LeadershipUIC
A Transformative Leaders Program
LeadershipUIC is the pinnacle leadership capstone experience for students on-campus. Throughout the program, participants receive coaching from prominent community and business leaders and work collaboratively to find solutions to a current problem that exists around them. By clarifying their mission, vision, values, along with their own definition of leadership, this capstone experience allows students to reflect on their journey from exploring leaders to transformed leaders, while giving them the opportunity to craft a project portfolio that they can use as they begin to search for careers and other leadership positions.
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FAQ
Who is LeadershipUIC for?
LeadershipUIC is exclusive to UIC students entering their final year at the university. These students must have two semesters of coursework remaining and have shown their commitment to being an engaged leader on-campus and in the community. Ideally, LeadershipUIC applicants are apart of a student organization, are a student employee, hold another leadership position, and/or have participated in one of SLCE’s other leadership development offerings.
What’s the time commitment for the program?
LeadershipUIC is a yearlong commitment. They will meet the 3rd Friday of every month starting in October from 12-3pm.
How is LeadershipUIC different than other leadership programs?
LeadershipUIC provides participants with the chance to both enhance and then use their leadership skills in order to enact change at UIC. LeadershipUIC offers students one of the greatest returns on their investment – the ability to impact others in a positive way. LeadershipUIC participants have an audience with university adminitrators and are able to provide research-based suggestions for institutional change that can have a lasting impact at UIC.
How will my time be spent during LeadershipUIC?
Sessions of LeadershipUIC will take place on-campus or possibly off-campus at our partner sites, if it is possible. Participants will have the opportunity to meet with and listen from community and business leaders in the fields of education, healthcare, policy, and the arts. Throughout the program, students work on an assigned project and reflect on their undergraduate experience, while connecting it all to life after UIC.
Impact on Participants
Upon the completion of the program, students will have a better understanding of how to apply their UIC Experience to their lives after UIC. Utilizing their enhanced creative and adaptive leadership skills, these students will be well fit to manage any task or project that is thrown at them!
Ready to Join?
LeadershipUIC begins in October of 2022 and ends the 3rd week in April of 2023.
Ready to Participate? Join LeadershipUIC and apply at go.uic.edu/LeadershipUIC.
LeadershipUIC LinkedIn Quote from Hannah Van Heading link
“This experience has taught me that all students have a voice and can truly make a difference in their community if they make that voice heard. It has also taught me the power in diversity and though it is great to find pride and identity in your own culture, we can all gain a deeper and meaningful perspective if we connect with those from different walks of life.”
| LeadershipUIC Participant, 2019-2020