Houston Mayor Bill White visited the Honors College on Tuesday, Oct. 6. The mayor spoke on leadership and public service. I, along with 50 other Honors College students, attended the luncheon and lecture.

As many of you may know, the mayor is a very busy man. In addition to his responsibilities as mayor, Mayor White is also running for the 2012 Texas United States Senate election. So for him to take time out of his busy schedule to talk to the Honors College is incredible.

I was lucky enough to cover the event for The Collegian, Houston Baptist University's student newspaper. Here is an excerpt from the article, "Mayor White lectures on leadership," which you can read in detail on the Web site.

White reflected on three leadership principles he learned once he completed his undergraduate education at Harvard University. These principles include: trustworthiness and responsibility, competency and learning to respect and pay attention to people.*

This was our eighth Honors College Roundtable, and Mayor White presented probably the most practical advice for success yet. However, the general theme of the Roundtables is leadership, so all of our honorable guests have given practical advice on how to be a leader.

*This article is property of The Collegian.