HSSC represents students at Doane

Mandie Craven
Staff Writer
Mar. 11, 2004, Page 3

Every community has a form of leadership or representation present. At Doane there is representation as well: Student Congress and the Hansen Student Steering Committee (HSSC).
“HSSC is a group of students chosen to help steer the Hansen Leadership Program in the right direction, in what they think the college should be focusing its attention on,” said Rachel Schaefer, associate director of HLP.
HSSC is a group of students who are nominated by faculty or staff members.
“At the previous two schools I was at before I came here, they had components of what HLP is to Doane,” HLP director Jim Hermelbracht said. “But it was never a set program.”
In the past, HSSC has been involved in many aspects of leadership on campus.
They were strongly involved in the Relay for Life campaign and select programs and speakers for Doane.
“Doane's philosophy is that everyone is a leader,” Hermelbracht said. “This program is great because students don’t have to enroll in it, it’s open to everyone.”