Leadership SGA Leadership Conference Muhlenberg Career Development Center Student Government Officers

Leadership SGA Leadership Conference Muhlenberg Career Development Center President- Kendrick Bell Vice-President- Angel Selvey Secretary- Kelli Williams Treasurer- Nicholas Williams Sergeant at Arms- Daniel Wright Committee Chairperson- Anthony DaSilva

Leadership SGA Leadership Conference Our Concern: Our Concern for Muhlenberg Career Development Center (MCDC) is 30 day retention. We have noticed through statistics that the center needs to improve in the aspect of encouraging students to remain in the program beyond their 30 day period.

Leadership SGA Leadership Conference Our Challenge: Our challenge as the Student Government Association (SGA) is that we have an abundance of students not meeting their 30 day milestone, whether from disciplinary reasons or resignation.

Leadership SGA Leadership Conference Why does this matter? This matters to us as an SGA because we want to see our students achieve and succeed in our program. Statistically, when a student completes their 30 days, there is a higher overall success rate.

Leadership SGA Leadership Conference Task One: Sell The Program Steps to Accomplish Task Person Responsible Due Date Present PowerPoint to Senior Staff Entirety of SGAApril 17, 2014 Creation of the Student Leader Mentor Program (SLMP) form SGA Secretary: Kelli Williams April 22, 2014 Present to Leadership Entirety of SGAApril 23, 2014

Leadership SGA Leadership Conference Task Two: Start The Program Steps to Accomplish Task Person Responsible Due Date Prepare mentor/mentee information Vice President: Angel Selvey Secretary: Kelli Williams April 29, 2014 Students that begin this week will receive mentor information and picture. Treasurer: Nicholas Williams Committee Chairperson: Anthony DaSilva April 30, 2014 Mentors turn in SMLP forms Sgt. At Arms: Daniel Wright May 1, 2014

Leadership SGA Leadership Conference Task Three: Support The Program Steps to Accomplish Task Person Responsible Due Date Follow-up with Week 1 students President: Kendrick Bell May 2, 2014 Student Mentors will follow-up weekly and turn in SMLP’s to SPO Secretary: Kelli Williams May 9, 2014 Review that weeks SMLPs for any concerns SGAMay 9, 2014 Meet with any students with concerns SGAMay 9, 2014

Leadership SGA Leadership Conference In Conclusion 30 day retention is a big, but reparable problem at MCDC. Our goal is to increase the retention on our center by introducing a mentor program to week 1 students to help them through their first, and admittedly hardest, milestone.

Leadership SGA Leadership Conference Has our idea been Sold, Started and Supported? We will know our goal has been accomplished because during any and all follow-ups we will be able to physically see the increase in retention numbers.

Leadership SGA Leadership Conference Thank you for your time! We wish you all safe travels, and we’ll leave you with this quote: “Do not dim your light to comfort the insecurities of others, rather, inspire them to shine brighter.” -Angel Selvey, VP