Join us for an upcoming Alumni University session! Joseph Orgel, associate vice provost for Academic Affairs will present “The Road Less Traveled Might Be Innovation.”

Date: January 31, 2022
Time: 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Virtual
To register, please visit iit.edu/alumniuniversity

Event description:

A background in several areas of professional development and scientific research is leading to basic and applied science and engineering advancements in heart disease, neurological conditions such as TBI, and leadership training not previously imagined possible. Much of the underlying research and practice involves cartilage, heart valves, brains, professional skill development, change management, student success, and dinosaurs. Yes, there is a logical connecting theme. There is a continuum of practice, both science and art, in hard computations, soft-observations, critical-analytical thinking, resonance leadership, and setting people up for success to be the best versions of themselves they can be. We are powering much of this effort through the Empowerment Mentorship and Leadership (ELM) program at Illinois Tech, which is connected to student worker training, professional preparation, support of student leaders, staff, and faculty. Illinois Tech is a maturation house for our students, where they choose (knowingly or not) to invest themselves for a time to become the independent and mature expert professionals the school is known for. This talk will present some cross-disciplinary research and also describe some of the work and thought processes behind it, in helping our current students become their best future selves.