Special Events

The conference offers a variety of activities to help you get active in practicing your leadership skills. Below are some activities that you’ll want to GET INVOLVED with at the conference:

Every year the University Leadership Conference hosts a leadership project to educate, motivate and encourage, participants to take action by getting involved in a social issue affecting the local community.

This year, the University Leadership Conference is hosting a community drive to collect school supplies for elementary students in low-income, first generation households. This drive starts February 2, 2009 and ends March 7, 2009 – the day of the conference.

Step Ahead was founded by Alina Pineda, a student who volunteered at a local elementary school and discovered they lacked the basic school supplies children needed to succeed in school. She established Step Ahead in fall 2005 with the mission to provide local elementary schools with necessary school supplies, books and other resources that will enhance the children’s learning experience. The project targets schools where the students overwhelmingly come from low-income, first generation households so the cost of pencils, pens, folders, markers, and other items can be overwhelming. Working with local office supply stores, classes, clubs and organizations at CSUF, other college and high school campuses, and generous individuals, the project is able to get enough donations to provide a set of supplies for each classroom.

Conference participants are encouraged to get involved in this project by bringing one or more of the following school supply items on the conference day:

Pens	Pencils
Rulers	Markers
Crayons	Colored Pencils
Notebook Paper	Folders
Glue	Other School Supplies

The Get Involved Fair is your opportunity to network and become involved at Cal State Fullerton and in the surrounding community. The fair is an opportunity for you to learn about different leadership experiences available on and off campus. You will be able to visit a variety of Cal State Fullerton organizations and community agencies which will provide information on available leadership and volunteer opportunities. To feature your organization at the Get Involved Fair contact: leadershipconference@fullerton.edu

You will have an opportunity to participate in icebreakers and energizers at the conference. The goal of these activities are to help you get acquainted with other students attending the conference and have some fun while getting to know others. These activities will help facilitate relationship building…the rest is up to you.

Attend the 2nd annual CSUF Homecoming festivities and game after the conference.

Men’s Basketball
Titan vs. UC Irvine
5:00pm, Titan Gymnasium
For more information visit: www.fullertontitans.com