If you would like to register for the 2021 Global Leadership Summit, please fill out this 2021 GLS Registration Form Registration must be submitted by February 15th. There is no registration fee for the 2021 event!
We would like to invite you to participate in Peoria Academy’s 10th Annual Global Leadership Virtual Summit. Our theme this year is Model United Nations with the focus on 4 sustainable goals: Climate Action, No Poverty, Quality Education, and Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions (see https://sdgs.un.org/goals) . The Virtual Summit will take place Friday April 23rd 2021 from 8:15 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. via Zoom at Virtual Peoria Academy.
Model United Nations seeks to empower students to solve international issues through research, public speaking, negotiation, written solutions and rules of procedures. PA’s Virtual GLS Summit is designed to reach the Model UN’s objectives with an emphasis on learning diplomatic style of debate and leadership. Guest speakers will include those with careers in or related to the United Nations. Students can participate in various roles as a delegate, committee chair and/or researcher/assistant. For more information on becoming a delegate or committee chair, see https://mun.bestdelegate.com/video-gallery/. In preparation for the GLS, you can join the after-school MUN club at Peoria Academy. Students can either attend in-person (dependent on P.A. COVID policies) or online via Zoom. Please contact Julie Gianessi at jgianessi@peoriaacademy.org and sign up ASAP for it is limited in space.
Peoria Academy’s Global Leadership Summit (2012- present)
The PA’s GLS is an annual event organized and hosted by Peoria Academy International Families Committee (“IFC”) and Peoria Academy’s Middle School. For the past seven years, Peoria Academy has invited middle school student ambassadors from all over the greater Peoria and Central Illinois regions to engage in its summit to learn about and discuss current topics especially relevant to its own and invited aspiring student leaders. Each school sends six student ambassadors from sixth through eighth grade to participate in the GLS. Homeschoolers and non-traditional schools also participate.
Past Global Leadership Summits
2012 – LEADERS FOR THE NEW COMMUNITY
Dr. Chris Lucas, Assistant Professor, Bradley University
Aisha Saad from Oxford University
2013 – SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT
2014 – DREAM BIG
Speakers: Doug Oberhelman, CEO and Chairman, Caterpillar, Inc.
Joanne Glasser, President, Bradley University
Dave Boseman, Group Vice-President Caterpillar
Press Coverage:
http://pjstar.com/article/20140425/NEWS/140429248
2015 – STEAM AHEAD
Randy Krotowski (Chemical Engineer, Former Vice President, Global Information Services, CIO, and Corporate Officer at Caterpillar (2012-2014)
Professor Alexander Uskov (Assistant Professor at Bradley University (2005-present) Computer Science); and
Christine Sonali Merrill (Design Engineer, Solar Turbines, a Caterpillar Company. She is a Sri Lankan athlete who has competed in the Women’s 400m hurdles event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
2016 – EXISTING AND EMERGING CAREERS
Know Yourself; Know Your Career
Dr. Lori Chapin Russell – Bradley University Professor, College of Education and Health Sciences, Associate Dean & Co-Director for the Center for Collaborative Brain Research
Education and Career Goals
Jon Neidy – Bradley University Executive Director Smith Career Centers
The New Employment Experience
Lindsey Birkel
Global Talent Insights Manager
Caterpillar Human Services
The Work Force of 2022 and Beyond
Stacey M. DelVecchio, F. SWE
Additive Manufacturing Product Manager
Marketing & Digital Division
2017 – YOUR LIFE IN CYBERSPACE
Topics and Speakers
Your Digital Life
Elizabeth Conzo-Kershner – John Deere Precision Ag Analytics Leader
Using Social Media Responsibly
Lindsey Cheney Lindberg, Associate Director of Admissions, Bradley University and
Becca Wilson, Social Media Manager for the Office of Undergraduate Admission at Bradley University
Fake News, Alternative Facts and Telling a Great Story: How to tell What is True and False on the Internet
Dr. Susan Berry Brill De Ramirez, PhD, M.B.A., M.A., B.A. Caterpillar Inc. Professor of English, Bradley University
Computer Crimes/ Internet Safety
Detective Stevie Hughes, Jr., Mobile Device Specialist, Peoria Police Department
Press coverage:
2018 – PEORIA AREA’S ECONOMIC CHALLENGE
What’s exciting in Peoria
Josiah Williams, Neighborhood Enhancement Coordinator
Peoria’s regional economy
Christopher Setti, CEO of the Greater Peoria Economic Development Council
Blue Zone & Ripple Effect Economy
Katie Kim, The Kim Group
Economic development in the city of Peoria
Cesar J. Suarez, Senior Development Specialist, City of Peoria
Innovation in Peoria
Anthony P. Corso, Chief Innovation Officer, (I-Team Director), City of Peoria
Green Development
Les Cohen, Cohen Development
Growing home
Nicole Pearson, Marketing Manager, Community and Economic Development, Georgia Power
2019 – CAREER FAIR FOR 2025
2020- Central Illinois Middle School Model United Nations
Register for 2020 here 2020 GLS Registration Form.
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