With three weeks away from our 3rd Annual Texas Male Student Leadership Summit we wanted to give you a sneak peak at some of the things you can look forward to at the Summit. All pre-conference activities, featured speakers, and session panels will focus on three themes/goals–Leadership, Brotherhood, and College and Career Development. This year our featured keynote speakers will be Dr. Luis Ponjuán, Mr. Ernesto Mejia, and Dr. Cesar Cruz. Dr. Ponjuán, one of the co-founders of Project MALES, is an Associate Professor of Higher Education Administration in the College of Education and Human Development at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. Mr. Mejia, a returning keynoter and popular session leader, is a co-founder of CoolSpeak, a youth engagement project that leverages the “cool language” kids speak to design and develop programs and events for youth. Dr. Cruz recently earned his doctoral degree in Educational Leadership from the Harvard School of Education. Dr. Cruz is an inspiring writer, educator, and community youth activist.
This year our Summit program will feature new events and activities, including a pre-conference/student interest group sessions, a new K-12 student track, a panel of student leaders representing our Consortium partner institutions from across the state of Texas, and an evening of entertainment that will offer poetry/spoken word, a featured musical performance by Rodrigo and Enrique Aguayo , graduate students with Project MALES, acapella singing/rapping, and step show performance. In addition, we will also have a book signing by Dr. Victor Sáenz and Dr. Luis Ponjuán of their recently published book, “Ensuring the Success of Latino Males in Higher Education: A National Imperative”. .
For an “at-a-glance” schedule with the titles and descriptions of Summit presenters and panel sessions, please click here.
