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After breakfast @ Glasgow Dining just before heading to the Ropes Course.

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Final ‘True Colors’ workshop challenge: build the highest tower of cups.

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Chan Ton leading workshop on, “Getting out of your Comfort Zone”

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Quick group shot of the team while students were on a break.

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The Arise Leadership Training 2024 was the 13th annual training held at UCR August 13-15, 2024, which was the very first campus who hosted us in 2012 for our inaugural leadership “retreat”.

This year 27 students attend with the majority of them attending this Arise program event for the first time. Four (4) workshops were offered and led by our college Counselors (Chan Ton, Eddie Lee, Bernadette Flameno, and Hideki Fukusumi) on the topics of: True Colors (personality characteristics & interpersonal communications), Getting out of Your Comfort Zone (courage, managing emotions, confronting fears), and Johari’s Window, a 2-part workshop (self-disclosure and feedback loop, discovering potential). Shout out to our COUNSELING TEAM! Sltudents also participated in team-building and high ropes course activities through UCR, putting into practice some of the lessons learned on day 1.

Many of the students indicated that their decision to apply for the leadership training and commitment to participate was an example of getting out of their comfort zone. We collected qualitative data about their entire experience during the 3-day event. See “Research Report” column.

In this Padlet, you can get a sense of the learning that occurred through students’ testimonials and reflections of their experience.

Thank you to our Mt. SAC leadership for supporting this event which seeks fulfill both the Arise Program Mission & Vision found on our website at www.mtsac.edu/arise.

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Getting ready for a team building activity.

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The survey results are in! Read the insightful comments of the amazing students who participated!

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Reflection of the high ropes climbing wall experience. Part of the conversation in Tagalog (Filipino).

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Chef Ty and Alex, Summer Conference Programs Coordinator.

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Chef Ty demos “plating” as he also shares about his career journey and answers many interesting questions. Fun fact: Did you know UCR created the “Cuties’??

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Julienne, Arise Peer Mentor, rises to the top. She also starts at UC Berkeley this Fall 2024.

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High Ropes Course: Tight Rope

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Grabbing for something out of reach in a position that means risking a lot is the epitome of having courage.

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Ron Whitenhill, UCR Associate Director of Recruitment Undergraduate Admissions, drops by for a greeting. Merosa Uigallelei, former Arise student, is now a UCR outreach and recruitment specialist, focusing part of her efforts on AANHPI prospective students.

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Alex & Chef Ty surprised our group with a lovely culminating send-off by bringing by chilled Martinelli’s Sparkling Apple Cider. UCR is a “Gem in our Backyard”. And we are looking forward to growing our partnership with their AANAPISI advisory committee, especially for transfer-focused activities for AANHPI students. Last February we were invited to attend their Community College Day.