Leadership conference held on campus
Texas A&M University Kingsville (TAMUK) recently hosted its annual Student Leadership Conference at the Memorial Student Union Ballrooms (SUB), during which student organizations came together to participate in workshops to improve their involvement on campus and as well as within their organization.
Active, inactive and new organizations were informed to register their organization through TAMUK’s colligate link and have two members of the organization attend the conference to receive funding and participate in yearly events. Student leaders attended two workshops after the opening keynote following lunch and ended with two training sessions and a closing keynote.
Each workshop lasted 45 to 50 minutes and hosted different speakers with activities that provided information for student leaders regarding anything from overcoming imposter syndrome to knowing the secrets of becoming more fearless.
“Every audience is different, some there’s all these laughs and some so much energy and some like pull-in and today felt like a pulling day,” Darryl Bellamy Jr., a guest speaker and host of the opening keynote, said.
The energy in the conference began to change throughout the opening keynote as Bellamy began to get the students more involved in the activities and asked questions to get the room to get to know each other more. While some activities were to sing along together, other moments he had students get honest with themselves about their fears. By the end of the opening keynote, he gave the room bracelets with his moto engraved inside and displayed contact information for students to stay connected.
Bellamy also added regardless of the size of the schools he attends, seeing those rooms filled with students who want to improve themselves and their organizations is the reason he started his journey to becoming a public speaker.
The conference ended with TAMUK’s TITLE IX and Risk Management training and the closing keynote.
The trainings informed student leaders how to handle situations like relationship abuse, sexual assault, student safety and operating campus events.
Edgar M. Vazquez, a junior, said the conference overall was solid and a great way to interact with other organizations and the speakers did a great job conveying the information and kept the audience engaged.
Students interested in joining a campus organization can get more information by contacting the Office of Student Activities or visiting its website to see a full list of the organizations on campus.
