On Saturday, 500 students arrived at Ball State University to begin the Leadership Weekend Experience! Students began with an opening session featuring Fran Kick, moved on to break-out sessions and small group sessions and finished the evening with an exciting keynote from Dr. Tim. Following the keynote, students were treated to a surprise party to cap off an exciting day!
Students received Leadership Weekend T-Shirts and markers and began signing each other’s shirts while they jammed to the music. By signing these T-shirts, students are commemorating their Leadership Weekend experience and creating lasting connections with fellow campers.
The Leadership Weekend Party is a long tradition at the Summer Symposium, and while the returning Leadership students likely remember the party from previous years, it was a complete surprise to first-year attendees. The SWAG Team and DTAs (Directors’ Track Assistants) chaperoned the party, and got in on some of the dancing!
At the end of the party, campers left to their dorms for the evening with new leadership skills, t-shirts full of signatures and inspiring notes and memories that the students will keep for a long time!
