Thursday March 28th, 2024 8:18PM

UNG: L3 Summit hones skills for emerging student leaders

By AccessWDUN staff

The seventh annual Leaving a Legacy of Leadership (L3) Summit, scheduled for four days starting Monday at the University of North Georgia, will bring together 75 students from universities and colleges across the state.

L3 is designed to help student leaders improve their leadership skills and advance the mission of their campuses and institutions along the way, according to a UNG news release. The participants are selected by their institutions as promising leaders of their school communities.

The idea for the summit was developed at UNG and the summit, staffed by educators and student mentors from different University System of Georgia colleges and universities, is held on UNG's Dahlonega Campus each summer. For the second year, the summit also includes an Advisor Track that provides professional development and networking opportunities for student involvement professionals from throughout the USG.

At the end of the summit, students present the visions, missions and goals that they intend to implement over the next nine months at their own institutions. Many of the students serve or will serve in executive positions in groups such as student government associations, activity boards, multicultural organizations, and residence life groups.

UNG student Nicholas Carruth, a communications major with a focus in organizational leadership, said the importance of having a vision for your organization was his key take-away from participating in the summit last year.

“Vision is the end goal, the place you’d like to be in an ideal situation and it’s the standard you hold yourself and others to so you can achieve it. It keeps us accountable and reminds us just why we as students are putting so much work into an organization,” Carruth said.

As a peer mentor this summer, Carruth looks forward to working with and developing teams, serving as a facilitator and developing leaders.

“I hope to gain experience in these areas so that I can bring them back to the organizations and individuals I'm involved with now and in the future, so that they can grow and eventually become leaders themselves,” Carruth said. “I am a servant leader, so I want to help others and this would provide training and experience for me to do this the rest of my life.”

New for L3 this year is a partnership with the Mike Cottrell College of Business BB&T Center for Ethical Leadership. Rose Procter, director of the center, will guide participants in determining how their "ethical lens" can impact their goal setting projects. Procter also will conduct a session on ethical decision making in the context of participants' campus leadership positions.

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