Putting their leadership skills to the test, six Trent University students recently travelled to Brampton to join a leadership competition and got practical experience facilitating challenges - such as making a succinct 30-second pitch - in a team environment.
"It was an exciting day resulting in Trent placing fourth out of eight teams - an accomplishment the team is extremely proud of, especially as it was their first time at the competition," said Dr. Stephanie Muehlethaler, one of the team's coaches and principal of Otonabee College.
The Collegiate Leadership Competition (CLC) is a non-profit leadership program, founded in 2015, which creates a dynamic practice field where student leaders can apply what they're learning in a context that stretches them to the boundaries of their leadership knowledge, skills and abilities.
Trent competed at Wilfrid Laurier University's Brampton campus - one of the six competitions happening this year across Canada and the United States that includes hundreds of students.
The experience at Trent started in the late fall when 18 students from Otonabee College started learning different leadership skills and then participating in innovative activities, which allowed them to put their skills into action.
Also, the students had the opportunity to have lunch with Drew Dudley - a leadership educator, author and speaker - and talk about what leadership meant to him.
By mid-March, the students selected six of their peers to represent them at the competition.
The final team consisted of a first-year international student, students involved in college cabinets, students from Nursing, Business and Biology, as well as a mature student.
