MEDIA ADVISORY

TO:                     News Directors, Education Reporters and PSA Directors

FROM:                 University Relations

SUBJECT:            UAF Hosts Emerging Leaders Conference

LOCATION:          UAF Campus

DATE & TIME:     June 11 - 15, 2002

The University of Alaska Fairbanks will host the Emerging Leaders Institute June 11 - 15, 2002 on the Fairbanks campus. Students from 20 Alaska high schools will be participating in workshops and challenge activities designed to improve leadership skills.

“UAF will come alive with the best and the brightest high school student leaders from throughout the state,” said institute coordinator Carrie Dershin.

The UAF Emerging Leaders Institute will provide students an opportunity to identify and improve their leadership skills through workshops, activities and presentations including college success skills, personal leadership assessment and goal setting.

Keynote speakers include Glenn Hackney, Ossie Kairaiuak, Dante Foster, George Cromer and David Leone.

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Note to editors: Photo opportunity Friday, June 14 at 2:30 p.m. during the Field Leadership Reaction Course outside the UAF Patty Center.

CONTACT: Carrie Dershin, UAF Student Activities at (907) 474-2760 or Lillian Anderson, UAF Office of Admissions at (907) 474-5142.

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