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FALL SEMESTER

September/October:

Student Leadership Conference

November:

Faculty/Staff nominations submitted

Applications available to all students and sent to nominees

December:

Applications due to BCC 212

Applications reviewed

SPRING SEMESTER

January:

Notification letters mailed home to applicants

First L.E.A.D. class

January/February:

Meeting of the Minds Conference

January through April:

L.E.A.D. classes meet

April:

L.E.A.D. Graduation/Student Leadership Awards

For more information please contact:Office of University Activities

Barone Campus Center, room 212(203) 254-4000, ext. 3288

www.fairfield.edu/student/sal_about.html

Office of New Student ProgramsKelley Center West

(203) 254-4000, ext. 4053www.fairfield.edu/student/new_index.html

Sponsored by the Office of University Activities andthe Office of New Student Programs

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Emerging Leaders Program

About Fairfield University Fairfield University, founded by the Society of Jesus, is a coeducational institution of higher learning whose primary objectives are to develop the creative intellectual potential of its students and to foster in them ethical and religious values and a sense of social responsibility. Jesuit education, which began in 1547, is committed today to the service of faith, of which the promotion of justice is an absolute requirement.

Why L.E.A.D.?

The L.E.A.D. “Emerging Leaders Program” is an introductory leadership program for first year students. This program meets eight times during the spring semester and incorporates workshops that illustrate several leadership components from Stephen R. Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Successful People. These topics not only allow students to explore and strengthen their own leadership skills and abilities while at Fairfield University, but also for life after college.

L.E.A.D. goals include the development of the following areas

n Communityn Critical Thinking/Self Awarenessn Life Skills/Career Developmentn Social Justice

* topics are subject to change

Mondays and Wednesdays: 5-6:30 p.m. or 7-8:30 p.m. Barone Campus Center, room 200

Session 1: “Commitment”Introduction and Overview of Program

Session 2: “Common Purpose”What is Leadership? What is Your Type?

January/February:Meeting of the Minds ConferenceCharles F. Dolan, School of Business

Session 3: “Congruence”Goal Setting and Priority Management

Session 4: “Competence”Marketing Your Leadership

Session 5: “Controversy with Civility/Collaboration”Leading with Integrity and Think Win-Win

Session 6: “Consciousness of Self”Leadership Self Assessment and Reflection

Session 7: “Citizenship”Social Justice and Leadership

Session 8: “Cura Personalis”Maintaining Physical and Spiritual Wellness

April: L.E.A.D. Graduation/Student Leadership Awards

About the Social Change Model of LeadershipThe Social Change Model of Leadership* is inclusive in that it is designed to enhance the development of leadership qualities in all participants – those who hold formal leadership positions as well as those who do not – and to promote a process that is inclusive and actively engages all who wish to contribute. Thus, leadership is viewed as a process rather than as a position. The model explicitly promotes the values of equity, social justice, self-knowledge, personal empowerment, collaboration, citizenship, and service.

About Stephen Covey and the Seven HabitsThe eight L.E.A.D. sessions incorporate many of the topics from Stephen R. Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. An internationally respected leadership authority, family expert, teacher, organizational consultant, and author, Dr. Covey dedicates his life to teaching principle-centered living and leadership to individuals, families, and organizations.

Dr. Covey’s international best seller, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, was named the #1 Most Influential Business Book of the Twentieth Century. His other successful books include First Things First, Principle-Centered Leadership, and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families. Stephen R. Covey is continuously engaged in the pursuit of knowledge and understanding through reading and through interaction with the diverse, inspirational people he encounters the world over.

L.E.A.D. I Schedule

“If you don’t know where you are going to, you will end up somewhere else.”- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

* The Social Change Model of Leadership (Astin & Astin, 1996)

Education for an Inspired Life