Latin American Leadership Seminar Series (LALSS) 2012
The LALSS is an event created by the Latin American Graduate Student Association. It is a seminar panel where highly influential leaders of the Latin American community in Houston (Company CEOs, Principal Investigators, and re-known Leaders in general) will come to give a 40 minute presentation once a month to the Graduate Student community on one or several of the following topics:
The American Dream. How it was achieved by them, what obstacles they met on their way and tips to succeed in the US.
Discussion of social, cultural or political issues from their country of origin. A way to spread Latin American culture by addressing current issues relevant to all Latin Americans that are not highly known by the American audience in general.
Profile of the employee their company/organization are looking for. As a means of a recruiting effort and networking.
After the main talk a group of 10 Spanish speaking students, selected by sign up priority, will have a coffee break with the speaker in a more personal basis (in Spanish). Here they will have the chance to further interact with the speaker and comment on the lecture.
The event benefits the Rice community in a “Lead by Example” way that comes from knowing the story of the speakers. It will enlighten us on how to succeed after Grad School, what things to do, what to avoid. It will provide us with Role models for us to follow. It expands our general knowledge of Latin America, by addressing novel topics and opinions on them which are not found in news broadcasts or papers. More importantly, it will generate contacts and networking skills that will come in handy for job applications in the future.
