This area allows for individual development that tailors to the interest areas for each participant. Participants can receive a certificate in any or all of the below interest areas by completing the requirements below.
Organizational Leadership Certificate
Description: The Organizational Leadership area of development will allow individuals to learn how to effectively utilize their proficiencies gained from Level I and Level II to apply towards organizational, group, and team development.
Requirements:
- Complete Personal Foundation of Leadership Certificate Requirements
- Complete Leadership Skills and Professional Enhancement Certificate Requirements
- Attend five (5) Organizational Leadership workshops
- Attend one (1) reflection session focused on Organizational Leadership. This reflection session should take place after the completion of the workshops focused in this interest area.
- Complete eight (8) hours of volunteer/engagement hours focused on Organizational Leadership
Workshop examples: Organizational Change, Fiscal Responsibility, Group Dynamics, Marketing/Promotion, Motivating Others, Recruitment and Retention, Conflict Resolution, Creating a Mission, Student Government 101, and many more…
Community Engagement Leadership Certificate
Description: The Community Engagement Leadership area of development will allow individuals to understand what it means to take an active role within and outside of their communities. This opportunity will allow participants to address issues that they observe are affecting our society. Through this interest level, participants will learn how to mobilize resources and influence systems.
Requirements:
- Complete Personal Foundation of Leadership Certificate Requirements
- Complete Leadership Skills and Professional Enhancement Certificate Requirements
- Attend five (5) Required Community Engagement Leadership workshops
- Attend one (1) reflection session focused on Community Engagement Leadership. This reflection session should take place after the completion of the workshops focused in this interest area.
- Complete eight (8) hours of focused community engagement service
Workshop examples: Philosophy of Servant Leadership, Continuums of Service, What you need to know to serve on a nonprofit board, Grass Roots Organizing, Drawbacks and benefits of international service, Helping vs. Fixing vs. Serving, Political Campaigning, Making YOUR Impact, Poverty and Social Justice, Small footprint/Big impact, and many more…
Social Justice Leadership Certificate
Description: The Social Justice Leadership area of development is an opportunity designed to fortify participants in leadership roles here on campus and beyond, to focus on shared experiences and to critically examine various issues and isms that relate to living in a multicultural and diverse community. The ultimate goal is to give students the skills to act on the issues and causes they are most passionate about to become agents of social change.
Requirements:
- Complete Personal Foundation of Leadership Certificate Requirements
- Complete Leadership Skills and Professional Enhancement Certificate Requirements
- Attend five (5) Social Justice Leadership workshops
- Attend one (1) reflection session focused on Social Justice Leadership. This reflection session should take place after the completion of the workshops focused in this interest area.
- Complete eight (8) hours of volunteer/engagement hours focused on Social Justice Leadership
Workshop examples: Understanding Privilege, Invisible Identities, Being an Ally, What is the T in GLBT?, Understanding Class Differences, Gender Roles in our Society, Social Justice in the Media, When Diversity is not Enough, Ability, Safe Zone, Power versus Privilege, and many more…
Outdoor Adventure & Environmental Justice Leadership Certificate
Description: The Outdoor Adventure Leadership area of development is an opportunity designed for participants to gain a stronger understanding in the areas of environmental education, environmental leadership, group processing, and team dynamics.
Requirements:
- Complete Personal Foundation of Leadership Certificate Requirements
- Complete Leadership Skills and Professional Enhancement Certificate Requirements
- Attend five (5) Outdoor Adventure Leadership workshops
- Attend one (1) reflection session focused on Outdoor Adventure & Environmental Justice. This reflection session should take place after the completion of the workshops focused in this interest area
- Complete eight (8) hours of volunteer/engagement hours focused on Outdoor Adventure & Environmental Justice Leadership
Workshop examples: Environmental Ethics, Risk Management, Outdoor Adventure, Judgment & Decision Making, Becoming an Ally to your Environment, ROPES 101, Conservation Education, Group Process & Reflection, Environmental Footprints, Leave No Trace, and many more…