Pre Conference Reception (Free to attend)
The focus of this year’s conference is “Make your Mark” or how each one of us has a role to play in taking action for a better community & world. The pre-conference reception will highlight student projects & initiatives that are making a difference in the community & beyond. Students will be showcasing their work via poster displays and presentations on an open stage in the atrium. The event is free and open to the public. The reception is our kick-off to the 4th annual student leadership conference & an opportunity for like-minded students, staff, & faculty to gather and network.
PRE-CONFERENCE RECEPTION DATE: Friday, January 27, 2012
LOCATION: Surrey Campus, Surrey Main Building Atrium
PROGRAM (Estimates – subject to change)
1:00 - 4:30pm Refreshments
Student Leadership Posters & Display Time
Community Mental Health: An Outreach Project (poster)
Justin McGregor, 4th year Psychology
Faculty Advisor: Jocelyn Lymburner
Cognitive Dissonance in British Columbia Schools (poster)
Gurpreet Singh, 4th year Psychology
Faculty Advisor: David Burns
Don't Settle for Mediocre! AIESEC Student Leadership Opportunities (display)
Hardeep Sikhu, Steven Vu & Arvind Kang
SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) Kwantlen: Sustainability, Community, Citizenship, Stewardship (Display)
Kevin Tran & Kevin Shen, 3rd year Human Resources Management
Faculty Advisor: Ange Frymire Fleming
STUDENT LEADERSHIP: ORAL PRESENTATIONS
1:15 Welcome by Conference Co-Chair Patrick Macvey
1:20
How to put the YOU in University (oral presentation)
Kassandra Linklater, 3rd year BA Political Science
1:30
No Excuses, No Explanations (oral presentation)
Alexandra Devitt, 3rd year Criminology
Faculty Advisor: Joan Nesbitt
1:45
Getting our Fight Back (oral presentation)
Nick Harvey, 4th year Criminology
Faculty Advisor: Joan Nesbitt
2:00
Achieving Success in the ENTR Practicum (oral presentation)
Geoff Woolley, Mike Baxter & Bryan Fisher; 4th year BBA Entrepreneurial Leadership
Faculty Advisor: Carlos Calao
2:10
Leadership Through Philanthropy (oral presentation)
Michael Chang, 2nd year BBA Accounting
Faculty Advisor: Joel Whittemore
2:20 Break
2:30
The "Others" -- Living the System through the Guys Inside (poster & oral presentation)
Isabel Scheuneman Scott, 4th year Criminology
Faculty Advisor: Jane Miller-Ashton
2:40
The Dangers of Modern Media in Making Decisions (oral presentation)
Denny Hollick, 3rd year Business
2:50
How to Form a Student Club at KPU (poster & oral presentation)
Scott Jacobsen, 2nd year Psychology/Philosophy
Advisor: Jean McKendry
3:00
Rock Whatcha Got: Building self-esteem in youth and young adults (poster & oral presentation)
Abbey Ratcliff, 4th year Psychology
Faculty Advisor: Ross Laird
3:15 Welcome
Kurt Penner, Faculty – Student Leadership & Development
Patrick Macvey, Student Co-Chair, 4th annual KPU Leadership Conference
3:30 Guest Speaker: Tracy Redies, President & CEO Coast Capital Savings
4:00-4:30 Refreshments & Interaction
PRE-CONFERENCE SPEAKER: Tracy Redies, President & CEO Coast Capital Savings
Tracy joined Coast Capital Savings Credit Union as President & CEO in June 2009. She brings 20-plus-years’ experience in the international financial services industry to her leadership role at one of Canada’s largest credit unions. Tracy joined Coast Capital Savings to lead the entrepreneurial-styled credit union in its quest to bring innovation to banking in Canada.
She holds a BA with a Double Major in Economics and Asian Studies from the University of Victoria and an MSc in Business Administration in International Trade and Finance from the University of British Columbia.
A four-time recipient of WXN’s Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100™ award and recent inductee into the Top 100 Hall of Fame™, Tracy is a past honoree of Business in Vancouver’s Influential Women in Business award and received a Distinguished Alumni award from the University of Victoria’s Faculty of Social Sciences. She was also recently named 2011 Business Person of the Year by the Surrey Board of Trade.
She is a director of Central 1 Credit Union, The Vancouver Board of Trade, the C.D. Howe Institute, Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation, and CH.I.L.D., a Canadian foundation dedicated to finding a cure for Crohn’s, colitis and other liver disorders in children. Tracy is also a member of the Sauder School of Business Faculty Advisory Board.
