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Partnerships across campus and in the community

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Enrollments continue to increase for our leadership courses

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Our Events- Spotlight on Success

STAFFING NEWS AND ACCOLADES

We are pleased to announce that the TLI family continues to expand with some of the best talent on campus. Dr. Matthew Ohlson has been named Director of the Taylor Leadership Institute, while Karine Stukes has been named Assistant Director of Curricular Engagement and Korie Hilliard, the Assistant Director of Co-Curricular Engagement. Mike Maltese has also added to his role as Office Manager with his recent support of the editing of our new leadership textbook, Leading with Joy(Kendall Hunt).

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In addition, we have augmented our teaching staff with campus and community leaders including Dr. Andrea Adams-Manning (UNF Dean of Students), Dr. Tara Rowe (Director of the UNF Thrive Center), Melinda Quant Santos (Coggin Asst. Director of Career Management) and Dave Reed (Former Chair of the Student Affairs Community Council Taylor Leadership Committee). Finally, we have added faculty liaisons from each of the 6 colleges to create a strong network of collaboration throughout the University!

A few successes from our TLI Team:

Dr. Robert Renn (Coggin Liaison) received the “Crystal Award”from the Leadership Challenge Organization for his extensive work in the area of leadership development (see photo to left).

Dr. Matthew Ohlson (TLI Director) received the Innovator Award from the Florida College Access Network (FCAN) for his leadership development work helping students to become college and career ready.

Dr. Renn receiving the “Crystal Award” for Leadership

TLI AS A PARTNER IN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF OUR STAFF AND COLLEGE-BASED LIAISONS, WE ARE CREATING NEW LEADERSHIP PARTNERSHIPS ON CAMPUS AND IN THE COMMUNITY.

Coggin College of Business: Through a recent grant award, TLI partnered with Coggin to support Dr. Robert Renn (TLI Liaison) and Dave Reed (TLI Instructor) in their professional development training/certification with the “Leadership Challenge” organization in Dallas. The resources obtained through this training will augment the tools available for TLI staff and students. These grant funds will also go to support the training of TLI staff and instructors throughout the academic year.

In coordination with Melinda Santos Quant, we are expanding our Career Apprenticeship Model for TLI students to include more than 200 potential "career coaches" and help additional students graduate with the Leadership Minor. For example, our career coaches already include professionals from Action News Jax, the PGA Tour, Mayo Clinic, Franklin Covey and the COO of the nation’s largest construction company. We also hope to include numerous members of the UNF Alumni Network and Student Affairs Community Council.

Brooks College of Health: In partnership with Don Hutton (Brooks Liaison) and the Health Administration Leadership Institute program, TLI will be supporting the coordination of numerous on-campus events and developing a HALI and TLI Leadership Certificate program strategy. In collaboration with Dr. Julie Merten, we will be infusing our leadership courses within the Brooks College of Health minor.

UNF Library: Throughout the year, we have been asked to conduct leadership development training to help build teamwork and increase collaboration amongst staff/leadership- our first session was held on July 24th.

UNF Department of Diversity Initiatives: TLI Staff delivered comprehensive leadership development training to students in the Quest Program https://www.unf.edu/ddi/

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UNF Athletics: We will be hosting monthly training sessions for all student athletes and select leaders from Hicks Honors College and the TLI minor with area leaders including financial literacy (Sun Trust Bank), Leadership 2.0 (Dale Carnegie Training), Public Speaking (TLI/COAS Team) and a variety of essential Leadership skills.

ACADEMICS f5 6 5 o students enrolled in leadership courses ~ throughout the last academic year

20% increase of declared leadership minors in the past quarter

9 2 QI_ of declared minors have persisted in the 70 program over the past quarter

30+ courses added as Interdisciplinary Leadership Electives to broaden and enhance course options for students

WHAT MAKES OUR COURSES SPECIAL? THE TAYLOR LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE COURSES COUNTINUE TO SERVE AS AN EXEMPLAR FOR THE UNIVERSITY.

Thanks to the collective efforts of the TLI team, we have made extensive augmentations to the TLI course offerings including:

Career Coaching as part of the new “Apprenticeship Model” embedded within Leadership Practicum course (LDR 4263).

o All students graduating with the minor will have a leadership mentor in their prospective career/academic field.

Interactive online assessments within the Introduction to Leadership course (LDR 3003) have been implemented to enhance student progress monitoring.

THE IMPACT

Students rated TLI instructors 15% higher

compared to their counterparts with an

average “Overall Instructor Rating” of

4.89 out of 5!

EVENTS ffi 4 5 o students attended TLI sponsored and ~ co-sponsored events

85°/o Agreed/Strongly Agreed that the event had an impact on how they viewed their role as a leader at UNF

9 2 Or. Agreed/Strongly Agreed that they

0 planned to implement what ~hey learned on campus or m the community

Agreed/Strongly Agreed that they would like to attend more leadership events on campus

OUR EVENTS AND TRAININGS CONTINUE TO SPOTLIGHT THE MANY FACETS OF LEADERSHIP A FEW OF OUR CO-CURRICULAR EVENTS FROM THE PAST YEAR:

⇒ Leadership Speaker Series with Emily Dawn Calandrelli- The “Space Gal” in Collaboration with the College of Computing, Engineering and Construction.

⇒ Taylor Talks featuring TLI students continuing their education at UPENN and USMC Officer Candidate School and careers with Mayo Clinic and Red Bull Australia.

⇒ Leadership Mentoring Awards featuring TedTalk Speaker, Drew Dudley.

⇒ Leadership Training Sessions facilitated for Student Government, Greek Life, UNF Athletics and various organazitions / buinsesses in the Jacskonville Community including Sawgrass Country Club, Northrop Grumman, American Compliance Association and Clay / Duval / Flagler / Putnam Schools.

THIS YEAR, LOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING EVENTS:

⇒ Leadership Summit featuring Stanford graduate, Danielle Harlan, author of The New Alpha: Join the Rising Movement of Influencers and Changemakers Who are Redefining Leadership.

⇒ Leadership Awards spotlighting the “Influencers” on the UNF campus and in the greater Jacksonville community.

CONTACT US: FOLLOW US: www.unf.edu/taylor-leadership leadership@unf.edu 904-620-5934