Lead With What You've Learned: Turning Coursework and Internships Into a Leadership Statement

Students often underestimate how much leadership experience they already have! Whether through class projects, internships, campus jobs, or community work, they've been navigating collaboration, communication, decision-making, and problem solving long before stepping into formal leadership roles. This session helps students uncover those experiences and translate them into a polished leadership statement they can use with employers, graduate programs, and professional networks. Participants will break down real moments from their academic and applied learning journeys and identify the career readiness competencies embedded in those experiences. The session will guide them in reshaping those insights into a clear, employer-facing leadership statement that aligns with NACE competencies such as Professional Communication, Teamwork, Communication, and Career & Self-Development. Students will leave with language they can immediately plug into interviews, cover letters, ePortfolios, and LinkedIn profiles.


Facilitators
Alison Lietzenmayer, she/her, Department of Communication & Theatre Arts, Director of Senior Experience & Internships, Director of Faculty Development, Monarch Humanities Internship Academy Alison Lietzenmayer serves as a Master Lecturer and was awarded the title of University Distinguished Teacher at Old Dominion University in 2019. She is a dedicated Communication instructor currently focused on high-impact practices and work-based learning preparation. Alison has partnered with leading scholars to support research in family communication, work-life communication, and digital ePortfolio development. Her work appears in publications such as Journal of Family Communication, AEPR, ETC: A Review of General Semantic, and Teaching Professor.

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Co-hosted with: Emerging Monarchs, Monarchs LEAD-Comprehensive Leadership Program (OWNER), First Year Leadership Experience, Center for Career & Leadership Development

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