Workshops, Events & Honoring Leadership
The Wurtele Center for Leadership (WCL) offers a range of workshops, speaker events and other co-curricular experiences that offer students an opportunity to grow their own capacity to lead collaboratively and equitably, and gain inspiration from collaborative leaders in a variety of fields. WCL programming explores the contours of our Collaborative Leadership Model, creating space for students to reflect on and build their own practice (ME), learn effective ways of engaging in and leading a team (WE), and apply their knowledge to work toward positive change (IMPACT).
Stay Connected
The Wurtele Center is piloting two new initiatives this year where students have the opportunity to share their experiences and build connections.
Customized Workshops, Trainings, & Retreats
Collaborative Innovation Speaker Series
Organized each Spring as part of the Collaborative Innovation Concentration gateway course, the Collaborative Innovation Speaker Series invites creative changemakers to Smith to share their stories and practical tools for shaping the future we want to live in. Email Megan Lyster for more information about the series, and subscribe to the Wurtele Center newsletter for announcements of upcoming events.
Honoring Leadership & Impact
In collaboration with a diverse team of staff and students, the Wurtele Center has developed two new rituals for Smith, one for the fall semester and one in spring, that will serve as opportunities for our community to celebrate the leadership contributions and impact of students and other members of the campus community. More details on both of these new rituals will be forthcoming as the year unfolds.
Integrative Learning & Leadership Events
Amplify Program
Each fall, the Wurtele Center for Leadership offers workshops and events as part of the Amplify Program that encourage students to develop a public voice as a form of powerful leadership.