This week’s LeaderBear is Grace Chang.  Grace is the current president of Student Activities Council on campus.  She has a passion for planning events, especially ones involving music, and hopes to plan music festivals in her future.  She currently leads her team in bringing tons of activities and events to Missouri State’s campus.

Outside of Student Activities Council Grace is the Programming Intern for the Girl Scouts of America: Heartland.  She is a past Resident Assistant and Conference Assistant and led a Bear Service Team for 2 years.  Grace completed the Commerce Bank Emerging Leaders program in the Spring of 2013.

Grace is currently a junior pursuing her Bachelor’s degreee in Public Relations intending to graduate in 2016.

Her top strengths are: Empathy, Harmony, Positivity, Adaptability, and Woo.

When asked what about our programs impacted her the most she replied,

“Emerging leaders helped me branch out and meet other leaders in different organizations. I gained new perspectives from other organizations. It was definitely a turning point in my understanding of leadership.”

Her advice to younger students:

“Everyone is going to tell you to get involved. My advice is try and reach out to an organization you want to be a part of. Help out with little things without being asked to and just ask people if they need help with anything. Being a go-getter is something that people will notice!”