Tentative 2025 Date: February 7

The highly anticipated Leadership Summit returns in 2025, reinvigorating the spirit of leadership and empowerment among students from diverse backgrounds. Hosted on-campus, this dynamic conference is a nexus for students, faculty, and professionals to converge, collaborate, and cultivate the next generation of leaders. 

Highlights:

• Inspiring Keynote Addresses: Renowned leaders and change-makers will share their insights and experiences, inspiring attendees to lead purposefully and passionately.

• Interactive Workshops: Engaging workshops led by experts will provide practical tools and strategies for personal and professional development.

• Networking Opportunities: Participants will have the chance to connect with peers, mentors, and industry professionals, fostering valuable relationships and collaborations.

• Community Impact Projects: From service initiatives to advocacy campaigns, attendees will have the opportunity to apply their skills and knowledge to create tangible impact in their communities.

Thank You to the 2024 Keynoter - Dr. Dar Mayweather

As a professional speaker, Dar will teach you inclusive leadership strategies so that you can close the gap between your intention and action to engage, recruit, and retain people from underrepresented communities. Dar will equip you with the tools to understand your identities in leadership, open critical conversations, and take action to create change with peers, supervisors, and more!

As a faculty member, Dar helps students turn their academic opportunities into job opportunities by teaching them how to articulate their natural gifts and talents to industry leaders. He provides activities that help students explore their unique and meaningful leadership experiences. He aims to provide students with a clear path to leadership within their field of study. Dar's teaching makes ALL students believe they are leaders by relieving them of their comparison to others. He uses real-world examples that help students identify their strengths and gifts and reflect on leadership activities that bring them closer to their academic and career goals.

Dar is a first-generation college student, and he earned a BS in Criminal Justice, a Masters in Education, and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership while teaching Leadership to undergraduate students at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Lastly, he is a certified speaker by the #1 motivational speaker in the world, Dr. Eric Thomas, the hip-hop preacher!