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Registration is now Closed!

Registration for the Student Leadership Summit is still open, but we are sold out! We encourage you to sign up for the Wait List as there is still a possibility of attending! Registration is $20 and includes transportation to and from the Union Building to the Alta Peruvian Lodge, Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks, and an amazing leadership development experience. If you would like to attend the summit but the registration fee poses an obstacle for you, please do not hesitate to contact us at leadership@utah.edu to discuss options. As the summit is only open to the first 110 students who sign up, we expect this event will sell out quickly. The priority registration deadline is Friday, October 7th. If you wish to attend the summit, we highly encourage you to register by October 7th to increase the likelihood of getting a spot! Please only sign up if you are committed to attending the entire event. Information about the waitlist will be shared here when the event sells out.

 

WHAT WILL I LEARN AT THE SUMMIT?


Student Leadership & Involvement uses the Social Change Model of Leadership Development as a framework for a series of guided conversations, engaging activities, and keynote addresses.

  • “The individual”: Participants will be able to identify the personal qualities (within themselves) needed to support group functioning and positive social change.
  • “The group”: Participants will demonstrate skills needed for collaboration to effect positive social change.
  • “Community”: Participants will be able to identify ways in which community service influences group development and strengthens individual leadership qualities towards positive social change

MEET THE KEYNOTE AND SLS FACILITATORS


The 2022 Student Leadership Summit will be held on Saturday, October 29th.

Student Leadership & Involvement is excited to host U of U alumna and Salt Lake City Mayor, Erin Mendenhall as the Keynote speaker for the 2022 Summit. Erin Mendenhall was sworn in as the 36th Mayor of Salt Lake City on January 6, 2020. Prior to being elected Mayor, Erin represented District 5 on the City Council for six years, including one year as its chair. She is the first mayor in Salt Lake City history to have been publicly elected from the City Council. As Mayor, Erin is working hard to make Salt Lake City more environmentally and economically resilient, and to take advantage of the region’s historic period of economic opportunity. She is determined to ensure every Salt Laker — no matter their neighborhood, economic or housing status, faith, race, or sexual or gender identity — can access all the city has to offer. Erin’s love for the extraordinary people of Salt Lake City drives an unrelenting commitment to bringing people from different walks of life together in pursuit of results for the entire city.

 

Facilitators

Name: Nate Zwart

Pronouns: He/Him/His

Role at the University of Utah: Associate Director of Student Services, School of Accounting

Favorite Quote: “Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

 

Name: April M. Casiano

Pronouns: She/Her

Role at the University of Utah: Administrative Officer in the College of Fine Arts

Favorite Quote: “They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seed.” Unknown

 

Name: Sara Thomas

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Role at the University of Utah: Graduate Assistant for Student Organizations, Student Leadership & Involvement

Favorite quote: “Let go of who you think you’re supposed to be; embrace who you are.” - Brene Brown

 

 

Name: Ethan Foley

Pronouns: He/him/his

Role at the University of Utah: Student Governance Advisor, Student Leadership & Involvement

Favorite Quote: “Be curious, not judgmental.” -Ted Lasso

 

 

Name: Fa’ama’i (Fa’a) Taupa’u

Pronouns: He/Him/His

Role at the University of Utah: Director of the Veteran Support Center

Favorite Quote: “It’s a bridge, get over it”

 

Name: Josh Olszewski

Pronouns: He / Him / His

Role at the University of Utah: Student Organizations Coordinator, Student Leadership & Involvement

Favorite quote: “All that you touch you change. All that you change changes you. The only lasting truth is change.” – Octavia Butler

 

 

Name: Ingrid Nicole Mata

Pronouns: She/Her/Ella

Role at the University of Utah: Graduate Assistant for Programming, Student Leadership & Involvement

Favorite quote: "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together" - African Proverb

 

Name: Marissa Questereit

Pronouns: She/Her/Her's

Role at the University of Utah: Programming Advisor, Student Leadership & Involvement

Favorite quote: Being FEARLESS isn't being 100% Not FEARFUL, it's being terrified but you jump anyway...”― Taylor Swift

 

Name: Collin Binkley

Pronouns: he/him/his

Role at the University of Utah: Graduate Assistant, Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life

Favorite quote: “Change and growth take place when a person has risked themselves and dares to become involved in experimenting with their own life.” – Herbert Otto

 

Name: Mallory Adamson

Pronouns: She/her/hers

Role at the University of Utah: Health and Safety Trainer, Child Care and Family Resources

Favorite Quote: “Grow through what you go through”

 

 

Summit Operations, Logistics, Curriculum Design:

Erica Andersen

Name: Erica Andersen

Pronouns: She/Her/Her's

Role at the University of Utah: Director, Student Leadership & Involvement

Favorite quote: "To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift", Steve Prefontaine.

 

EVENT REGISTRATION


Registration for the 2022 Summit will open on Monday, September 26th! Priority registration deadline is October 7th, however we expect the summit to sell out quickly! If you have questions about registration, fee waivers, ADA Accommodations, or for general inquiries, please contact leadership@utah.edu or call 801-587-9142.