Campus Connections

The Leadership Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is devoted to providing a collaborative and interdisciplinary approach to leadership education, spanning across academic majors, departments, and offices. The increasing impact of Illinois Leadership on students is greatly due to the Center’s motivation and priority in working alongside campus departments and academic disciplines to enrich the education of an Illinois student.

The Leadership Center values these partnerships and cross-campus relationships and works to encourage collaboration in multiple areas. With the help of the Illinois Leadership Coordinating Committee, the needs of each college, student affairs department and campus entity are being discussed in an effort to provide holistic and comprehensive leadership education to all students. The membership of the Coordinating Committee, jointly appointed by the Provost and the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, includes a group of 47 students, faculty and staff from all academic colleges and across the Division of Student Affairs.

Our list of Campus Connections is ongoing, and includes:

The Career Center
www.careercenter.uiuc.edu
Working in partnership, the Leadership Center and The Career Center offer programming and the promotion of a shared message that leadership skills are a necessity in today’s careers.
African American Cultural Program 100 Strong
www.odos.uiuc.edu/aacp/Programs/100strong.asp
Joining forces with the African American Cultural Program (AACP), the Center offers the Leadership Certificate program as a valuable component of the campus 100 Strong Program.
Engineering Career Services Center
www.careerservices.uiuc.edu/view.asp?id=77
The Engineering Career Services Center and Illinois Leadership team up to provide workshops, resume reviews, and guest speakers to emphasize the importance of leadership and non-technical skill development in the engineering fields.
Division of Intercollegiate Athletics
fightingillini.cstv.com
Partnering with the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics to offer leadership development and personal awareness training for first-year student-athletes.
La Casa Cultural Latina
www.odos.uiuc.edu/lacasa
Solidifying our work with La Casa Cultural Latina to offer a series of leadership workshops through META, a retention and training program geared for Latino/a students.
LEADS Living and Learning Community
www.housing.uiuc.edu/living/leads
Continuing to team up with the LEADS Living and Learning Community to offer programs during orientation, workshops throughout the academic year, an introduction to Leadership Theory course, and beginning during 2007-08 a new course ‘Leadership and Social Responsibility’.
Chemistry Supplemental SI Leaders
chemistry.uiuc.edu/courses/SI.htm
Initiating a partnership with the Department of Chemistry to provide training for its Supplemental Instruction (SI) Leaders.
College of Business
www.business.uiuc.edu
Partnering with the College of Business to offer enrollment in the Leadership Certificate program as part of the requirements for their James Scholars Honors programs.
College of Applied Health Sciences
www.ahs.uiuc.edu
Partnering with the College of Applied Health Sciences to offer enrollment in the Leadership Certificate program as part of the requirements for their James Scholars Honors programs.
College of Medicine
www.med.uiuc.edu
Collaborating with the College of Medicine’s Medical Scholar’s Program to provide structure for a Health Professions Leadership Certificate.
Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity
netfiles.uiuc.edu/ro/www/SigmaPhiEpsilonFraternity/
Incorporating a leadership certificate program into Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity’s membership development program.

Partial list of academic courses for which Leadership Center staff created or serve as resources:

ACES 260 Introduction to Leadership Studies
HRE 199 Undergraduate Open Seminar
Ag Ed 199 Leadership and Social Responsibility
Ag Ed 380 Leadership in Groups and Teams
Ag Ed 398 Engaging Leadership
GE 490 General Engineering Seminar
Engineering 100 Lecture
Advertising Discovery Course
Recreation, Sports and Leisure Introductory Course
GE 361 Interpersonal Skills and Emotional Intelligence
GE 498 Leading Change for Sustainability

Partial list of student affairs and campus programs Leadership Center staff partner(ed):

I-Start New Student Orientation
Latina/o Family Visit Day
Residential Life Paraprofessionals Campus Resource Fair
Campus Recreation Block Party
Transfer Student Welcome
Latina/o Student Orientation Program
Illini Union Board's Women's Conference
Greek Affairs – Lambda Alpha Lambda Fraternity leadership consulting and Emerging Leaders
Student Programs and Activities, Illini Union, and Public Affairs Marketing Workshop