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Leadership Development:

Roosevelt Empowering Values, Excellence, and Leadership (REVEAL)
Center for Student Involvement

Are you a leader? We think you are. We believe there is a leader within each and every one of our students. Being a leader begins with self discovery, and in the Center for Student Involvement we’re here to help you REVEAL the leader within. We offer two programs to help with your discovery: The LEAD Program and the Institute. Both programs were created to enhance student’s leadership skills as well as to connect you to campus. REVEAL programs are free to all Roosevelt students, and located at the Chicago Campus.  We also are introducing a new leadership development experience, the Leadership Summit, in March 2008.

LEAD

LEAD is a leadership development workshop series coordinated by the Center for Student Involvement. This program is designed for students of all ages and experiences to enhance personal, professional, and interpersonal skills. A variety of workshops and presentations are offered throughout the year on topics such as conflict mediation, motivating your team members, and self-awareness. This program applies leadership theory, principles, and practice to leadership positions in a professional setting, in a student leadership position, or for future employment endeavors.

Requirements of Completion:
In order to receive a certificate of completion you must fulfill a total of eight workshops throughout the year. Participants will become graduates and will be honored at the Student Leadership Awards Reception in April.

The Institute

In-sti-tute (in’ste toot): 1) an organization for the promotion of art, science, education, etc., 2) an institution for the advanced study, research, and instruction in a restricted field, 3) a short teaching program established for a group concerned with some special field of work.
(Webster’s New World College Dictionary. 1999. Fourth Edition. New York: Macmillan General Education, p. 740.)

 

The Institute incorporates workshops from the LEAD program, the Experiential Learning program, and the Community Service program to help enhance students’ leadership abilities in their profession and their communities. This program is designed to be an in-depth training for student leaders by emerging participants in hands-on leadership experience with ropes courses, service projects, and leadership literature circles.

Requirements of Completion:

In order to receive a certificate of completion participants must complete four LEAD workshops, four Experiential Learning workshops, and two Service in Our Community projects throughout the year. Those who complete the above requirements will become graduates of the Institute and will be honored at the Student Leadership Awards Reception in April. Refer to the model below for information on how to engage in The Institute.

How do I enroll in LEAD or The Institute?

Schedules:

Leadership Summit 2008

Leadership development is important to the Roosevelt community. Although we have many ways for students to engage in leadership development opportunities here on campus, there is so much more that we can do. As another way to promote leadership development, self-reflection, social justice, and to overall build better partnerships between students and administrators, the Center for Student Involvement, the Leadership Summit Advisory Team, and the Chicago Student Government Association, sponsored the Leadership Summit 2008.

The Leadership Summit 2008 was a weekend, overnight retreat held March 7-9. The Summit focused on topics including leadership development, social justice, and how to be better agents of positive, social change. Activities consisted of large and small group discussions, concurrent and interactive workshops, and plenty of team-building and self-reflection. And most importantly, students had the opportunity to create a collective action plan that they could bring back and implement on campus.

Contact the Center for Student Involvement at 312-341-2015 or csi@roosevelt.edu for information about the 2009 Leadership Summit.

 

“The greater the student’s involvement in college (i.e. – extracurricular activities, on-campus jobs, and student organizations), the greater will be the amount of student learning and personal development.”
Alexander W. Astin, July 1984, Student Involvement: A Developmental Theory for Higher Education

 

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Benefits of leadership development
“The quest for leadership is first and foremost an inner quest to discover who you are. Through self-development comes the confidence needed to lead.”
Kouzes and Posner, 2003, Leadership Practices Inventory

What are the benefits?

  • Discover your own leadership style
  • Develop Networking Skills
  • Give back to the community
  • Enhance your life resume of experiences
  • Progress in your professional development
  • Build self-esteem and confidence
  • Connect to a diverse group of people from a variety of backgrounds
  • Identify mentors within the Roosevelt Community
  • Engage in holistic and life-long learning opportunities
  • Foster your success within the classroom by engaging in leadership experiences
  • Create a deep connection with Roosevelt

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