Honors Forum II Recap Vid

Final Wrap Up; Dr. Vince Brewton

"Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions."

 

 - Bo Bennett

 

 

"It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership."

 

- Nelson Mandela

 

 

"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way."

 

- John C. Maxwell

 

 

 

Leadership

       Yikes what a semester. They say that freshman year is the toughest one to get through, but I definitely felt the pressures of college education this semester--especially the being lazy one. But we've made it and heard from Dr. Brewton about leadership for our last forum.

       Being a leader is either intimidated or unappealing to an introvert, and I'm a pretty big intrivert. I f college is teaching me anything, though, its that a person doesn't get very far--or at least probably won't get as far as they want to--if they have a idea but don't step up to get it done.

       Sometimes its easier to be a leader just because you can see what needs to happen, what needs to happen, ans how to do it, but a leadership position usually means putting yourself n a uncomfortable spot or a tough spot. As honors students, we are probably going to be the ones with the clearest picture of the solution to a problem but its just the task of actually leading that might get us.

       The wholeservant-leader mindset is an interesting concept. Having a platform of passion also ties into this. Volunteerism is a big responsibikity but many hands make little work--if everyine steps us and does their part, it is not so daunting a task.

       As students in an Alabama college, face the challenge of standing out from the rest of the crowd and stepping up to the plate and being a leader is one of the best ways to do it.

Office of Institutional Advancement; Dr. Barry Morris, Professor Emeritus of Economics

"The most meaningful engine of change, powerful enough to confront corporate power, may be not so much environmental quality, as the economic development and growth associated with the effort to improve it."

 

- Barry Commoner

"Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely."

 

- Thomas Huxley

 

 

"There can be economy only where there is efficiency."

 

- Benjamin Disraeli

 

 

Economics

 

 

       I could tell that Dr. Morris fully believed in everything that he said. The first indicator of this was that he took his passion, economics, and incorporated it into everything that he talked about. Who would have known that economics had so much to do with volunteerism?

 

       You can tell that he picked the right profession when he stopped in the middle of his presentation and said to us "I'm just looking out at you all and thinking of the things that you will go through." That was encouraging and intimidating at the same time. It seems as if he really care a lot for the success and growth if a group of students that he didn't even know which is a trait that I think a great professor should have.

 

       He also told us that "this university will prepare you for anything you will be doing after graduation." This really stood out to me because I recently have been struggling a lot with the consideration of just how hard it is going to be to compete with other law students from other, higher-caliber places. It really worries me but the longer I attend UNA, the more secure I feel in my education.

 

      My favorite Dr. Morris quote is "almost the best thing that can happen to you is to be underestimated." Going back to what I said above, I have used this strategy before and is it an effective one, or at least it gets entertaining results. I have used this strategy in karate classes, Mock Trial competitions, and even at job interviews. It makes others think that they don't have to work as hard, which outs you at an advantage and gives you confidence, sort of like knowing a secret.

 

       I particularly like the phrase he said "the place where you live is not defined by someone else, it is defined by you." I felt like this was a great speaker with which to end the this semester's forum simply because of that quote; it really put a polished perspective on why we should volunteer and how important it is.