Pizza,
The President,
No Cell Phones
The wearing clothing code was definitely student-casual, but the mental attitude was all business. During the hr on Wednesday, Nov 8 when Reynolds Community College President doctor Gary Rhodes shared his wisdom too insights almost leadership amongst the electrical flow grouping of Reynolds Honors students in that place were serious faces, unopen listening, bear witness of processing of deep thoughts, too pizza. What in that place wasn’t, was jail mobile telephone phones.
Reynolds Honors students are serious. They convey goals. They convey ambitions. They are looking for opportunities to succeed. And, they are mature plenty to forego social media to heed too learn.
doctor Rhodes began his verbalize yesteryear pointing out his “uniform”. For the twenty-four hours he was wearing the custodial staff uniform: khaki pants too burgundy shirt amongst the Reynolds logo. His title, he told the students, is bigger than he is. As a leader, he leads from the front, but he acknowledges all those next his guidance.
Dr. Rhodes is non novel to talking almost leadership. He has presented his listing of leadership values too tips statewide inwards a give away of venues. Of utmost importance is, he told the students, is knowing your values. Sometimes that involves holler for yourself questions similar the ane he e'er asks himself: “Is today’s determination inwards the best involvement of our students?” He asks that enquiry hence oft he had it embossed on java cups too added to a impress hanging on the walls of many Reynolds conference rooms. Other values doctor Rhodes shared amongst the students were the importance of caring too of doing your rattling best at whatever y'all do, of asset yourself accountable, of leading amongst respect, of making a skilful origin impression, of maintaining a life residual – but, mayhap most important: doctor Rhodes emphasized finding their passion, too next it. “When y'all pursue your passion,” he said, “then you’ll acquire upward every twenty-four hours too life volition live an exciting adventure.” Great leadership is certain to follow.
Before ending amongst a Q&A session, doctor Rhodes shared a lastly flush to illustrate the departure betwixt reality too the perception of reality, too how the perception of reality is oft to a greater extent than powerful than reality itself. The flush was a mix of dilemma, ethics, philosophy, too the how the intention to produce correct doesn’t e'er come upward out every bit planned. Should the chance arise, inquire doctor Rhodes almost his babe goose story.
“We learn the Honors students to live engaged, to live leaders,” said Ashley Bourne-Richardson, Honors Program Faculty Coordinator too Professor of English linguistic communication at Reynolds. “Today was great! The students were engaged. They took notes too they listened intently. It was hence exciting for them that the president of the college took the fourth dimension to verbalize to them too part his cognition too experience. Some of these students intend to acquire on to leadership roles, every bit I looked to a greater extent than or less the room I could run across they were actually interested inwards getting the perspective of somebody amongst years of experience.”
The 4 pillars of the Reynolds Honors computer program are critical thinking, independent research, interdisciplinary learning, too engagement. From the questions they asked doctor Rhodes, the students demonstrated these qualities too more. Clearly they are looking for ways to navigate their future, to live dandy at the lives they are almost to begin, too to brand a departure inwards a earth that needs their unloose energy too passion.
When the session was over the room erupted inwards xx dissimilar intense conversations, the vibrations too unloose energy was high too contagious. Fueled yesteryear pizza too doctor Rhodes’ advice, eventually they moved on to human face upward their adjacent classes, their jobs, too whatever other challenges were to come upward their agency that day.
