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Anne Hughes Chosen to Participate in NILD Leaders Program


Anne Hughes, career counselor in the Career Center, has been chosen to participate in the National Institute for Leadership Development (NILD) LEADERS program, an international program for administrators and faculty in higher education. LEADERS is recognized for its visionary, holistic programs that produce leaders who effectively challenge assumptions, eliminate barriers and create new pathways to successful solutions.   
 
This year long program is designed to enhance the skills participants need to assume major decision making roles at their institutions, includes institutional practice in supervisory and human relations skills, planning and budgeting, and organizational transformation as well as discussions with national experts on the issues confronting higher education during the next decade.

During the program, Anne will be mentored by Peggy Van Kirk, Coordinator of Special Projects and Online Services, to work on a special project that will aid the institution and foster individual professional growth. Through the LEADERS program, she plans to develop a new initiative to enhance online career services for distance students. Through her work as a career counselor and as an online instructor of career development, she is aware that students who take online courses do so because they fit into their schedules. Offering career counseling services online is yet another way to reach students/alumni who might not come to campus to seek this type of assistance. In preparation for this new endeavor, Anne has completed formal training to become a credentialed distance counselor. She is also a Nationally Certified Counselor and a Master Career Counselor. 

An MCC employee since 1997, Anne serves the College in a variety of ways. She has chaired the Faculty Senate Professional Development Committee, is a member of the SUNY Learning Network team and the Advisory Committee, as well as other college-wide committees. In addition, she was one of the first in the nation to develop an online career development course. 

Dr. Susan Salvador
Office for Student Services
03/17/2006