Leader in Residence Program
The Center for Student Leadership’s Leader in Residence program is a two day series of events where the campus community is invited to connect with an innovative and progressive artist, educator, and activists whos stories, powerful messages, and life experiences empower others to positively serve their communities. Through class visits, leadership seminars, public presentations, and group conversation, the entire campus community is invited to gain insights into the challanges and rewards of serving and leading in today's global community. Previous Leaders in Residence include Isabelle Allende and Augusten Burroughs.
The Leader in Residence should:
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Maintain sufficient stature and pervasiveness of influence.
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Display leadership characteristics combined with a history of service to others.
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Present expertise in a topic area that links to academic courses and experiential learning opportunities.
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Reflect the diversity that exists – and that which we are trying to reflect - at the University.
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Share insights into the challenges and rewards of serving and leading.
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Engage groups of individuals to stimulate thought, action and reflection.
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Exhibit the interpersonal skills to relate to students, faculty and staff in a variety of learning environments.
| The Center for Student Leadership is excited to announce the Leader in Residence for the 2008-2009 academic year! |
|  Kip Fulbeck - November 5-6, 2008
Kip Fulbeck is an award-winning artist, slam poet, and filmaker. Fulbeck received a master of fine arts degree from UC San Diego, specializes in personal narrative, identity exploration, and pop-culture analysis. He has performed and exhibited throughout the United States and over 20 countries. Fulbeck is a professor of Art at the University of California, Santa Barbara where is has been named an Outstanding Faculty Member four times. He is also an avid surfer, guitar player, motorcycle rider, ocean lifeguard, and pug enthusiast.
His latest work, part asian, 100% hapa, is an artist's attempt to explore Hapa. By pairing portraits of Hapa along with their handwritten statements on who they are, Fulbeck has produced powerful yet intimate expressions of beauty and identity and offers a complex perspective on an increasing reality of contempary America. |
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