Thriving in Student Leadership: How the Thriving Model Can Positively Influence Student Leadership Abilities at the College Level

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2016-04-01
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Friesth, Lisa
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Honors Projects and Posters
University Honors Program

The Honors project is potentially the most valuable component of an Honors education. Typically Honors students choose to do their projects in their area of study, but some will pick a topic of interest unrelated to their major.

The Honors Program requires that the project be presented at a poster presentation event. Poster presentations are held each semester. Most students present during their senior year, but may do so earlier if their honors project has been completed.

This site presents project descriptions and selected posters for Honors projects completed since the Fall 2015 semester.

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English
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This leadership guide explores the Thriving Model of positive psychology and addresses how elements of the Thriving Model can positively influence student leadership abilities at the collegiate level to benefit the organization(s) they are leading. This guide was created as a resource for post-secondary education students who are or intend to become student leaders on a college campus. In this guide, I compiled information about positive psychology and the Thriving Model. I gathered information about the development of both and collected knowledge about their current applications in the college environment. This guide provides an overview of positive psychology and the Thriving Model, as a subset of positive psychology. In addition, I gathered research on common issues student leaders face on college campuses and identified ten issues to address. This guide describes each issue individually and provides one aspect of the Thriving Model that could assist student leaders in overcoming each identified issue. In addition, I have included an activity for each issue-solution pair, to provide a hypothetical example for students to reference as they use the guide and learn how to apply the Thriving Model to benefit their leadership abilities and the student organization they interact with or lead.

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