Horizons Youth Services

Muhlenberg  Job Corps SGA officers attend SGA Leadership Conference

The Muhlenberg Job Corps Center SGA delegation.

Student Government Association officers from Muhlenberg Job Corps Center traveled to Virginia for a weeklong SGA Leadership Conference. The Region 2 event, held twice a year, focuses on leadership training, communication skills, critical thinking skills, personal responsibility and team building.

The conference, which ran Oct. 23-26 at Camp Horizons near Harrisonburg, Va., was hosted by Horizons Youth Services, which operates Muhlenberg.

SGA officers from 11 different Job Corps centers from throughout the nation stepped out of their comfort zones as they tackled the low challenge initiatives that promote problem solving, communication and team effort, and the high ropes initiatives, which require intense  focus, and, for many, required that students overcome fears and decide to accept and meet new challenges. The week also included classroom sessions dealing with communication skills, public speaking, working as a team and leadership.

Each SGA delegation was tasked with creating an action plan for their individual centers that reflected the conference theme of Leadership and Citizenship. The Muhlenberg  team’s plan centered on guiding new students into leadership roles and community involvement. The plan called for the SGA to be involved with meeting and greeting new students as they arrive at airports and on center, create a new diversity/adjustment class for new students, and involve new students in community service projects such as Adopt a Highway.

Muhlenberg SGA officers attending included Rashaun Phelps, president; Patrice Howard, vice president; Ariel Watts, secretary; Ingrid Alvarenga, treasurer; Christy Miller, sergeant at arms; and Fabiola Louis, committee chair. Advisors accompanying the students were Christian Mancilla and Michelle Robinson.

For more information about the Region 2 SGA Leadership Conference, please visit HorizonsLeadership.com.