Welcome to the Online Newsletter for CNU's Student Groups!

• IN THIS EDITION: | Women's Leadership Program |Co-Sponsor with CAB | 25 Things to avoid in an Interview | Tips for Delegation

MAXIMIZE YOUR PROMOTION :
• Want your event advertised on the Plasma screen? – fill out this application and turn it in to the Office of Student Activities.
  
• Don’t forget – the Student Organization Resource Center has extended hours. Monday and Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. (daytime hours remain the same, Monday – Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
• Want your event advertised in the table tents in all CNU dining areas and Einstein’s – E-mail Mike Rapay for details at Mike.Rapay@cnu.edu
  
• Go ahead – use the button maker and sticker maker.  See Pam at the front desk for materials (and if any costs are associated).
  
  HOW CAN MY CLUB GET MONEY?
• Attending a Conference soon? The Conference Fund provides funds to supplement students who are speakers/presenters or attendees at club/academic conferences. The deadline for 3rd Quarter is coming up soon: For conferences occurring between March 1st and May 31st, the deadline
  for applying for funds is February 1st.
• Don't forget about the Small Grant Fund! The Small Grant Fund provides student
  organizations the opportunity to seek financial assistance for campus wide programs.
• Review the brochures here (PDF): -CONFERENCE FUND BROCHURE- | -SMALL GRANT FUND BROCHURE-
  

Women's Leadership Program

The Women's Leadership Program is an intensive eight week program for junior and senior female student leaders. The students covered topics from Gender difference in communication to Values clarification.

The Office of Student Activities would like to congratulate the following participants who successfully completed the Women's Leadership Program.

Logan Boon
Bonnie Brown
Phoebe Chan
Sheena Clift
Zeh Hale
Alencia Johnson
Kristin LaRivere
Deidra Love
Lauren Lupfer
Sharda Moses
Kelly Sullivan
Heather Vereb
Jane West
Chalana Williams

Co-Sponsor with CAB

Keep an eye on Christopher Newport University’s CAB website for events and activities. If your organization is interested in co-sponsoring an event please contact CAB@cnu.edu or stop by the CAB office located in the 3rd floor of the DSU Check out the CAB website at http://studentlife.cnu.edu/CAB

25 Things to Avoid in an Interview

Tips for Delegation

• Whenever possible, when delegating work, give the person a whole task to do.
  
  
• (If you can't give the employee a whole task, make sure they understand the overall purpose of the project or task. If possible, connect them to the group that is managing or planning the work. Staff members contribute most effectively when they are aware of the big picture.)
  
  
• Make sure the staff person understands exactly what you want them to do. Ask questions, watch the work performed or have the employee give you feedback to make sure your instructions were understood.
  
  
• If you have a picture of what a successful outcome or output will look like, share your picture with the staff person. You want to make the person right. You don't want to fool the person to whom you delegate authority for a task, into believing that any outcome will do, unless you really feel that way.
  
  
• Identify the key points of the project or dates when you want feedback about progress. You need assurance that the delegated task or project is on track.
  
  
• Identify the measurements or the outcome you will use to determine that the project was successfully completed. (This will make performance development planning more measurable and less subjective, too.)
  
  
• Determine, in advance, how you will thank and reward the staff person for their successful completion of the task or project you delegated.

Successful delegation of authority as a leadership style takes time and energy, but it's worth the time and energy to help employee involvement and employee empowerment succeed as a leadership style. It's worth the time and energy to help employees succeed, develop and meet your expectations. You build the employee's self-confidence and people who feel successful usually are successful.