Induction Cermeony Spring 2017
Induction Ceremony
Thursday, April 27, 2017 Clayton W. Williams, Jr. Alumni Center Induction Ceremony Agenda
Poster Presentation
Opening Remarks Dr. C.J. Woods
Coach Recognition
Certificate Presentations
Closing Remarks Christine Gravelle The Maroon & White Leadership Society Inductees
Sherisse Benavidez Jill Jackson Coach: Shanna Florence Coach: Meredith Simpson
Ashley Bender Lisa Kappil Coach: Katy King Coach: Amanda Flores
Michael Boachie-Mensah Alyssa Langley Coach: Tia Crawford Coach: Kristin Loftin
Catherine Leigh Bristow Lacey Lehrmann Coach: Bonnie Davila Coach: Michael Shehane
Todd Christian Alena Lerma Coach: Michael Shehane Coach: Risa Bierman
Mary Devillez Coryne Levine Coach: Mara Schaffler Coach: Cyn Olvera
Jenee Donley Antoine Marc Coach: Sade Dawson Coach: Brandon Carlson
Elizabeth Duggan Jensen Martinez Coach: Claire Raabe Coach: Donna Lee Sullins
Christa Genung Christopher Mosser Coach: Melissa Williams Coach: Eric Webb
Hannah Gerken Megan Nicholson Coach: Tearney Woodruff Coach: Daniel Schekorra
Jacqueline Gonzalez-Garcia Lynsie Patschke Coach: Cruz Rios Coach: Susan Miculka
Allyson Goodman Jessica Skrobarczyk Coach: Libby Daggers Coach: Lauren Meyer
Malynn Ilanga Michelle Sohne Coach: Norma Nuñez Coach: Kevin Gamache Sherisse Benavidez Senior Maroon & White Coach: Shanna Florence
INVOLVEMENT
Aggie Research Scholars Program Texas State Teachers Association Aggie Collegiates Ready to Explore the World Century Scholars Program Peer Leadership & Service Program Regents’ Scholars Orientation Sophomore Experience Aggie Scholars Promoting Incentive Resources Encouragement (ASPIRE) Child Rights & You Aggie Pals
"Leadership is to embrace the responsibility to influence others to do good." - Sherisse Benavidez Ashley Bender Senior Maroon & White Coach: Katy King
INVOLVEMENT
Barracuda Swim Team TAMU Challenge Course TAMU Scuba Diving Pioneers Friday Church ASMA Project Sunshine Omega Chi Epsilon Chemical Engineering Honor Society Executive Counsel for Health Organizations TAMU Qatar Women’s Basketball Team
"Leadership is serving others by leading them forward. It is illuminating the path for those who follow you. Leadership isn’t about what you accomplish, but how you accomplish it alongside those you are leading. The journey to influential leadership is becoming your true self." -Ashley Bender Michael Boachie-Mensah Senior Maroon & White Coach: Tia Crawford
INVOLVEMENT
Undergraduate Leadership Scholar Undergraduate Research Scholar With Purpose Adventist Christian Fellowship Texas A&M Pre-Medical Society Explorations: The Undergraduate Journal Executive Board Texas A&M Emergency Care Team
"Leadership is putting the needs of others first. It's developing strong relationships while keeping overall goals in mind." - Michael Boachie-Mensah Catherine Leigh Bristow Senior Maroon & White Coach: Bonnie Davila
INVOLVEMENT
Aggie Scholars Promoting Incentive Resources Encouragement (ASPIRE) Texas A&M Sailing Team University Honors Program Texas A&M Pre-Vet Society
"Leadership is looking to the future and engaging the efforts and attention of others towards a common goal in a way that allows them to develop upon individual and organizational level so the organization is always growing for the best" - Catherine Bristow Todd Christian Junior Maroon & White Coach: Michael Shehane
INVOLVEMENT
The Maroon & White Advisory Board Texas A&M Terry Scholars Organization Texas A&M Emergency Care Team Residence Life – Neeley Hall RA Aggie Scholars Promoting Incentive Resources, and Encouragement (ASPIRE) Buck Weirus Spirit Award
"Leadership is the act of helping a team develop into a cohesive unit, effectively accomplishing their mutual goals, and the individual growth of its members." -Todd Christian Mary DeVillez Senior Maroon & White Coach: Mara Schaffler
INVOLVEMENT
National Student Advertising Competition MSC LT Jordan ILAP Global Business Brigades: Chepo, Panama Aggie Fashion Headquarters Fade to Black Dance Ensemble Kappa Alpha Theta Aggie Advertising Club University Honors Program Alpha Delta Sigma Honor Society
"Leadership is about growing others just as much as it is about growing yourself." -Mary DeVillez Jenee Donley Senior Maroon & White Coach: Sade Dawson
INVOLVEMENT
Excellence Uniting Culture, Education, & Leadership (ExCel) Peer Leadership & Service Program Cultural Leadership & Understanding for Sophomores National Society of Black Engineers Southwestern Black Student Leadership Conference Uniting Divine Sistas Undergraduate Research
"Leadership means that you are aware of your strengths as well as your weaknesses, you are able to use them accordingly to help a group reach a goal, and along the way help others develop into better leaders." - Jenee Donley Elizabeth Duggan Senior Maroon & White Coach: Claire Raabe
INVOLVEMENT
Aggie Transition Camp Counselor, Co-chair, Executive Director Member of Saint Mary's Kappa Theta Beta Sociology Ambassador Teaching Assistant for Sociology Department
"Leadership is the ability to help others reach their full potentials. It is the willingness to do whatever it takes to make your group successful. It is the determination and motivation of everyone sharing and striving for a common goal." -Elizabeth Duggan Christa Genung Senior Maroon & White Coach: Melissa Williams
INVOLVEMENT
Kappa Delta Sorority Pre-Law Society Order of Omega
"Leadership is the process of growing the group as a collective whole to create a mutually beneficial team" - Christa Genung Hannah Gerken Junior Maroon & White Coach: Tearney Woodruff
INVOLVEMENT
The Maroon & White Advisory Board Texas A&M Terry Scholars Organization Aggie Scholars Promoting Incentive Resources Encouragement (ASPIRE) Kappa Theta Beta Aggie Experience Council The Battalion Student Worker for The Offices of the Dean of Student Life
"Leadership is the ability to work with those around you in an effort to bring positive change. It's the chance to influence and affect the world. Leadership is always changing and growing." -Hannah Gerken Jacqueline Gonzalez-Garcia Senior Maroon & White Coach: Cruz Rios
INVOLVEMENT
American Institute of Architecture Students Peer Leadership & Service Program
"Leadership is collaborative direction towards a common goal" -Jacqueline Gonzalez-Garcia Allyson Goodman Senior Maroon & White Coach: Libby Daggers
INVOLVEMENT
Student Organization Accountability Board (SOAB) Aggie Transition Camps
"Leadership is selfless sacrifice and doing your best to help those around you grow, all while working towards a bigger goal." -Allyson Goodman Malynn Ilanga Senior Maroon & White Coach: Norma Nunez
INVOLVEMENT
Global Brigades Executive Board Global Medical Brigades Undergraduate Research Texas A&M Premedical Society Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society The Wells Project
"To me, leadership is a position of service in which you can unite people for a greater purpose" - Maylnn Ilanga Jill Jackson Senior Maroon & White Coach: Meredith Simpson
INVOLVEMENT
Corps of Cadets RV Company Cadet Wing Commander for AFROTC Fellowship Church Member Lifegroup Leader Worship Leader
"Leadership is not something that is freely given and kept, but rather something that must be continually earned. Your character, heart, and vision are all qualities that people around you need to be able to invest in, and continue to invest in, for leadership to be effective." - Jill Jackson Lisa Kappil Senior Maroon & White Coach: Amanda Flores
INVOLVEMENT
Fish Camp MSC LEAD Aggies Reaching Out (ARO) NASPA Undergraduate Fellows Program Human Environment Animal Team (H.E.A.T.) The Maroon & White Advisory Board Co-Advisor
"Becoming your own person and developing your own identity, and only then leading with 100% authenticity" - Lisa Kappil Alyssa Langley Senior Maroon & White Coach: Kristin Loftin
INVOLVEMENT
Biomedical Sciences Association American Medical Student Association Christian Business Leaders Christian Healthcare Leaders Texas A&M Women’s Equestrian Team Intramural Sports
"Leadership is being able to empower members of your team to do their job well so that the team is able to reach a common goal and everyone feels successful." - Alyssa Langley Lacey Lehrmann Senior Maroon & White Coach: Michael Shehane
INVOLVEMENT
MSC Aggie Leaders of Tomorrow (ALOT) Fish Camp Aggie Belles Aggies Reaching Out (ARO) MSC Abbott Family Leadership Conference Aggie Career Team
"To me, leadership is about the relationship of a team, the leader to the followers, and the team to the cause. Leadership enables everyone involved to grow and develop and pass that knowledge on. A strong leader makes strong followers and together they make a huge impact" - Lacey Lehrmann Alena Lerma Senior Maroon & White Coach: Risa Bierman
INVOLVEMENT
Family Weekend Committee
"Leadership means to develop others and give them the means and opportunities to grow in their own leadership and personal lives." -Alena Lerma Coryne Levine Senior Maroon & White Coach: Cyn Olvera
INVOLVEMENT
Freshman Leadership International (FLI) Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) Pre-Law Society The Maroon & White Advisory Board
"Leadership describes acts and decisions people can make everyday to leave a beneficial impact on the world around them." - Coryne Levine Antoine Marc Senior Maroon & White Coach: Brandon Carlson
INVOLVEMENT
Texas A&M Division I NCAA Swimming Team Aggie Athletes Involved President SEC Student- Athlete Representative Undergraduate Leader Scholar Capstone Project Student-Athlete Welfare Chair
"Leadership is flexible combined with strength to complete a project or task. To be a leader is to know when to delegate and cater to others strengths" - Antoine Marc Jensen Martinez Junior Maroon & White Coach: Donna Lee Sullins
INVOLVEMENT
Freshman Leadership Experience Aggie Transition Camps College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Student Council The Maroon & White Advisory Board
"Leadership to me is fostering relationships and serving others in order to inspire a shared vision to bring about some kind of change" -Jensen Martinez Christopher Mosser Senior Maroon & White Coach: Eric Webb
INVOLVEMENT
Aggie Transition Camps Member of Christian Engineering Leaders Eta Kappa Nu
"Working to empower your team to work together towards a goal." - Christopher Mosser Megan Nicholson Senior Maroon & White Coach: Daniel Schekorra
INVOLVEMENT
With Purpose Maroon & White Leadership Advisory Board Texas A&M University Honors Fellows Program Pharmacy Technician at GoldStar Pharmacy Student Worker at Texas A&M University Polymer Technology Center Phi Beta Kappa Society Pre-Pharmacy Society Biomedical Sciences Association
"I define leadership as the practice of inspiring a team to work together towards a common goal." -Megan Nicholson Lynsie Patschke Senior Maroon & White Coach: Susan Miculka
INVOLVEMENT
Aggie Replant Lost Pines Recovery Campaign Replant Day Omega Phi Alpha, National Service Sorority Hatton Sumner’s Leadership Conference MSC LEAD MSC Spencer Leadership Conference Texas A&M Horsemen’s Association Environmental Programs Involvement Committee (EPIC)
"Leadership is a lifelong journey of understanding how you will lead yourself and others in various situations. Leaders are passionate, do the right thing and guide other people. Additionally, leaders are innovative and inspiring. Leaders adapt to the changing situations are learn from their experiences." -Lynsie Patschke Jessica Skrobarczyk Senior Maroon & White Coach: Lauren Meyer
INVOLVEMENT
Collaborative Aggies Leadership Initiative (CALI) Maroon and White Leadership Fellows Fish Camp Counselor Freshman in Liberal Arts Reaching Excellence
"To me being a leader means loving and supporting everyone I come in contact with to the best of my abilities" -Jessica Skrobarczyk Michelle Sohne Senior Maroon & White Coach: Kevin Gamache
INVOLVEMENT
Nichols Rising Leadership Conference The Big Event Corps of Cadets- Fighting Texas Aggie Band Regents’ Scholars Orientation Planning Board Cultural Awareness and Diversity Expansion Team Ags for Orphans Aggiebound Magazine Introduction Catholic Student Association Aggie Pals Parson’s Mounted Cavalry AIESEC Marketing United States
"Leadership is the ability for an individual to influence and direct others towards achieving shared goals and aspirations through effective communication, motivation, and collective efforts giving them opportunities to be successful and grow as a leader themselves." - Michelle Sohne Acknowledgements
A special thank you to...
The Division of Student Affairs
The Department of Student Activities
The Association of Former Students
DSA Committee on Leadership Initiatives
New Inductees and Leadership Coaches