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领导不断变化的世界

Stryker学者


2021年10月20日

This year marks 20 years for UNC’s Stryker Institute for 领导 Development, and 该项目继续 为学生带来改变,并赋予他们领导力 技能,继续和改变别人的生活. 

As the Stryker Institute for 领导 Development prepared to celebrate its 20th anniversary in late September, it did something it has been doing since its beginnings: It gave voice 致参与变革努力的 女性. Stryker学者 是 在 上询问这个项目对他们生活的影响——而且是指数级的影响 the people and communities around them — and they shared an outpouring of strength, 感恩与社区:  

“作为一名女性和一名职业球员,我成长了很多. 我来自一个没有 兄弟姐妹都念完了中学,而我父母都没念完 the end of elementary, I am now blessed with a master’s degree and with a very high 我的孩子也有可能接受高等教育,拥有更光明的未来... 因为 你的信任改变了我的生活.”  

“作为一个年轻、贫穷的单身母亲,我感到压力很大,仅此而已 我能看到自己的内心. 史崔克帮助改变了这一点.” 

“I think the most impactful aspect by far is that I have agency, I have power in how 我的故事结束了. 我并不孤单.”  

“的 leadership skills cultivated while in Stryker empowered me to believe in myself 并帮助其他人也这样做(包括我的女儿).”  

“Stryker helped me find my voice and made me feel comfortable in leadership positions. 现在 with a family and two daughters, I wish to pass on that understanding of leadership 和赋权. 我还希望向她们展示,与女性同胞在一起 色彩是一种强大而美妙的体验.”  

“Being the first one from my siblings to graduate from high school and college allowed 我看到我不仅会改变自己的未来,也会改变我的未来 孩子们.”

“I do not believe I would have had the opportunity to pursue higher education without 这样的经历. 意识到史崔克的机会是如此独特,我只是 wish that (students at) universities across the globe were able to obtain the same 受教育的机会,以及对身份认同的反思 通过这种经验获得.”

的 Stryker program’s work to elevate women economically, and to nurture leadership skills, understanding and agency, has transformed the lives of 524 Stryker学者s, and 在这个过程中 改变了很多人.  

连锁反应  

成立于2001年 与1美元.皇冠app官方版下载校友朗达Stryker 76届捐赠的2500万美元 Stryker Institute for 领导 Development offers scholarships and leadership training 作为一个基于参与的奖学金项目. 该网站 为女性学生提供服务 from underrepresented groups and supports scholars in their identity and leadership 发展. 自那以后,Stryker公司为该项目贡献了1100多万美元 今后几年再认捐400万美元.  

Stryker, who earned her Bachelor of 艺术 at UNC in Special Education and Sociology, has said that if you help a woman, you can change the trajectory of her life and her family 这种方式在她的社区和世界上产生了涟漪.   

朗达Stryker
朗达Stryker, 76年

Stryker 从小就有一种帮助他人的意识. 她母亲是一个传教士 parents in China; her grandfather, an orthopedist, developed tools to help others, 成立史赛克医疗公司,一家全球性公司.   

She came to UNC in September 2001 for the dedication of the Institute in Scott-Wilcoxon 大厅. “这更多是为了学生,而不是为了我,”她当时说. “这是 皇冠app安卓下载安装能够追随梦想.”   

的 institute has held to that ideal, giving Stryker scholars opportunities to pursue 他们的梦想- 使他们能够进入 他们的社区准备好了领导 他们的生活和职业.

当朗达在皇冠app官方版下载读书时,她和一个移民农场家庭呆在一起 塑造了她的愿景,并成为 催化剂,促使她向 UNC捐款. 她想象着 contribution to enable and empower women from underrepresented groups who would benefit 从 获得更多的机会和资源.  

In a 2001 article for UNC’s Spectrum magazine, Stryker said, “I think it has always 成为我的一部分. 从我出生起,我就有一种想看的东西 人们追随自己的梦想.”  

从第一天起  

诺埃米和伊丽莎白·麦地那 
Noemi ’02 and 伊丽莎白 ’19 Medina — Stryker学者s 20 years apart — developed leadership 在课堂和社区中发挥作用的技能.

It was late July and like many teachers around the country, Noemi Medina ’02 and 伊丽莎白 麦地那的19 是 返校采购教室. 两人都在格里利学校教书 Salida Del Sol Academy,这是一所K-8双浸入式学校,妈妈Noemi担任第二名教师 她的女儿伊丽莎白是一名三年级教师.   

“我们有一个清单,”诺埃米说. “我们说,‘这就是我们要做的,我们只是 明白了,就这样,我们搞定了.’”   

As teachers, they have a common interest in their students — in making their learning 环境友好,有效,给他们在学校一个良好的开端. 但这是 并不是所有的共同点. 诺埃米是史崔克学者的第一批成员 伊丽莎白于2019年以斯特赖克学者的身份从皇冠app官方版下载毕业.   

伊丽莎白记得她母亲和她的“史崔克姐妹”一起学习 她自己也只有四五岁. “我记得和女儿一起玩 她(史崔克)的一个姐妹. 我们总是躲在桌子底下涂色 他们在学习,”她说. 所以,我从第一天起就和史崔克在一起 当我来到皇冠app官方版下载,我知道我要成为一名教师.”  

当诺埃米努力使她的教学梦想成为现实时,她 开始了解和工作 with women in the earliest days of the program, when many of the women in the program 非传统学生有孩子吗.   

“当我看到现在的Stryker时,它与我们做的相比已经改变了. 我们聚在一起, 学习 ,建立一种联系,”她说. “现在, 他们不仅专注于领导力, 但他们真正关注的是教你如何拥有你的身份,拥有你是谁 as a person, and to love yourself for who you are, and how you can use your identity 让你成为真正的领导者,”诺埃米说.  

诺埃米从小就被灌输教育的重要性. 出生于墨西哥, she came to the United States when she was two years old and says her father would 告诉她 和她的兄弟姐妹,“我是来为你们工作的. 你们一定要 接受教育.她把他的话牢记在心. 从高中开始她就去上学了 为了获得美容执照, 然后 开始上课成为一名教师.   

She administered English language assessments for District 6 before becoming a school 他是格里利比利马丁内斯小学的秘书. 在那里, 她  鼓励 去攻读 教育 学位.   “我一直想成为一名教师. 这是其一 我的计划,”她说.   

她的丈夫 也鼓励她. “我白天工作,晚上上学。” she says, adding that her husband and mother-in-law helped with 伊丽莎白 while she 攻读学位.   

Financially, Noemi says the generous Stryker scholarship made a critical difference. “当时,我丈夫刚刚开始他的总承包业务. So, financially it helped a lot, but it also helped me become a leader, because I never “我认为我是一个领导者,”她说. “我总是对自己更有兴趣,只是安静, (Stryker) 帮助了我 我把领导力展现出来. 我听很多研究史崔克的人这么说,时间 together) brings joy to them because they’re able to be themselves and not be afraid 被评判.”

In addition to scholarship support, students receive a laptop computer and participate 在研讨会、讨论和活动中培养他们的领导能力. 的 program also partners Stryker scholars with eighth-grade students at Salida del Sol 参加姐姐/妹妹辅导计划.  

社区的那些时刻 和理解 是这个项目的标志,也是 那么多Stryker 学者 都记得这改变了他们的生活. 

难以忘怀的领导  

伊维特说:“这个项目的领导力部分 从第一天起就在 Lucero-Nguyen ' 09, Stryker研究所所长. “我认为镜头 通过 we view leadership has started to be refined based on what’s happening in our society and what 需求是.”  

卢塞罗-阮在过去的九年里一直指导这个项目,他看到了 impact Stryker has had on students and on alumni as they reach out to their communities.  

“他们 spend that first year establishing a foundation of understanding on social justice while focusing on understanding their identities, asking, ‘How do I understand them 在我们的社会背景下,在特权和压迫之下?' 我们曾经有过 通过身份发展对自己的理解,我们允许它成为 通过这个镜头,我们在第二年开始探索领导力. 通过这样做, we can better understand how we navigate as leaders, and how it’s different for each 我们中的一个基于我们所拥有的身份. 它 成为了一个基础部分 we realized needed to 存在, to really understand how to unpack our leadership, and 如何使用 身份 作为授权的工具,以及 到 能够领导.”  

这种领导方式是独一无二的.   

“它挑战了传统的领导标准,以及我们认定的领导者. 如果我们把一群人排在一起,然后 说, 选出你认为是领导者的人. 谁 是吗??“ 我认为 人们 被传统观点所吸引, 只是 基于他们的外表. 我们不这么做. 我们接受这一点,然后说这不是 存在.”  

这种方法可以帮助学生看到,作为领导者,他们可以如何支持他人. “It helps them to be aware of others, and their identities, and the communities they 卢塞罗-阮说:“我们来自哪里. “这有助于他们问,‘我如何承认和支持 the identities others hold,’  whether it’s in the 教室 with their students, or 而是作为照顾病人的护士? 我经常听到他们是如何学会导航的 作为领导者,运用他们的声音,并理解为什么这很重要.” 

Those lessons help them reach out into their families and their communities as well. “的 way in which our students take what they learned here, and share it with other 人们,无论是他们的兄弟姐妹,父母,学生, 他们的病人,客户,不管是谁,这就是连锁反应. 我们说, ‘If you share that knowledge with other people, and invest in other people, the way 我们有你们所有人,然后连锁反应就会不断发生,’”她说. 

建设安全教室  

伊莉莎白 麦地那作为史崔克学者在学校度过了四年, says that the seminars and discussions have helped her talk about subjects that may 曾经很难 表达自己的想法吗.  

“作为老师,我们必须把它带入课堂. 我们的孩子 必须 知道有 a 有避风港. 我们通过Stryker学到的很多东西 ,我们实际上都在使用 在我们的教室里和孩子们在一起,”她说. “他们必须知道他们能够说话 对某个人,信任某个人,做自己就可以了. 当你有一个教室 像那样, 那里 他们感到安全, 你的学年很棒.”  

Creating a 教室 that is safe creates a 教室 where students can learn, and 今天的教室存在于一个与上一代人不同的社会中. 伊丽莎白 says that knowing how to answer questions students are curious about has been an important 她的技能.   

“说实话,当我创办Stryker时,我对这些话题一无所知. 他们 我们在家里没有讨论的事情,是不是来自传统的墨西哥人 回家,”她说. “很难 坐在 桌旁,然后说 ‘好吧, 我们就这么做吧 皇冠app安卓下载安装种族主义的讨论, 或者我们来讨论一下性.’ 

“Last year was the first year we had a topic about sexuality come up in a third-grade 教室. 这些现在是学生的标准标准. 这对我来说很容易 able to have an open conversation with my students about it because I have the background, thanks 给史崔克,” 她说. “我们的世界已经不一样了, 而且还会不断改变 改变. Stryker确实帮助我们打开了一种心态  我们必须持续 作为成年人和人类继续学习, 因为我们必须跟上将要发生的事情 从现在开始进入我们的世界.” UNC

——黛比·皮特纳·摩尔斯