Selected NSLDI Keynote Speaker

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Alex Belisario (she/her) is the Executive Director for College Student Life at UC Santa Cruz. In this role, Alex is like Dumbledore for a campus that is a bit like Hogwarts (10 residential colleges within a large public university). She works with staff to provide a dynamic and supportive experience for students in their lives at the university. Alex got her start in higher education as a Resident Advisor at UC San Diego and attended her first Southern RAP in 1991. She is a proud Triton, Falcon, and Banana Slug having spent her adult working life at colleges and universities, primarily in California. Alex has made WACUHO her professional home, building lifelong friendships with outstanding colleagues. 

 

Alex is also a proud geek and collaborates with a group of higher education professionals, known as GeekEd, to present on current issues at San Diego Comic Con related to a plethora of geeky topics and how they intersect with our work (Marvels and Mandalorian all the way!). In her spare time, Alex is an avid crafter and takes great pride in the ability to “bake people happy.” She also is a devoted cat mama and a foster mama for over 150 kittens and counting.

What is a Keynote Speaker?

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Thank you for your interest in being a keynote speaker for the northern Student Leadership Drive-In. The NSLDI committee is looking for one Professional Staff & Student Leader keynote speakers to participate in the Opening session of the conference. The keynote speech should be no more than 10 minutes:

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This year’s Drive-In is being hosted at University of California, Davis (UC Davis) in Davis, CA. UC Davis has the principals of Community "UC Davis is a diverse community comprised of individuals having many perspectives and identities.  We come from a multitude of backgrounds and experiences, with distinct needs and goals.  We recognize that to create an inclusive and intellectually vibrant community, we must understand and value both our individual differences and our common ground.  The UC Davis Principles of Community is an aspirational statement that embodies this commitment, and reflects the ideals we seek to uphold".

 

There are so many ways that undergraduate student success can be reflected with the theme and these core values. We would love to hear the connections that you would make between your experience, UC Davis values, and our conference theme!

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CONFERENCE THEME: "Beyond the Horizon"

Your speech should focus on uplifting and motivate those attending the conference, sharing a message that will celebrate, encourage and empower each individual story. 
 

If you are an RA/CA, student leader, student and professional staff who loves to bring people together, this can be an amazing professional development opportunity to show your experience with other who also strive and care for student success.

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Keynote Specifics

Selection Criteria:

The NSLDI 2024 committee will select two speeches (1 Student Leader & 1 Professional Staff) based on the following criteria:

1. Reflect the 2024 theme and the programming categories… Beyond The Horizon

   1. How have you taken your leadership skills beyond your role?

   2. How have you supported and inspired other leaders?

2.  Ability to inspire and excite other 

3.  Quality of the written script (ability to articulate thoughts, appropriate language)

4. Delivery (ability to communicate through speech) or through other creative means.

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If selected, the keynote speaker must be in attendance at the conference on March 2, 2024 and will be given preparation instructions prior to the conference.

 

One speaker will speak at the opening session and one speaker will speak at the closing session.

 

The keynote presentation can be no more than 10 minutes in length. The presentation can include audio/visual components, if needed. The application to submit their interest is now available!

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Submit Here: KEYNOTE SPEAKER FORM

 

The last day to submit the application is Sunday, February 25 2024, by 11:59pm, the speaker selected will be notified via email of their speech selected for the conference. 

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