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Student leadership Conference

The annual student leadership conference is held each spring to provide a forum for students to identify issues of importance regarding campus life and the public higher education experience and to share these issues with leaders in higher education and state government.

Upcoming Conference

There are three kinds of people in the world: People who make things happen; People who watch things happen; People who wonder what happened. Which kind are you? 2009 Massachusetts Student Leadership Conference. Friday, April 3 at UMass Boston.

The special focus of the 2009 Massachusetts Student Leadership Conference will be civic engagement. >> More information

Past Conferences

The 2008 conference was held on March 28, 2008, and included a keynote address by U.S. Congresswoman Niki Tsongas and a roundtable discussion with Board of Higher Education Chairman Frederick Clark. In the afternoon, there were special-interest sessions on various student life issues, including business etiquette of networking, conflict resolution, time management, and promoting student leadership through diversity.

The 2007 conference included remarks from Dr. Dana Mohler-Faria, Education Advisor to Governor Patrick, and Senator Robert O’Leary, Co-Chair of the Joint Committee on Higher Education.