Speakers
2025 Main Stage Emcees
Evelyn Hong
Audrey Cha
2025 Main Stage Speakers
These industry leaders use the stage to share their successes, hardships, and experiences. During their bold and impactful talk, they openly speak about how their journey, although imperfect, pushed them to grow and create space and opportunities for those around them. They share their blueprint on how they have made their MARK on the world around them and continue to do so!
2025 Ignite Speakers
These amazing student speakers will take to the stage in a TEDx-styled speech. They will share their story, ideas, and experiences in a vulnerable and fearless fashion. The goal is to encourage their peers to think about the various ways they can make a positive impact!
2025 Breakout Sessions
These smaller, focused discussion environments allow students to engage in more intimate, detailed, and interactive conversations. These engaging sessions are designed to allow students to explore specific topics, share ideas, solve problems, or participate in hands-on activities in a more intimate setting.
The Resume is Dead. Build a Reputation Instead.
Presenter: Luisa Surma
Livingston Student Center – Coffeehouse
12:00pm-12:45pm
If you’re waiting for a job posting, you’re already behind. Learn how to build relationships, prove your value, and get opportunities to come to you.
Panel Discussion: Leading the Charge with Unity and Harmony: Campus Leader Panel Discussion
Livingston Student Center, Room 201
12:00pm-12:45pm
Learn from premier student leaders as they speak about what it means to lead with unity, harmony, and ethics within such an intense national climate. The moderator will ask questions that challenge the panelists to share with the audience what leadership means to them and the various ways they work to make an impact.
Panel Discussion Participants:
Moderator: Samantha Jones, Graduate Coordinator, Lead-Up Academy and Experiential Learning, Office of Student Involvement and Leadership
Panelist: Herrin Fontenette, Dr. Jewel Plummer Cobb S.T.E.A.M. Women’s Empowerment Initiatives LEAD Intern and 2024 Institute of the Study of Global Racial Justice Undergraduate Fellow
Panelist: Christopher Godoy, University Senator, Executive Student Representation and RUSA Legislative Affairs Chair
