Internships in the New Economy Student Leadership Symposium is the second in a series of campus-wide events designed to help UW–Madison students sharpen their leadership skills, develop new networks, and ultimately achieve full employment upon graduation. More specifically, this event will expose diverse UW–Madison students to national organizations focused on diversifying the next generation of leadership in the non-profit, corporate, community, and government sectors of leadership.
The event goals are:
To activate the VP & CDO Leadership & Personal Branding Framework with its focus on:
(1) Identifying your passion/potential focus and embedding it at the center of your leadership development approach,
(2) constantly developing your formal credentials and knowledge,
(3) building strategic relationships and networks with mentors, personal coaches, and advisors,
(4) engaging in high-impact learning experiences,
(5) defining pathways to career and life success by identifying role models and avoidance models of leadership and development, and
(6) activating the model with relentless focus, discipline, and resilience for more than 10 years;
To showcase leading national organizations that focus on diversifying the next generation of leadership by helping students to intentionally develop their leadership skills and abilities;
To create a leadership development context in which students, especially diverse first- and second-year students, begin developing a more powerful understanding of how to effectively access national and global internship opportunities across all sectors of organizational life;
To create an inclusive and engaged environment for diverse students, faculty, staff, and external community participants.
Our Leadership Development Organizational Guests include:
• Representatives from INROADS;
• Representatives from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI);
• Representatives from Code: 2040;
• Representatives from the Congressional Black Caucus;
• Representatives from Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT); and
• Representatives from the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF).
Register now at: http://www.ohrd.wisc.edu/reg/catalog_course_detail.asp?course_key=41439
Kicking off this inspirational night is billionaire entrepreneur Michael V. Roberts, author of Action Has No Season – Strategies & Secrets to Gaining Wealth & Authority. Roberts is one of the country’s most successful African American businessmen. He runs Roberts Companies with his brother, Steven Roberts, and together they own 12 hotels, more than a dozen TV stations and several shopping centers around the country. Raised in a middle-class family, he worked hard to get where he is in life.
“We weren’t rich. We weren’t poor, but we just never had any money,” Michael said in an interview with CNN. With most of his businesses based where he grew up in North St. Louis, Missouri, Roberts has been a major player in spurring economic growth in the African American community there over the last 35 years. He estimates his family-owned company is worth $1 billion. Michael V. Roberts is making history … with his family-owned corporation, which owns 76 companies and boasts a staff of 1,100 employees. Roberts and his brother’s corporate achievements were featured on CNN’s “Black In America” special in 2009. In the special, Michael mentions that one of the St. Louis hotels they now own used to ban black people as guests.
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Internships in the New Economy Student Leadership Symposium
Union South, Varsity Hall & Various Rooms
5:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m. Dinner will be served
5:30 p.m.–5:45 p.m. Welcome & Introductions
5:45 p.m.–6:15 p.m.
Opening Remarks by Michael V. Roberts, J.D., Chairman & CEO, The Roberts Companies
6:15 p.m.–6:30 p.m. Presentation of the VP & CDO Leadership PersonalBranding Framework
6:35 p.m.–7:05 p.m. National Internship Organizations Panel Presentation
(Each organizational representative will provide a 5-minute, top-level introduction to their organization, emphasizing their leadership offerings and the important role of internships in securing opportunities in the new economy.)
7:15 p.m.–8:15 p.m. 1st Workshop Session
(Following the overall opening statement, students will have the opportunity to attend a more intimate workshop that solely focuses on how a particular national organization helps to platform students into leadership development opportunities. Distributing informative handouts, applications, and other helpful documentation will be key to the overall success of the session.)
8:25 p.m.–9:25 p.m. 2nd Workshop Session
(Workshop replication for national organizations visiting UW–Madison.)
9:30 p.m.–10:15 p.m. Dessert & Networking Reception with Gift Raffle