A Student-Led Group Leadership Opportunity
Leadership Circles provide a development opportunity for emerging and experienced student leaders across campus to work as a collective toward a common goal or project related to leadership. They are peer-led groups consisting of eight members and one student leadership fellow. A leadership circle member is a participant in the group process toward a common leadership goal or project. A leadership circle student fellow is an experienced student leader that will help organize the members and ensure that the group is working collaboratively and are able to follow through on the duties expected of them.
Participants of the leadership circles can expect to…
- Work collaboratively on a leadership development project on campus or in the community
- Present a leadership topic at the high school leadership conference as a group
- Attend a leadership circle retreat
- Engage in leadership discussions and trainings
- Work with a staff or faculty mentor for project assistance
In addition, students will be evaluated on the following learning outcomes:
- For students to work with and develop relationships with others across campus
- Deepen their understanding of leadership, leadership theories, leadership styles, and preferences and put them into practice
- Be challenged by working independently and as a group
- Able to share personal experiences and knowledge base to help the group process
- Strengthen skills related to leadership development including relationship building, communication, creativity, problem solving, accountability, assertiveness, and organization
- Able to express the impact of the experience on personal leadership development and appreciate the opinions and input provided by others
- Reflect on personal strengths and the strengths of others
- Provide a meaningful leadership development experience for participants and for those impacted by the leadership projects
- Apply leadership principles and theories beyond graduation at UW-Eau Claire
Applications for circle members and student leadership fellows are closed.
