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What?             Common purpose is about having the same goal in mind as a group. As a group, you have full commitment from each person. I first learned about common purpose when I was a kid. I may not have known it then, but I do now. As a kid I played soccer, while notContinue reading “Common Purpose”

 What?             Collaboration is working together through communication. Through collaboration, we can build relationships and trust. Collaboration has always been a part of my life. I have collaborated as a kid by working on partnered class projects or working as a team in gym class. As a teenager, I learned to collaborate by doing similarContinue reading “Collaboration”

What?             Commitment is fully engaging in the goals of the group, while also maintaining personal values, ideas, and motivations. I learned about commitment at many different points in my life. As a kid, I committed myself to girl scouts by going to meetings, and activities and selling cookies. I learned this in middle schoolContinue reading “Commitment”

What? Consciousness of self is the understanding of yourself and the people around you. Having the capability of fully taking into account our and others’ actions, as well as taking in our strengths and weaknesses. As leaders, we have to utilize ourselves to the best of our ability and that starts with knowing ourselves. IContinue reading “Consciousness of Self”

What? In the summer of 2021, I went to a beautiful camp in the Adirondack Mountains in Upstate New York. That summer I bloomed the second I stepped foot on the camps peninsula on Brant Lake. During my first week there I was trained in CPR, RTE, and Lifeguarding. And through that week, all theContinue reading “Key Event 4”

What?  Through all of my classes throughout my time at Virginia Tech, I have shared the same classes with the same people. I have seen them flourish and thrive as leaders. These men and women are the ones I got to grow, learn, and create with. My professors and their Teachers Assistants have also hadContinue reading “Key Event 3”

What? Ever since my senior year of high school, I have loved rugby. I have loved learning and understanding the mechanics of the game, but most importantly the manners of the game. Virginia Tech has an all-women’s rugby team. We play school from all over the state of Virginia. Here is a brief understanding ofContinue reading “Key Event 2”

What? The first week I stepped onto the Virginia Tech campus, I was welcomed by screaming, commands, crying, and throwing up. Sounds horrible right? I was in the Corps of Cadets; it just wasn’t for me. But from there I learned many things about leadership. I found myself in an unfamiliar land, language and routine.Continue reading “Key Event 1”

For the Leadership and Social Change minor, I had to take various classes. Many of which will help me greatly in jobs and help me in my own personal life. Class 4: Elements of Team Leadership I took the course Elements of Team Leadership in the spring of 2020. “The focus of this course isContinue reading “Class 4”