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<\/a>Kachelle Pratcher and Women\u2019s Emphasis Week 2014 ended with an intimate conversation with Omarosa Manigault at a Women in Leadership event sponsored by the Jackson State University Student Government Association.<\/p>\n In a lecture that charged all female students at Jackson State to exceed their own expectations, Manigault shared personal experiences that lead to her success.<\/p>\n Manigault, best known for her participation in the reality TV show, \u201cThe Apprentice\u201d, is a strong supporter of religion and education and asked that everyone pray because she is a firm believer and product of prayer.<\/p>\n Manigault grew up in the projects of Youngstown, Ohio. At the age of seven, her father was killed, which left her mother to struggle to provide for her and her siblings. She knew from that moment on she did not want to be poor. Once she figured that education was her escape key from the projects, she was on her way.<\/p>\n She obtained a bachelor\u2019s degree from Central State University in Ohio. She also received a master\u2019s and doctorate degree at Howard University in D.C., where she currently teaches \u201cGlobal, Corporate, and Personal Brand Management\u201d in the executive program in the School of Business.\u00a0 She is also a ministerial student at the Payne Theological Seminary in Wilberforce, Ohio.<\/p>\n \u201cAn education can take you out of the projects and around the world,\u201d she said. \u201cI didn\u2019t just want to go somewhere, I wanted to be somebody.\u201d<\/p>\n Prior to her debut on \u201cThe Apprentice\u201d, Manigault worked in the White House under the Clinton Administration as the Deputy Director of Presidential Personnel.\u00a0 Once she became a part of the then number one show on TV, the business community and the nation saw how she emerged as a pack leader, and how well she negotiated deals with major companies.<\/p>\n \u201cYou have to know you inside and out, your strengths, your weaknesses, abilities, what drives you, your passion, and then take all that and figure out how to make a living.\u201d<\/p>\n She asked that students move from an \u201cemployee\u201d mentality to a \u201cboss\u201d mentality, encouraging students to build their own brands and companies instead of working for someone else.<\/p>\n She then shared with the audience that she was diagnosed with a form of dyslexia which caused her to have reading problems.\u00a0 However, not letting this stand in the way of her success, she stated that you can do whatever you put your mind to do, and do it exceptionally.<\/p>\n \u201cRemember, you\u2019re not a success if just make it. Leadership is the ability to take charge of any situation and being able to not only lead the crowd, but getting the crowd to not be afraid to follow,\u201d said Manigault.<\/p>\n Many of the students in attendance stated that they were pleased with the events held during the week to celebrate women and Manigault\u2019s inspirational message.<\/p>\n \u201cI really enjoyed this leadership event tonight. Omarosa spoke on many different issues that women face daily and ways to improve yourself,\u201d said Manisha Heard, a senior mass communication major from Bolton, Miss.<\/p>\n Briana Jones, a sophomore English major from East St. Louis, Ill. said, \u201cWomen\u2019s Emphasis Week events were great, but this leadership talk with Omarosa was beyond inspiring. I loved it.\u201d<\/p>\n Knesha Thomas, a senior accounting major said the event was a great way to put an emphasis on women becoming leaders.<\/p>\n \u201cAs an aspiring entrepreneur, this event really help put more fuel into me becoming my own boss and being a leader, while a team player,\u201d said senior Thomas.<\/p>\n Mattie Rush contributed to this story<\/strong><\/p>\n Kachelle Pratcher and Courtni Wilson Staff Writers Women\u2019s Emphasis Week 2014 ended with an intimate conversation with Omarosa Manigault at a Women in Leadership event…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_plus_post_options":"{}","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3806"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Courtni Wilson
\n<\/strong>Staff Writers<\/strong><\/p>\n
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