by offering students a vibrant space in which to interact. This year we are focused on building our evening programming by working with student groups to hold late-night events in the building, as well as making sure we have a top-notch Harland Cinema series. In the fall, we also host NFL events in our DownUnder lounge. Over the summer we have continued some of the interior improvements that have occurred in the last few years by doing a total redesign of the TV Lounge in the south end of the building. We’ve stocked the room with bright, friendly furniture and brand new computers in order to encourage student use. This is just one of the many initiatives we hope to undertake in the next year to ensure that the DUC remains “your place to play.� page 11

Campus Life Awards and Distinctions

Counseling Center’s Post-Graduate Fellowship has been recommended for renewal of their Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC) membership for another full three-year term. Thanks to all of you for the role you play in making this a quality training program for our Post-Docs and Post-MSWs. Congratulations!

A special congratulations goes out to Jill Camper, who was selected to serve as a National Cluster Facilitator for LeaderShape's session July 23 – 29, and congratulations to Mark Torrez who was asked to serve as a Cluster Facilitator for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga session this summer. This is a very special honor Jill Camper for Jill and Mark in the Office of Student Leadership & Service.

Mark Torrez Natasha was Published!

Check out the article that Natasha Hopkins, Office of Student Leadership & Service, wrote for the NACA Journal last year: http://issuu.com/naca/docs/october_2011.

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Congratulations to Dana Wyner, PhD, on her Honorable Mention from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) Institute for Quality Improvement for her study, “A Quality Improvement Study Assessing Symptom Reduction, Psychosocial Functioning and Client Satisfaction in a Six-Week Treatment Model at the Emory University Student Counseling Center Stress Clinic,” Dana Wyner submitted for the 2012 Bernard A. Kershner Innovations in Quality Improvement Award in the “Primary Care” category. Information about this award at: www.aaahc.org/en/institute/quality-improvement-award/

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Barkley Forum Staff Accolades Melissa Wade was nominated by New York University President John Sexton with support from Emory President Jim Wagner, and is a current finalist for, the national McGraw Prize in Education for “an individual during the past quarter century who has changed the way we think about a particular area of education and who has developed a new concept or approach to teaching and learning.” James Roland was a featured speaker in Cincinnati on July 23 at the annual National Children’s Defense Fund Conference for 3,000 policy makers and academicians, sponsored

by Educational Testing Services. The “Middle School Matters: Improving the Life Course of Black Boys” symposium addressed the challenges faced by 1.5 million AfricanAmerican boys between the ages of 9-13. James was joined for a later panel by Dr. Mia SmithBynum, Department of Family Science, University of Maryland, and Dr. David Wall Rice, Department of Psychology, Morehouse College, to discuss intervention strategies and policies to promote success for these students. Christy Bradley will serve for a 6th year as senior faculty at the Asian Debate Institute in Seoul, Korea, in August. Emory debate coaches James Herndon and John Turner, along with community program staff James Roland and Jermeen Sherman, assisted in instruction and coaching for the Atlanta UDL victory at the National UDL Championships at Georgetown University.

James Roland was a featured speaker in Cincinnati on July 23 at the annual National Children’s Defense Fund Conference for 3,000 policy makers and academicians.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS Office of LGBT Life Leadership Funds Now Taking Applications The Office of LGBT Life promotes the leadership development of students. Two funds were set up by generous alumni and friends of Emory University and the Office of LGBT Life to support this aspect of the Office's mission. The J. Michael Aycock Leadership Development Fund and the Dr. Daniel D. Adame Leadership Fund provide ongoing financial support for student leadership opportunities. Students interested in receiving funds to further their growth as leaders are encouraged to apply. Details on the individual awards as well as application instructions can be found at: www.emory.edu/CAMPUS_LIFE/LGBTOFFICE/funds4leadership.php

Three Emory Alumni Chosen as Grand Marshals of the Atlanta Pride Parade, October 13-14 Congratulations to Dr. Julie Kubala, Rev. Joshua Noblitt, and Danny Ingram (pictured on right), all of whom were chosen as grand marshals of the 2012 Atlanta Pride Parade for their contributions to the queer communities here in Atlanta and beyond. You can learn more about these Emory alumni and their accomplishments at: http://atlantapride.org/pride-festival/grand-marshals.

Also, don’t forget that Emory will be marching in the Atlanta Pride Parade again this year, so mark your calendars now for October 13-14! More information to come about how you can register to march or to volunteer.

Creating Change—January 23-27, 2013 Creating Change is coming to Atlanta! The largest gathering of LGBTQ community organizers and activists will be meeting in downtown Atlanta, and we are looking for volunteers. If you are interested in learning more, submitting a workshop proposal, or in volunteering, check out the Creating Change Conference website (http://www.creatingchange.org/) or email Danielle at dmsteel@emory.edu.

Open House—September 4 at 4pm The Office of LGBT Life’s annual open house will be Tuesday, September 4 at 4pm in Room 232, DUC. Join us to learn more about the programs, resources, and staff of the Office of LGBT Life—all Emory community members are welcome to attend!

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ANNOUNCEMENTS Friday Films!

Did you know that the Office of LGBT Life has a large selection of documentaries and films available to check out for free? Did you know that during the upcoming year, we will be showing these films once a month for anyone who would like to learn a little more about the queer community? Well, we are, and we invite you to join us. The next film is September 14 in DUC Room 232 at noon.

No RSVP required!

Safe Space dates announced!

Safe Space trainings are offered throughout the year. These sessions are 3.5 hours in length and are facilitated by trained facilitators. Emory University faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends may sign up for a Safe Space training. There is no cost to participate in training or to request training for your department, unit, or student organization thanks to support from the Office of LGBT Life and the donated time of our facilitators.

UPCOMING SESSIONS FOR FALL 2012 & SPRING 2013 September 13, 1:00pm-4:30pm October 23, 9:00am-12:30pm November 14, 1:00pm-4:30pm January 10, 12:00pm-3:30pm February 18, 1:00pm-4:30pm March 13, 12:00pm-3:30pm April 9, 9:00am-12:30pm You can register at: osls.campuslifetech.org/forms/view.php?id=112 Volunteer Emory’s Second Annual 9/11 Day of Service Volunteer Emory encourages university students, faculty, staff, and alumni to participate in Emory’s annual day of service in remembrance of those we lost on September 11, 2001. Volunteer at one of several sites around the Atlanta community. Past volunteer locations include: MedShare International, the East Side Parks Network, Oakhurst Community Garden, Kittredge Park, and Trees Atlanta.

The 9/11 Day of Service will be followed by a Social Justice Dialogue* and Candle Light Vigil, allowing participants to reflect on their service and engage in meaningful discussion around the importance and challenges of building global peace.

Mark your calendars: Saturday, September 8 9/11 Day of Service Tuesday, September 11 Global Peace-Building Social Justice Dialogue* & Candle Light Vigil Registration information will be available soon. *This event is a part of the Social Justice Dialogue Initiati[VE]. For more information, visit: osls.emory.edu/volunteer_emory/social _justice/events.html

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ANNOUNCEMENTS SAAC memberships are still available for purchase! Come by the SAAC desk on Clairmont Campus and check out our facilities. The outdoor pools are open until November 1.

Fall SAAC GetFIT Classes include: Meditation, Yoga, Bootcamp, and Zumba. For a full schedule, visit www.saac.emory.edu. You can try out all fitness classes during “Try Me Week” September 4-9.

The SAAC has a new Facebook page! “LIKE” us at www.facebook.com/emorysaac.

Keep up with Residence Life & Housing on Twitter @emoryhousing or Facebook: www.facebook.com/LiveAtEmory.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FALL DIVISION OF CAMPUS LIFE (DCL) MEETINGS 9:00-10:00 a.m., Winship Ballroom, DUC OPEN TO ALL CAMPUS LIFE STAFF MEMBERS Wednesday, September 5 Wednesday, October 3 Wednesday, November 14 HOLIDAY PARTY IN DECEMBER WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER.

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First--Person Perspective by Matt Garrett Leadership: My Journey and My Passion So many of our wonderful colleagues around campus have heard me harp on the idea that leadership is a life-long process. Indeed, for me leadership has been a life-long journey. As I think about my own development of leadership, there are so many wonderful experiences for which I am wholly thankful. There are also a few guiding themes for my own beliefs about leadership today, which I am excited to share for your own consideration.

My Journey in Brief Some of you may not know this, but I grew up on a farm in rural South Georgia. For me, access to life beyond my small town can be fully attributed to the 4-H program. Georgia’s 4-H program is one of the largest in the country, serving over 300,000 youth annually across the state. Through participating in 4-H programs all over Georgia, I was able to discover new passions, hone my skills, and expand my worldview. As a high school student, I was fortunate to be accepted to the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation because of some of my work developing an afterschool mentor program in my hometown. This provided me with significant opportunities to learn about myself, namely because of the great work around emotional intelligence the foundation does with each of its 250 scholars annually.

As a student at the University of Georgia, I learned about what it meant to fail and to pick myself up again. I learned what it meant to be inclusive and to strive to live a life infused with justice, equity, and fairness. These are certainly aspects of my own leadership for which I still strive, learn, and grow. It was late in my time at UGA, during my M.Ed. program, when I began the coming out process as a gay man. This experience taught me more about leadership than most other events in my life and how incredibly important it is to be confident, strong in who you are, and to love, accept, and value yourself for your contributions and your strengths balanced with a humble spirit guided by learning and openness.

I am so thankful for my four years at Emory. So many amazing individuals (both colleagues and students) have shaped my own perceptions about leadership. My mentors around the division have taught me about receiving and incorporating feedback. Students have helped challenge me to become a better, stronger, more intentional professional, and the division has been open to an important ongoing conversation about leadership and social responsibility. The pervading ethos of ethics and social responsibility at Emory continues to validate what I believe is my life’s calling.

My Current Thoughts on Leadership Leadership theory’s history strongly emphasizes many things: leader-to-follower relationships; interpersonal skills like public speaking, command, and strategic planning/vision; the ability to assess a situation and determine a way forward; and so on. These pieces are all important to a person’s leadership journey; however, more and more in the leadership literature, common themes are emerging that have been pivotal to my own journey. These themes are also some of the major components that continue to make leadership my own personal passion. While none of these ideas are my own, they weave together in ways that I hope provide you with some thought-provoking questions to aid in your own leadership journey.

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First--Person Perspective by Matt Garrett •

Authenticity: What would the world look like if everyone could fully embrace who they are, and where they succeed, but more importantly where they are imperfect and where they fail? How do they create community that embraces authenticity?

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Wholeness: Being able to embrace yourself, your authentic self, I believe allows for a way of living with more wholeness of self. Watch this YouTube video by Brene Brown: www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html.

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Mindfulness and Integrity: Integrity is about living our values congruently with our actions in everyday life, but mindfulness takes this a step further by recognizing the importance of deliberative, contemplative decision making.

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Inclusivity: How are we creating spaces to allow for leadership, input, and community for all? One of my favorite quotes is by Maya Angelou. She says, “The ache for home is in all of us, the place where we can go as our authentic selves and not be questioned.” I believe it takes real leadership to create “homes” for all members of our communities.

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Purpose: For whom or for what do I lead? What is the reason I do what I do? What is my responsibility to my community and how does this allow me to be MORE congruent while striving to live a life of integrity?

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Hope: The reframing role that the positive psychology movement has played in the previously deficit-driven philosophies of psychology are now being mirrored in sociological literature around concepts of hope and of happiness. What both of these movements are providing more people with is hope. Hope that, while injustices still exist, we can find happiness in the journey to new, better, more whole lives and communities.

Unanswerable questions are one of the pieces I love about leadership conversations -- questions that make us wrestle, ponder, reevaluate, clarify, and recommit to our personal values and communal ethics. I’m excited to continue this journey with Emory and with all of you, and I hope these ideas and questions will help you spend a little more time thinking and reflecting on your own leadership journeys and values.

Matt Garrett serves as the Interim Director of the Office of Student Leadership & Service at Emory University where the staff oversees the integration of leadership development into service-learning, leadership, student activities, and orientation programs. In his fifth year, Matt has previously served as Assistant and Associate Director responsible for leadership programming and the student programming board. Matt received his M.Ed. from the University of Georgia and is currently working on his Ph.D. at UGA, where his research interests lie in the intersection of social identities, leadership capacity, and leadership self-efficacy.

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extra! extra! news from... barkley forum Barkley Forum Community Programs Barkley Forum staff, alumni, graduate and undergraduate academic interns and volunteers, and debaters had a busy summer: Debate Across Curriculum Projects Forum staff James Roland and Jermeen Sherman shepherded a five-week summer school Debate Across Curriculum (DAC) program for 2,600 Atlanta Public Schools’ sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students targeted for compensatory remediation due to test cheating scandals. Undergraduate interns have been working with the resulting data to isolate teacher and student experience with the program to tie DAC work to Common Core State Standards, an instructional rubric compatible with debate and now required in 47 states. Barkley Forum alumni who are professional teachers working with socioeconomically challenged students generated debate-based curriculum in math, science, social studies, and English to promote engaging classrooms. For example, science students representing each of Newton’s three laws of motion debate why the ability to violate “their” law would make a superhero most powerful; math students persuade fellow classmates why their floor plan design maximizes the number of entertainment options (video games, pool table, etc.) in the best home playroom. An Atlanta Urban Debate League (UDL) teacher defended her doctoral dissertation on DAC in July, the first such study that was based on Atlanta data. DAC collaborations are underway with UDLs in Houston, Boston, and Nashville.

Summer Urban Debate Institutes Grant funded Barkley Forum staff, alumni, and students served as faculty in Urban Debate Institutes (UDL) training programs on the new debate topic in Boston, Memphis, Nashville, Milwaukee, and Columbus, Georgia. Open source lectures and research guides produced at the Emory National Debate Institute were available to UDL institutes in 10 cities. The 12th Annual Atlanta Urban Debate Institute, funded with a grant from the Atlanta Housing Authority, will be directed by James Roland, Christy Bradley, and Jermeen Sherman, and held July 30-August 3 at Georgia State University for a projected 120 secondary students.

Fundraising Initiatives Grant-funded academic interns worked with Melissa Wade and Kara Grant to research technology applications for DAC and Common Core State Standards curriculum for corporate grant initiatives. A collaborative partnership with ExecOnline, an executive business school leadership company, was finalized, which will provide the Barkley Forum with an on-line platform for teacher training, interactive curriculum delivery, and on-going evaluation data. The National Debate Project consortium (Emory, Georgia State, NYU, Tennessee State) is a finalist for a U.S. Department of Justice assessment grant for a multi-city UDL/DAC study in Atlanta, Boston, Houston, and Milwaukee.

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Emory Campus Life Calendar AUGUST 2012 Sunday

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2p Sustainability 4p Student Showcase Activities Fair 8p Solo Circus 4p Resume & Cover Letter Writing 6p Screen on the Green

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9a Office of LGBT Life @ Emory College Orientation Resource Fair 5:30p Campus Life Opening Program 6p 2016 Class Photo 10:15p Michael Kent 31 1 Jumpstart 1p SGA and Applications DUE! College Council Freshman Elections: Mandatory Informational Meeting 3:30p SGA and 7p Athletics College Council Men's Soccer Freshman Elections: Mandatory Informational Meeting 7p Athletics Men's Soccer 7:30p Best in Show

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