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Monday, April 10, 2023
Volume 108 Issue 7
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Leading Ladies: Dr. Sheila Youngblood, Professor Bernadette Lonzanida, Vice President for Academic Affairs Ronna Vanderslice, and Veteran Affairs Coordinator Vicki Henson enjoy Cameron's Empowering Women in Leadership and STEM conference together.
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Army Veteran Specialist Silvia E. Qualls, Army Veteran Captain Regina DeLoach and Lieutenant Colonel Sherene L. Williams. At 5:20 p.m. on April 6 in the After the keynote speaker finished, McCasland Ballroom, Cameron’s participants were able to enjoy engineering club hosted the appetizers and network with other Empowering Women in Leadership attendees and local female leaders. and STEM conference, which was Next, there was a panel discussion funded through CU Lectures and featuring Sivadon, CU Veterans Concerts and CU Home Savings Affairs Coordinator Vicki Henson and Bank Endowed Lectureship in the President of the Lawton Chapter Organizational Leadership. of Oklahoma Women Veterans The keynote speaker was Dr. Organization Una "Lisa" Williams. Angela Sivadon, Chief academic Williams said she officer at Tulsa has faced various Community obstacles over the College. "If you get to know years, especially as “Tonight, I’m a soldier. She said people in your going to share a little bit of community, you’ll her biggest challenge was trying to be information with be amazed (by) all there for her son you that’s going while being a soldier their talents and to change your and a single mom. life,” Sivadon their abilities." “When you know said. “We’re going Vicki Henson a lot, and you want to figure out -Veteran Affairs to do the right thing, how to connect a lot of people will Coordinator with different try to question you personalities.” and challenge you One topic with that,” Williams Sivadon covered said. “You have to know, no matter was about a person’s temperament, what, doing the right thing is always which she defined as part of an the right thing to do.” individual’s personality that is Williams said people should not be genetically based. afraid to take the lead. “Our behavior is based on our “I like a challenge,” she said. “Don’t unmet needs,” she said. “I’m going be afraid to take challenges… (and) to talk about needs versus wants. I’m ask questions because a closed mouth going to describe different core needs won’t get fed.” for each one of the temperaments.” Sivadon said Sivadon said there are four she became temperaments: the promoter, the the Chief planner, the ponderer, and the Academic performer. Each kind of temperament Officer at has a key value. the Tulsa The key value for the promoter is relationships, the planner’s key value is Community responsibility, the ponderer’s key value College during is competence, and the performer’s key the COVID-19 pandemic, value is freedom. which was a “We’re a combination of all four of challenge. them,” Sivadon said. “The promoter, “Everyone planner, ponderer and performer.” was affected in There were also female leaders in some manner the community who were introduced or another,” as honorees at the conference. These honorees included Lieutenant Sivadon said. “For someone Colonel Adia H. Terry, Command like me, who’s Sergeant Jeanette Clement and a very positive Sergeant First Class Jacqueline Wells. and extroverted Additional honorees include Staff kind of person, Sergeant Maria Tina Rogriguez, it was hard
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to replicate that. You know, with the remote stuff and everything and not being in person.” Henson said that she finds teamwork to be extremely important and helpful when it comes to overcoming formidable problems in one’s life. “If you get to know people in your community, you’ll be amazed (by) all their talents and their abilities,” Henson said. “The fun thing is to be able to enable somebody else to contribute back and to help you to do
something amazing.” One of the attendees was sophomore engineering major Quinton Mendes said he came to this event because it was hosted by the engineering club, which he is a part of. “I thought it was very nice,” Mendes said. “It was an insight for guys and girls to see the struggles of women in the workforce.” For more information, contact Faculty in Residence Christopher Sauer at csauer@cameron.edu.
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