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More than 80 aspiring women leaders recently attended ������ý’s third annual Women’s Leadership Institute (WLI), where they heard from a diverse group of speakers and engaged in discussions on current women’s issues. WLI is organized by ������ý’s Weppner Center for LEAD and Service-Learning.

The annual event has a goal of empowering women and raising awareness of critical issues that face women in leadership, and providing them the skills to turn this awareness into action.

“Working with the LEAD & Serve team challenged me to become a better leader and facilitator,” said Samantha Hurley, an ������ý student minoring in leadership studies who helped organize the event. “I learned skills and techniques for event planning I would not have learned without this opportunity.”

This year’s speakers included Lawonda Warren, an assistant city attorney for the city of Delray Beach; Jumorrow Johnson, victim services practitioner for the state of Florida; and Andrea Oliver, Ed.D., associate vice president for student outreach and diversity at ������ý.

For the first time this year, WLI provided separate opportunities for ������ý faculty and staff to participate in breakout sessions on topics such as navigating politics and personal finances.

“It was tremendous to have an advisory board of ������ý and staff create such a remarkable program that engaged ������ý, faculty and staff,” said Katie Burke, Ph.D., assistant dean of ������ý’s Weppner Center for LEAD & Service-Learning. “It was great to see everyone come together to get informed, get empowered and get involved.”

Following the speakers and panel sessions, WLI concluded with a simulated women’s march and a networking reception held in ������ý’s Ritter Art Gallery.

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