We just selected our newest group of Commerce Bank Emerging Leaders Facilitators and Hailey Wexler is one of them! Hailey has been very active in our leadership programs completing the Emerging Leaders program her freshman year then going on to complete the Distinction in Public Affairs program and facilitate the Centennial Leaders Scholarship Program. She will now return and help facilitate the 2015 Emerging Leaders program this Spring.  If you are interested in being a participant in this program and having Hailey teach you some great leadership skills, the deadline to apply isn’t until October 31, 2014 and you can apply online at: www.missouristate.edu/emergingleaders.

Leadership programs isn’t all that Hailey has been involved in during her time as an undergraduate degree.  While pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in marketing from Missouri State, her other involvements which she is most proud of include:

• Studying abroad in Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy, and Greece
• Being a character performer for a semester in the Disney College Program
• Director of Human Resources at OPAL Agency
• Member of Sigma Kappa Social Sorority
• Panhellenic Recruitment Counselor (Pi Chi)
• On the Dean’s List (all semesters)
• Peer Assisted Study Session (PASS) Leader for a semester
• GA for the Department of Fashion and Interior Design
• Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society
• National Society of Collegiate Scholars

Her top strengths that help her in all her leadership roles are: Communication, WOO, Significance, Positivity, and Achiever.

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

“Being able to do hands-on activities that taught me how to work as a group and as an individual while learning how different people have different leadership styles has made me able to better understand how to work with others who respond to situations differently than myself. I was also hugely impacted by our public affairs projects in Distinction in Public Affairs – creating our project, itself, and then presenting it during Public Affairs Week, as well as seeing what other groups had come up with, made me realize that students at Missouri State really have the ability to make a difference, which is such a powerful thing to learn.”

Her advice to younger students:

“Take every single opportunity you’re given! Being busy is a good thing! College goes by so quickly and there are so many things to get involved in while you’re here, so join groups that interest you and allow you to grow as a student, as an individual, and as a member of a team. So many of the most valuable lessons I am taking away from college aren’t necessarily things I learned in the classroom and I am so thankful for joining the organizations I did!”