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One College Nation: A Transformational Student Experience
One College Nation is an interactive and transformational experience that empowers college students to build resilience, foster well-being, and cultivate deep, meaningful connections.
Blending mental health insights with community-building strategies, One College Nation equips students with essential communication and leadership skills to help them strengthen support networks and thrive in college and life.
This is more than a program—it’s a catalyst for personal growth, empowering students to navigate their college journey with confidence, compassion, and a strong sense of belonging.
One College Notion provided excellent ideas and delivered a phenomenal program for our student leaders. I would love to bring Dr. Joshua Fredenburg and Tish Norman back for future events!
JASEY BEDOYA
MONTCLAIR STATE LIMMISITY
What Makes One College Nation Special for Students
Designed for first-generation, traditional, and non-traditional students, One College Nation delivers an unforgettable experience through live music, energizing games with purpose, engaging activities, and impactful conversations.
Dr. Jay and Coach T bring powerful, relatable content rooted in relationship-building, emotional intelligence, resilience, and leadership development. Combined with dance, experiential learning, and community-building exercises, this dynamic program offers students a truly transformational welcome into campus life.
One students and I loved having Dr. joshua Fredenburg and Tish Norman at Texas ABM Kingsville. They did on outstanding job and both were amazing!
Jessica Montenegro
Texas A&M Kingsville
One College Nation Learning Outcomes
Each One College Nation program is designed with clear, transformative learning outcomes to ensure students and professionals walk away with practical tools for personal and academic success:
- Social and Relationship Building Skills – Students will increase self-awareness and gain tools to build, manage, and sustain positive relationships with others.
- Culture of Belonging – Students will learn to create inclusive environments where everyone feels valued, supported, and empowered to reach their full potential.
- Emotional Intelligence – Students will explore key components of emotional intelligence and learn how to apply them to foster positive relationships and enhance communication skills.
- Leadership – Students will identify their leadership potential while developing skills to lead effectively and make a meaningful impact
- Well-Being – Through reflective exercises and engaging discussions, students will explore practices that support their physical, mental, and emotional well-being in college and beyond.
- Resilience – Participants will develop tools to build resilience and overcome challenges, positioning them to thrive throughout college and life.
One College Nation was exactly what our student leaders needed at Syracuse University. Dr. Joshua Fredenburg and Tish Norman not only educated our student leaders on essential skills regarding DEIA, but they also made the experience fun and empowering. One College Nation was an absolute highlight during our training.
Quincy B.
Assistant Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Office of Student Living | Syracuse University
Professional Testimonials
Texas A&M Kingsville Advisor Testimonial
Rhodes College Advisor Testimonial
Syracuse University Advisor Testimonial
Michigan State University Advisor Testimonial
Transformational Programs Offered By One College Nation
One College Nation
Perfect For New Student Orientation, Welcome Week, and Campus Events
One College Nation is a powerful addition to orientation programs, welcome week, or other student-centered events. With a blend of live music, purposeful games, meaningful conversations, and community-building activities, the program leaves students energized and inspired.
Dr. Jay and Coach T bring a high-impact experience that speaks directly to the needs of today’s students, helping them feel seen, supported, and prepared for success.
Leadership Training and Development
Ideal for Student Leader Retreats, Trainings, and Conference
One College Nation also offers a high-energy leadership training experience for student leaders. Designed to be interactive, practical, and empowering, this program helps student leaders grow in confidence, sharpen their leadership skills, and learn how to serve their peers with purpose and integrity.
Dr. Jay and Coach T weave together applicable content, energizing activities, and a spirit of fun to create an unforgettable leadership development experience.
Student Testimonials
Montclair State University Testimonial
University of Arizona Student Testimonial
Syracuse University Student Testimonial
Michigan State University Student Testimonial
What Are the Learning Outcomes for One College Nation?
To ensure that every student or professional that experiences One College Nation walks away with an educational and learning experience on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and a Cultural of Belonging, we have developed a set of standard learning outcomes for all our programs.
Participants will:
- Develop a deeper appreciation and understanding of diversity, inclusion, equity, and a culture of belonging.
- Learn how to develop positive cross-cultural friendships/relationships through cultural intelligence and competence.
- Recognize the importance of empathy, social awareness, inclusive language, and emotional intelligence.
- Discover more awareness about the impact that unconscious bias, implicit bias, and microaggressions have on others.
- Gain skills that will enable them to create a support, inclusive, and loving campus community.
- Increase their relationship-building and communication skills through engaging conversations on intersectionality, interpersonal communication, and cross-cultural communication.
- Become more empowered to attain collegiate, leadership, and career success in college and beyond.
Our students and I loved having Dr. Joshua Fredenurg and Tish Norman at Texas A&M Kingsville. They did an outstanding job and both were amazing!
- Jessica Montenegro
Assistant Director of Student Engagement and Campus Life | Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Program Breakdown
Phase One | Establishing Connection
From the moment that your students enter the event space, they will not only be captivated by the infectious energy, incredible live music from the DJ, and special welcome from the lead speaker, but they will also kick things off with two collective icebreakers that helps establish instant rapport, build relationships with others, find commonalities, as they witness the value and connection that they have with each student at the event.
Phase Two | Building Positive Cross-Cultural Relationships
After establishing rapport, the lead speaker will talk about intersectionality and teach students how to use cultural intelligence to build and establish positive relationships with diverse groups of people through a series of interactive activities and conversations.
The positive cross-cultural relationships that are built during this second phase will lead into our next phase of creating an inclusive, loving, encouraging, and supportive community.
Phase Three | Developing An Inclusive, Encouraging, Loving and Supportive Community
To create an inclusive, encouraging, loving, and supportive community, the DJ and lead speaker will increase the excitement and fun by hosting a series of games designed to help bring students out of their shells, develop stronger social skills, connect with more diverse groups of people, and begin the process of developing an inclusive, encouraging, loving, and supportive campus community for everyone.
Once the inclusive, encouraging, loving, and supportive community has been created through a series of fun activities and meaningful conversations, we move into the transformational experience.
Phase Four | Creating The Transformational Experiences
The transformational experience is the place in the program where the lead speaker not only talks about the things we need to consider in order to eradicate the negative experiences that exist because of a lack of training and development in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Cultural of Belonging, but the lead speaker empowers them to be agents of change through powerful stories and conversations amongst the group.
By the time this part of the program is complete, our hope is that every college student leaves inspired, motivated, and empowered to make a positive impact in the lives of others within their campus community.
STUDENT TESTIMONIALS
Barry University Student Testimonial
Jacksonville State University Student Testimonial
Montclair State University Student Testimonial
The College of New Jersey Student Testimonial
Joshua Fredenburg
Dr. Joshua Fredenburg is an internationally acclaimed speaker, author of seven books, member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., Tedx Speaker, and President/Founder of the ‘Award Winning Circle of Change Leadership Experience, a national leadership experience focused on preparing culturally diverse and first-generation students for career leadership success!
For the past fifteen years, Dr. Fredenburg has not only served as a keynote speaker in 49 states across the country, but he has transformed the lives of thousands of people as a keynote speaker, workshop presenter, trainer, and facilitator at different conferences, retreats, trainings, graduations, professional development and employee resource group programs, and special events that revolve around leadership, diversity/inclusion, resiliency, emotional intelligence, career readiness, self-care, and student success.
In 2018, Dr. Fredenburg received an honorary membership from Golden Key International, was recognized as a Top leader under 40 in South Florida in 2017, had his national leadership conference selected by the NASPA (Student Affair Professionals in Higher Education) Student Leadership Programs Knowledge Community as the “Top Student Leadership Development Program in 2015”, and he received a community leadership award from the Urban League Young Professionals of Los Angeles for his work in developing the next generation of leaders in 2015 as well.
Tish Norman
A dynamic and energetic keynote speaker and DE&I consultant, Tish Norman uses public speaking as a platform for change. Frequently referred to as “Coach T”, Tish is the Founder of Transforming Leaders Now, Inc., a consultancy specializing in college & career readiness, women, DE&I topics, and the African American experience.
Tish has written several published articles, 5 books, and a forthcoming scheduled for release this December. Tish is a graduate of Kentucky State University, where she was inducted into Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., has a Master of Arts in Education from Pepperdine University and among a multitude of campus presentations, has presented her doctoral research at the Dr. Joseph H. McMillan National Conference on The Black Family in America and the National Council for Black Studies.
Tish has dedicated her professional career to the educational development and social uplift of audiences from the classroom, community, college and corporate spaces. Her presentations have been delivered in 45 states and 14 countries, as Tish maintains an active speaking schedule, keynoting at dozens of leadership conferences and campuses every year.
BRING ONE COLLEGE NATION TO YOUR NEXT EVENT
If you are interested in having One College Nation at your next your next in-person or virtual New Student Orientation, Welcome Week Event, Professional Development Program, Leadership Conference, Retreat, and Training, Cultural Heritage Month Program, or any other DEI event, please fill out the information that has been provided at the bottom of the page and a representative from our team will get back in contact with you in 24-48 hours.