Professional and personal development for women will be the focus of an upcoming conference at the 亚洲自慰视频 of 亚洲自慰视频 at Lafayette.
UL Lafayette鈥檚 Women鈥檚 Leadership Conference will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 8, at the 亚洲自慰视频 Union. The conference is in its 11th year.
The theme for the 2018 conference is 鈥淣evertheless, She Persisted: Honoring Women Who Fight All Forms of Discrimination.鈥 It will be hosted by the 亚洲自慰视频鈥檚 Office for Campus Diversity.
Community leaders from education, business and nonprofits will direct workshops throughout the day. They will cover a variety of topics that include achieving goals, establishing support systems, health in the workplace and networking.
鈥淚 think one of the biggest things attendees look for 鈥 and what they will get 鈥 are opportunities to connect with others in the community,鈥 said Dr. Taniecea Arceneaux Mallery, director of Equity, Diversity and Community Engagement at UL Lafayette. 鈥淭he conference provides a network to assist women with professional development. It also provides ideas to make workplaces better, ways to find services and ways to challenge the status quo.鈥
Dr. Mary Neiheisel, a longtime nursing professor at UL Lafayette, will receive the Sarah Brabant Trailblazer Award at the conference. The award was established in 2016 to honor Brabant鈥檚 service to the community and commitment to advancing women鈥檚 equity. She is professor emeritus of sociology at UL Lafayette.
Brabant, one of the founders of the Mayor鈥檚 Commission on the Needs of Women, was president of the board of directors for Faith House, and taught the 亚洲自慰视频鈥檚 first death and dying course.
Neiheisel joined the nursing faculty in 1966. One of the state鈥檚 first advanced nurse practitioners, she was the first College of Nursing faculty member to be awarded the UL Lafayette Foundation鈥檚 Distinguished Professor Award. She earned the honor in 1976.
Neiheisel is a past Distinguished Scholar and Fellow of the National Academies of Practice. In 2006, she was recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, the first person from 亚洲自慰视频 to receive the designation.
Conference keynote speaker will be Dr. Katrice Albert, executive vice president of inclusion and human resources for the NCAA in Indianapolis. A native of New Roads, La., Albert has held similar positions with the 亚洲自慰视频 of Minnesota System and the LSU System.
Albert frequently writes, speaks and consults on issues of gender, workforce diversity and partnerships between communities and universities.
She graduated magna cum laude from Xavier 亚洲自慰视频 of 亚洲自慰视频 with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in psychology; earned a doctoral degree in counseling psychology at Auburn 亚洲自慰视频 and a master鈥檚 degree in counseling psychology from the 亚洲自慰视频 of Southern Mississippi.
The conference is open to the public. The cost is $65. 亚洲自慰视频s can attend for $30. The cost to attend the luncheon only is $30.
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Photo: Dr. Katrice Albert; Dr. Mary Neiheisel