OSU Admissions Blog » personal_goals http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog The blog of Oregon State University's Office of Admissions Thu, 16 May 2013 16:13:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 African American Youth Leadership Conference hosted at OSU http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/2007/05/11/african-american-youth-leadership-conference-hosted-at-osu/ http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/2007/05/11/african-american-youth-leadership-conference-hosted-at-osu/#comments Fri, 11 May 2007 22:16:44 +0000 Blake http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/2007/05/11/african-american-youth-leadership-conference-hosted-at-osu/ Oregon State University hosted the 1st Annual African American Youth Leadership Conference on April 18th.

The goals of the conference were:

To promote positive yourth development in African/African American youth and multicultural youth of African descent by:

-Raising awareness on how to achieve personal goals
-Emphasizing the value of education
-Empowering future leadership (responsibility)
-Establishing a sense of community
-Increasing personal self-esteem and affirm cultural awareness

The conference was targeted at middle and high school students.

AAYLC keynote

Packed house at AAYLC

College fair reps provided information to AAYLC attendees

Dana Emerson from LBCC speaks

Dana Emerson

Students hear the benefits of a college education

-bv

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