The LEAD program trains UVU students to become leaders within their communities by approaching leadership development as more than simply management. LEAD is a certificate program that focuses on four key areas of personal development: LEARN, ENGAGE, ACQUIRE, DISCOVER. Students can choose to do a one- or two-year distinction track based on their needs and goals.
Student Development & Involvement uses a software called Campus Groups group to track all involvement in stundent life. The LEAD Program is using this software to track all involvement in the LEAD Program. To login into Campus Groups you will use your UVU ID and UVU login.
Applications Open for Fall 2024
Information Interviews- In addition to meeting with a mentor, students interview professionals within their field of study. Interviews enable students to network and understand how leadership is applied in their specific discipline.
Leadership Hours- LEAD Program serve for 50 hours of highly customized leadership development. Student participants will apply the LEAD Program’s principles as they work, serve, volunteer, coordinate, support and much more.
Concept Cultivators- To gain a knowledge of leadership styles, LEAD students can attend lectures, workshops, seminars, read books and more in order see what they learn from the program being put into practice in the real world.
Coursework- LEAD students also complete several leadership courses which teach an academic concept of leadership. These classes include a student leadership development course, an engaged learning course, Principles of Leadership, and over 70 electives.
Strengths Finder Assessment- When beginning the program, each LEAD student participates in a self- and peer-assessment process which identifies his or her strengths and opportunities for growth. LEAD Students will be working with their specific strengths for all 2years of the program
Reflections- Each month, LEAD Program students will write a reflection which allows them to think back on and synthesize what they have learned from concept cultivators, mentor meetings, and applying their StrengthsFinder goals towards their customized leadership experience.
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Team Leaders serve as peer to peer mentors for students working towards their distinction. Team Leaders check in regularly to provide support, answer questions, and help students as needed. Team Leaders report directly to the program coordinator within the Department of Student Leadership and Involvement.
Value = $1200 Fall Semester
$1200 Spring Semester
September 25, 2024
November 20, 2024
February 5, 2025
April 16, 2025
Students with experience in the LEAD Program may apply to be Team Leaders. Team Leaders are eligible for a $1200 scholarship for the Fall Semester and a $1200 scholarship for the Spring Semester. Team Leaders agree to a full academic year of service when they accept their position as a Team Leader. Team Leaders work with other LEAD Program students to help them progress during their time in the program at UVU.
