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" One Survivor Remembers" Gerda Weissmann Klein

Stand Up. Speak Out. Lend a Hand!

In the winter of 1945, on the day of her liberation from six years of Nazi rule, Gerda Weissmann clung to life at the end of a 350-mile death march. She weighed 68 pounds, her hair had turned white, and she had not had a bath in three years. She survived with courage, grace and dignity.

Gerda Weissmann Klein, renowned motivational speaker and Holocaust survivor, teaches each one of us about tolerance, understanding and making a difference. Gerda Klein’s spirit helped her survive six years under Nazi rule; through her story, and her unique perspective, she continues to help each one of us to understand the dangers of hate and extremism.

This Videoconference Program will be held
in
Chilton 245
from
12:00pm - 1:00pm Central Time
on
December 10, 2009.
Capacity is 40.

Students involved in STAND UP. SPEAK OUT. LEND A HAND will hear from Gerda during a special interactive videoconference event and then embark upon their own service learning projects. Each participating school will be tasked with designing and implementing a service learning project that combats social issues in their community.

In order to maintain an on-going dialogue over the course of the project, each class will create a wiki page and posting bi-weekly updates on their projects. Once a month, schools will be assigned a partner class who will review and comment on their wiki page (and vice versa). Students will then reconvene via videoconference to share their service learning projects with the Klein Foundation during a celebratory "Project Collaboration Videoconference" in March. We will break schools into smaller groups for project sharing to encourage dialogue among students!

http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/Stand-Speak-Out-Lend-Hand

Graduate School: The Guide to Getting In
This workshop is designed to help students showcase their best attributes when applying to graduate school. Topics include:
• The Admissions Process
• Preparing for Entrance Exams
• Letters of Recommendation
• Writing a Personal Statement
The workshop is free for UNT students, and they do not need to pre-register. Please bring your Student ID.

This session will focus on defining succession planning and how it can help prepare for future needs. The session provides the keys to success, mistakes to miss, leader qualities, development strategies and a gap analysis tool to help get started in the process.

For further information contact x3885.

This session is for anyone who is interested in learning how to manage their time better. Participants will learn how to manage the mounds of paper and the people interactions that may be non productive to obtain more of a work-life balance.

For further information contact x3885.

This session outlines what effective teams look like and how to develop them. Participants will learn the building blocks of effective teams, the stages of team development, how to increase trust and how to troubleshoot problems.

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Managing one’s own anger is an important skill in life and at work. This session will provide participants with tips on how to manage anger effectively. Ideas are discussed about how to harness anger for positive life change as well as the emotional, cognitive and psychological components that frame the anger pathway.

For further information contact x3885.

This session provides information on employee recognition and employee engagement and how the two are intertwined. It also provides some guidance on how to increase employee engagement. It will address issues such as: Why recognize? How does this impact the bottom line? What can managers do? What programs are already in place at UNT?

For further information contact x3885.

This session will teach participants the appropriate steps of the corrective action process. Learn how to avoid the most common pitfalls in the corrective action process and how to effectively use a Performance Improvement Plan to provide a blueprint for correcting issues.

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This session will focus on the writing aspects of business communications. It will provide guidance on effective writing for different purposes and audiences in business including general writing and writing for electronic print.

For further information contact x3885.