Honors Leadership Assistants Choose Innovation and Creativity By Joseph Delphia, Allegheny Campus Honors Coordinator As the semester
comes to a close I am reflecting on this fifth semester of academic life to be changed and shaped by the pandemic. By now we are all used to
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adapting, to finding ways to just “make it work,” to get as close as possible to “what could have been,” if only the situation were a little better. It can be easy to see the ways things have changed since March of 2020, and that can be discouraging. However, if we keep our eyes open, I hope we can also see the innovation and creativity this new way of living and learning has inspired. This year’s Honors Leadership Assistants have done a wonderful job executing their duties. They have planned and participated in events, supported Honors coordinators and students at their campuses, and lived up to their titles as Honors leaders. One particular program they envisioned, planned and executed shows the kind of innovation and creativity I spoke of earlier. The Artistic Entrepreneurship Speaker Series was created to provide students with perspective into a variety of topics related to achieving success as a creative entrepreneur. The five part series was completely planned and executed by the Honors Leadership Assistants, and was attended by 90 individuals from the CCAC community. CCAC Honors has never presented a program quite like this one, and in a time when it is all too easy to tread water and wait for the tide to settle, this team chose to take a risk and try some- thing totally new. Ashika Henry Richardson, Aodhán Ridenour, and Max Russo chose to use their time as Leadership Assistants to lead, to think creatively and to try something the Honors Program had never done before. In the 13 years I have been involved with the Honors Program I have learned to always bet on Honors students to surprise and inspire, and these three have done just that. I know we all are looking forward to brighter days ahead, but thanks for taking a moment to allow me to share what I see as a true moment of brightness from the Spring of 2022.
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