Taking the Lead

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Student Government Association (SGA) hosted their Annual Leadership Summit September 26th, followed by a pregame tailgate on the Texas Tech University campus. Monish Makena, SGA vice president for communications, said more than 90 student leaders and SGA senators attended the summit.

“The Leadership Summit provided a platform to hone leadership skills and improve interactions among student leaders from different schools and regional campuses,” Makena said.

TTUHSC President Tedd L. Mitchell, M.D., spoke about the necessity of leadership, different forms of leadership and various qualities that make a leader distinct from others.
Texas Tech University System Chancellor Robert L. Duncan mentioned that respecting everybody irrespective of their social status is one of the basic hallmarks of a successful leader. Victoria Messer, Texas Tech University System student regent, encouraged the student leaders to set the tone of their campuses by using their positions to inspire and lead.

“On the whole, the leadership summit and the SGA tailgate was received extremely well by student attendees,” Makena said. “The TTUHSC SGA is excited about the outlook for the rest of the year.”

Other speakers included Kristin Messuri, associate director of the Writing Center and Vince Fell, the assistant vice president of IT services. Mike Russell, TTUHSC SGA president, discussed several issues affecting the students at various campuses.

“One of our major objectives for this academic year is to ensure that all of our students, regardless of which campus they are on, or undergraduate institution that they attended, feel that they are a part of TTUHSC and they take pride in that,” Russell said. “As an SGA, we are looking forward to working with our incredible student body to make the 2015-2016 academic year the best yet on record.”