NSLC officers for the 2010-2011 school year (left to right): Vice co-chair, Josh Dampf, MNU; secretary, Jolaine Weller, TNU; student co-chair, Evan Karg, ONU; and treasurer, Preston O'Malley, NNU.
Nazarene Student Leadership Conference 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Nashville, Tennessee
Incoming and outgoing elected student leaders of the Church of the Nazarene colleges, universities, and Nazarene Theological Seminary traveled to Trevecca Nazarene University (TNU) April 9-11 for the annual meeting of the Nazarene Student Leadership Conference (NSLC). The conference emphasis was to "AMPLIFY their strengths and maximize their time and abilities for the sake of the students who voted them in," affirmed Jared Usrey, Trevecca's outgoing Associated Student Body president, as he welcomed the group to campus.

The focus of the 2010 NSLC annual meeting was on leadership development. Tim Elmore, Christian author of the Habitude series of servant leadership books, spoke to the group during the opening banquet. Workshops were led by directors of community life at the schools and specialists from the Nashville area, including TNU alum Dwayne Gunter, former CEO, COO, and CFO who presently manages the East region for ePartners. Workshop themes included "Leading vs. Managing your Student Government," "Motivating and Empowering Others," and "How to Develop a Strategic Plan."

TNU President Dan Boone spoke passionately to the group of student leaders and chief student development officers of the USA/Canada Nazarene institutions, and TNU Chaplain Tim Green shared a powerful closing message and led the group in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper.

Officers for the 2010-2011 school year were elected during the business session. They are: student co-chair, Evan Karg, Olivet Nazarene University; vice co-chair, Josh Dampf, MidAmerica Nazarene University; Jolaine Weller, secretary, TNU; and Preston O'Malley, treasurer, Northwest Nazarene University.

The 2011 NSLC will be held on the campus of Ambrose University College in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

"Students energize me," stated Education Commissioner LeBron Fairbanks, "and listening, learning, laughing, and praying with these student leaders and student development leaders encouraged, enlightened, and blessed me." He concluded, "I am impressed with their depth of love for Christ and their commitment to the mission and values of the church. We can learn from them."
--International Board of Education
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