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was Emerging Leadership Day his freshman year that was pivotal in motivating
Shane Manning to take on leadership roles on Caldwell’s campus.
Sponsored by SGA and Student Activities, students who exemplified leadership
qualities were nominated and then invited to attend a day of leadership
workshops and a special honorary dinner. “Apparently someone
saw something in me," Manning said.
A Biology major, Manning went on to become involved in the Student Activities
Committee (SAC) planning committee. He also became Judicial Chair of the Student
Government Association (SGA) and took part in many other activities and clubs.
Through those involvements, he says he learned how to be an administrator, take
care of responsibilities and manage people.
He appreciates the education is receiving at Caldwell and believes the liberal
arts courses are very important. When he first found out he had to take “all
these liberal arts classes”, he thought it was going to be “a drag” and
that it would be a lot of useless work. But instead he saw how beneficial the
classes were and how they helped him “approach problems from a different
angle.”
An international student from Jamaica, Manning has had 17 to 18 credits almost
every semester and he overfills his schedule, purposely. It is his own
motivation tactic for his college life and one that some other students could
probably learn from. “If I have nothing to do I lounge,” he
says, so he “overfills” and then if he has to, cuts out from there. His
friends call him an overachiever.
Grateful to have been able to come to the U.S. and meet people from so many different
cultures, he says his friends from Caldwell College are priceless. “I have
friends from everywhere in the world”. When he first came to Caldwell all
of the newness was a bit overwhelming, but there were “a few people here
who lent a helping hand.” And that was a really big deal in his life. “The
small actions you do can impact people on a cosmic level.” That has
motivated him to try to help others when then have needed it.
A senior, Manning says the past several years at Caldwell have been the “most
dynamic, influential, professional, educational, social” of his life. As
for his future life after college, wherever his career path takes him, he says
he’ll aim for the sky and hopefully fall on the clouds. “My
dream is to always be on top”. THE MOST REWARDING THING I WAS INVOLVED IN AT CALDWELL COLLEGE WAS…
“I really have to say that the most rewarding experiences here at Caldwell were spending time and partying with the senior citizens over by Marion Manor across the street from the College. I am actually looking forward to next semester and the events that will definitely be planned for them.” (The Marion Manor is a subsidized senior housing building located near campus that is sponsored by the Sisters of St. Dominic of Caldwell.) |