Please join us for lunch to learn more about the CALS Pathways to Innovation and Leadership Program and how it can benefit your students and programs!

Why Attend?

• Learn about the Pathways program and how it offers opportunities for CALS students to increase their engagement in High Impact Practices, develop career-ready skills employers are looking for, and earn ISU-approved micro-credentials with digital badges that showcase these skills to employers.
• Hear from students who have completed workshops and earned digital badges explain the benefits to them.
• Learn about opportunities for Advisors to complete the Leading with Strengths and Creative Confidence for Innovation workshops over the summer.
• Discuss how micro-credentials can be integrated into your Learning Community, Career Ready, and other courses.
• Finish the semester with a yummy lunch and some community!

Pathways Participants and Collaborators Panel

• Amy Mendee, Assistant Director, CALS Pathways to Innovation and Leadership
• Jack Schoenfelder, Ag Bus; Wyatt Anderson, Ag & Rural Policy; Katie Ferguson, Ag Studies; Katrina Hageman, Ag Comm – Students who have completed micro-credentials and earned digital badges
• Dr. Jen Leptien, Director of Learning Communities: Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, Leading with Strengths Workshop Leader
• Claire Kruesel, Undergraduate Program Coordinator, Assoc Teaching Professor, Creative Confidence for Innovation Workshop Leader
• Nate Dobbels, Academic Advisor, AGEDS
• John Reasoner, Academic Advisor, Agricultural Business

Where:     Curtiss 0105

When:      Monday, May 12, 2025

Time:       12:00-1:00 PM;

                1:00-1:30 PM – feel free to stay and continue with informal discussion

Wasabi Catered Lunch provided.