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NCC Student Selected for Leadership Program

From left, Vice President for Student and Enrollment Services Larry Mitchell and NCC College Transfer Student Chris Mercer. Mercer was selected to participate in the NC Community College System Student Leadership Development Program.

Nash Community College Transfer student Christopher “Chris” Mercer is attending the North Carolina Community College System Student Leadership Development Program being held the week of June 1, 2014 at William Peace University in Raleigh.

 

Mercer began as a student at Nash Community College in the fall of 2012 and has earned a 3.3 GPA in addition to the respect of many faculty and staff members. As a supplemental instructor in psychology through the Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) program and a tutor in the English Studio, Chris helps his classmates achieve academic success. Upon graduation from Nash Community College, he plans to attend North Carolina State University to earn undergraduate and graduate degrees in Psychology and to pursue a career as a clinical psychologist and possibly teach in high school or college.

 

Thirty North Carolina community college students were selected for the Student Leadership Development Program, and will participate in hands-on, educational leadership training three times throughout the academic year. In addition to the six-day session in June, Chris will attend two-day mini sessions during the fall and spring semesters.

 

During the training, participants will add to their resumes by learning fundamentals of leadership including communication skills, decision-making strategies, and how to work well in teams through daily workshops, speakers, interactive seminars and activities, and individual and group projects.

 

Following the training, Mercer will share the leadership skills he has learned with the Nash Community College campus through workshops, meetings and other events, to help prepare his peers with skills that will provide a smooth and successful transition into the workforce or as they transfer to a university.