The NACADA Board of Directors recently approved a new program,The Emerging Leader Program, which has the goal of increasing the number of leaders from diverse groups in elected and appointed positions. The program will encourage members from diverse groups to get involved in leadership opportunities in their area of interest or expertise and to outfit the participants with the skills, tools, and resources as well as provide intentional and personal mentoring relationship with a past or current NACADA leader.

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Emerging Leaders Program, history

The Diversity Committee has developed the NACADA Emerging Leaders Program to encourage members from diverse groups to get involved in leadership opportunities within the organization, outfit participants with the skills and tools necessary to pursue elected and appointed leadership positions, increase the number of leaders from diverse groups, and encourage and assist members of underrepresented populations to attend State, Regional, or National Conferences.

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Emerging Leaders Program, diversity

As our NACADA continues to grow, it is essential that each of us takes a personal responsibility for our Association’s focus on diversity in our membership and in our leadership, as outlined in our Board of Directors’ strategic goals for the Association. The Diversity Committee has implemented an exciting Emerging Leader Program that has identified the first class of nine future Leaders from underrepresented populations who are being mentored by nine NACADA Association leaders. The next class of Emerging Leaders and Mentors will be selected in May; I encourage you to both apply to be a Leader or Mentor and to nominate other members for Leader or Mentor positions. Our Association’s membership and leadership can grow in diversity only if each of us makes it our personal goal to become involved!

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Charlie Nutt, professional development, Emerging Leaders Program, advising workshops, news

I cannot say enough positive and exciting things about NACADA and how the organization and its people have influenced my life and my professional development! To my mind, NACADA is nothing short of being a land of opportunity overflowing with milk and honey for those with a desire to become involved. NACADA believes in the abilities of its members and for those with the desire to act upon their own faith by becoming involved will find that NACADA continues to advance the advising profession towards excellence and greatness not only for us as professionals, but more importantly for the students we serve!

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build relationships, Emerging Leaders Program, Cornelius Gilbert, professional developmen

The Diversity Committee and the Emerging Leaders Development Team are pleased to announce the 2008-2010 NACADA Emerging Leaders and Mentors.

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Emerging Leaders Program

Often we look at professional development in terms of adding lines to the resume. The reality, though, is that experiences lead to our growth as professionals. By challenging ourselves to go beyond what we know and try new things, we model and mentor to our students and colleagues.

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mentoring, Emerging Leaders Program, Karen Sullivan-Vance, Audrey Jackson

In March 2007 at the NACADA Region VII Conference, we listened with interest as Charlie Nutt gave a short talk about a new NACADA program initiative. He described the Emerging Leaders Program as “exciting and innovative” – a great way to for individuals to spread their wings within NACADA... we both immediately decided to apply.

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Emerging Leaders Program, Carol Pollard, Jo Anne Huber

At the 1999 mid-year Board of Directors meeting ,Skip Crownhart(Metropolitan State College of Denver), 1999 Annual Conference Chair, challenged the Board of Directors to bring more people of color into positions of leadership within the organization. NACADA President Nancy King responded by appointing a Task Force to investigate diversity within the organization. For the next several years, Skip and others continued to repeat the message of opening leadership doors.

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Emerging Leaders Program, NACADA history

The NACADA Annual Conference is my birthday present to myself...It’s a major part of my professional development.

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professional development, Emerging Leaders Program, Sarah Ann Hones

Emerging Leaders Program Advisory Board Chair Nathan Vickers (University of Texas-Austin) is pleased to announce the 2010-2012 NACADA Emerging Leaders and Mentors.

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Emerging Leaders Program

Mentors from the Emerging Leaders Program come from all walks of NACADA life and all levels of leadership and involvement.

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mentoring, Emerging Leaders Program, Sandy Waters, Todd Taylor

Emerging Leaders Program Advisory Board Chair Sandy Waters (Old Dominion University) is pleased to announce the 2011-2013 NACADA Emerging Leaders and Mentors.

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mentoring, Emerging Leaders Program

As one of the pairs in the 2009-2011 cohort, we may have officially finished our commitment to the Emerging Leaders Program, but in many ways, we realize this is just the beginning...

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mentoring, Emerging Leaders Program, Cecilia Olivares, Sandy Waters

I was sitting in the audience at the plenary session of my second NACADA Annual Conference in Baltimore in 2007 when they introduced the first class of NACADA Emerging Leaders. I hadn’t previously heard about the Emerging Leaders Program (ELP), but what I heard at this session got me intrigued. I said to myself, I want to do that!

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mentoring, professional development, Emerging Leaders Program, Lisa Laughter, Kazi Mamun

Mentoring is a unique, intentional relationship between two individuals. It can be informal or formal, but it will probably work best if the relationship contains elements of both...If we recognize that we are multifaceted individuals, we should seek mentors that can help us grow in each area of our lives—physically, mentally, spiritually, socially, educationally and professionally.

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mentoring, professional development, Emerging Leaders Program, Johnika Dreher, Gayle Juneau

Emerging Leaders Program Advisory Board Chair Sandy Waters (Old Dominion University) is pleased to announce the 2012-2014 NACADA Emerging Leaders and Mentors.

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news, Emerging Leaders Program

Started as an initiative to expand diversity of representation within the organization, the Emerging Leaders Program has completed its fifth year of existence, and NACADA leaders consider it to be a resounding success.

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mentoring, Emerging Leaders Program, Chrissy Renfro, ELP

My desire to become an ELP mentor stems from my desire to help other NACADA members in the same way that so many other NACADA members have helped me develop in my profession...Now I could give back to an organization that had given me stability and confidence, along with knowledge and life-long friends.

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mentoring, Emerging Leaders Program, mentor, emerging leaders, diversity

Emerging Leaders Program Advisory Board Chair Carol Pollard (University of North Texas) is pleased to announce the 2013-2015 NACADA Emerging Leaders and Mentors.

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news, Emerging Leaders Program

Since 2007, the NACADA Emerging Leaders Program has encouraged members from diverse backgrounds to get involved in leadership opportunities within the organization.

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Emerging Leaders Program

Since 2007, the NACADA Emerging Leaders Program has encouraged members from diverse backgrounds to get involved in leadership opportunities within the organization.  

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Emerging Leaders Program

Since 2007, the NACADA Emerging Leaders Program has encouraged members from diverse backgrounds to get involved in leadership opportunities within the organization. 

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Emerging Leaders Program

Since 2007, the NACADA Emerging Leaders Program has encouraged members from diverse backgrounds to get involved in leadership opportunities within the organization. 

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Emerging Leaders Program

With fifteen years of successful leadership development now behind us, we are excited to recognize the many members of the NACADA Emerging Leaders Program classes who have served the association in a myriad of ways.

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Emerging Leaders Program, leadership

The authors share some of their experiences, perspectives, and the impact of the NACADA Emerging Leaders Program (ELP).

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Emerging Leaders Program, Thomas Beckwith, Jen Berry, Carlota Deseda-Coon, Winnie Tang