{"id":36246,"date":"2015-10-07T03:59:54","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T07:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=36246"},"modified":"2015-10-07T15:41:33","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T19:41:33","slug":"program-featuring-presidents-to-encourage-students-to-succeed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/10_07_2015\/program-featuring-presidents-to-encourage-students-to-succeed","title":{"rendered":"Program featuring presidents to encourage students to succeed"},"content":{"rendered":"

When trying to inspire students to succeed after college, who better to reach out to than those at the top. <\/p>\n

\u201cStraight Outta College: Exclusive Interviews With the Presidents\u201d will spotlight three presidents: Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art and former president of Spelman College; Dr. Sharon L. Gaber, president of The University of Toledo; and Dr. Brian Kennedy, president, director and CEO of the Toledo Museum of Art. The free, public event will be Friday, Oct. 9, at 10 a.m. in the Driscoll Alumni Center Auditorium.<\/p>\n

\"LLSS<\/a>Leaders will start by giving a brief history of their journey to their respective presidencies. Then the floor will be opened to students to ask questions about the panelists\u2019 roads to success. <\/p>\n

\u201cAll of our guests are very much accomplished, and we want students to walk away with the feeling that \u2018I, too, can achieve just as these individuals have,\u2019\u201d said Dr. Willie McKether, associate professor of anthropology and associate dean in the UT College of Languages, Literature and Sciences, and president of Brothers on the Rise, a program that helps UT males, especially African-American and Latino, make the transition from high school to college. <\/p>\n

Given the backgrounds of each speaker, McKether anticipates the conversations to surround strategies for student success, retention, graduation, the role of art in community building and engagement, and the importance of museums in the community. All of these are topics he feels are beneficial for students to know about and appreciate. <\/p>\n

All students are strongly encouraged to attend to learn how to become an effective leader in an organization, he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cPresidents are people, too, and they have a journey story to tell,\u201d he said. \u201cEach president will have an important story, and I want students to walk away with an understanding that despite whatever their circumstances may be, they, too, can achieve.\u201d <\/p>\n

In addition to Brothers on the Rise, the Straight Outta College event is presented by the UT College of Languages, Literature and Social Sciences; the departments of Sociology and Anthropology, Women\u2019s and Gender Studies, Africana Studies, and Art; Alpha Phi Boule \u2014 which is the local chapter of the service-based professional fraternity Sigma Pi Phi; the Association of Black Faculty and Staff; and the Toledo Museum of Art. <\/p>\n

For more information, contact McKether at 419.530.5506. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cStraight Outta College: Exclusive Interviews With the Presidents\u201d will take place Friday, Oct. 9, at 10 a.m. in the Driscoll Alumni Center Auditorium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":708,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7,37],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36246"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/708"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36246"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36339,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36246\/revisions\/36339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}