Award-Winning Author Maria Pascucci
to Speak at University at Buffalo's
Women Empowered to Lead Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FEBRUARY 22, 2010–Buffalo, NY–

*Notice - Room Change*
The event will be held in the Woldman Theater,
which is also known as 112 Norton Hall,
UB North Campus.

North Buffalo resident Maria Pascucci will be leading the feature presentation, "Today's Women in Leadership Lesson: Success Starts With Self-Love" at SUNY University at Buffalo on Wednesday, March 3rd at 5:00 p.m. at the Woldman Theater, 112 Norton Hall, UB North Campus*. The event is part of WE Lead: UB's Women Empowered to Lead program, a month long series in celebration of Women's History Month and strong female leaders.

Please click here for further information and to register online to attend the event. Pascucci is a national college speaker, award-winning author and founder and president of Campus Calm.

"A program such as WE Lead (Women Empowered to Lead) focuses on the challenges women still face in regards to being seen as leaders, as well as celebrating the many wonderful role models and examples of great leadership," said Amy Wilson, Associate Director for the Center for Student Leadership and Community Engagement at the University at Buffalo. "The program with Maria Pascucci really hits at the essence of leadership, which is self-confidence and self-love, what our young women leaders need the most to be successful."

"I teach students that those who love themselves enough to take care of themselves have the energy to be real leaders, problem solvers and change-makers," said Pascucci.

In light of new research, "Success Starts With Self-Love" is a leadership message that today's high-achieving, but overworked and overwhelmed, college students are craving. According to the American College Health Association, stress is the number one impediment to academic performance on college campuses nationwide. A 2009 mtvU national college stress survey found that 85 percent of college students reported feeling stressed out on a daily basis. Prescriptions for sleeping medications nearly tripled among college-age users from 1998 to 2006. Almost 40 percent of college women report feeling frequently overwhelmed, and almost 65 percent report feeling hopeless at times. Suicide is the second leading cause of death in college students.

Pascucci will help rising female student leaders learn how to:
1. Focus inward to explore how they want to lead and serve in our world.
2. Set boundaries on their time.
3. Take care of themselves everyday.
4. Stop competing with their classmates and start networking.
5. Ask for help when they need it.
6. Lead their college community to create "campus calm" and live their best lives.

"Like all the amazing women in history leaders that we celebrate during Women's History Month, student leaders need to understand that they cannot possibly make meaningful contributions in their own leadership roles and experiences if they're not yet the leaders in their own lives," added Pascucci.

Pascucci, a 2001 summa cum laude graduate of Canisius College, is now a leading authority on student stress. She gives voice to the secret practices, concerns and conversations of a generation of young men and women who believe that it is acceptable, even necessary, to sacrifice health and happiness in pursuit of perfection. Campus Calm has been featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Huffington Post and media outlets around the world. Her book Campus Calm University won a gold medal in the 2009 13th Annual International Independent Publisher Book Awards.

Contact:
Maria Pascucci
Founder & President
Campus Calm
www.CampusCalm.com
Ph: 716-510-4402
maria@campuscalm.com

WE Lead is a month long series in celebration of Women's History Month and strong female leaders. Each program and service event is designed to expose and educate UB students about topics that are relevant to developing women leaders today. All of the programs being offered in March will have a common theme: "Women Empowered to" or WE.

"Success Starts With Self-Love" is open to the public.

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