Porter selected for UGA Grad School Emerging Leaders program
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Dasjah Bledsoe, 706/542-5889,
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Christa Porter,
cjporter@uga.edu
Published in CHDS, Student News
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College of Education student Christa Porter has been invited to participate in the University of Georgia Graduate School’s Emerging Leaders program.
Porter, a second-year doctoral student in the college student affairs administration program, is a graduate instructor for ECHD 3050, Career and Life Planning, an upper-level course offered within the UGA Career Center. She also serves as president of the UGA Graduate and Professional Scholars organization.
The Emerging Leaders program is held each fall for master’s and doctoral students who are nearing completion of the terminal graduate degree in their discipline. The two-day professional development workshop is designed to strengthen students’ leadership capabilities.
The program features sessions that focus on leadership skills necessary for entering a workplace characterized by diversity of people, career opportunities and ever-increasing responsibilities. Participants will gain insight and information to help them address their own career goals, understand workplace complexities, and become effective leaders in their disciplines.
Porter said she applied for the program in order to network with other graduate and professional students at UGA and enhance her skills relative to her professional career.
The program features sessions that focus on leadership skills necessary for entering a workplace characterized by diversity of people, career opportunities and ever-increasing responsibilities. Participants gain insight and information to help them address their own career goals, understand workplace complexities and become effective leaders in their disciplines.
The program is held annually during UGA’s Student Fall Break, this year fromOct 27-29, at Unicoi State Park in North Georgia.
She expects to graduate in May 2013 and hopes to obtain an administrative position within the division of student affairs at a college or institution.
Porter received her M.A. in higher education administration from the University of Maryland. She received her B. A. in social relations from Michigan State University.