LCC: Student Life

leadership & student organizations

At LCC, there are many ways to become involved on campus and to develop your leadership skills. If you just want to learn more about being active on campus or if you're ready to make a greater commitment to developing as a leader, there are opportunities waiting for you here!

The Student Life department has two separate ways of developing students for leadership. The first is through the formal student leader program and the second is through the leadership development program, which is open to all undergraduate students.

Official student leaders go through a formal application and interview process with two LCC staff members and are hired for each year they serve. Our student leader program is highly competitive with over 115 students applying for only 56 positions for 2006-2007.

The leadership development program is open to all undergraduate students. The program uses a series of seminars, service learning, application, critical analysis, discussion and an interactive leadership challenge to develop and train students for leadership. This program is a great way to develop leadership skills and prepare for a student leader position.

student leader program Student leaders will foster a healthy learning environment by actively influencing communities of students and promoting student involvement by:

Returning to campus prior to orientation
Assisting in Community Day
Being mentored by their supervisor a minimum of 15 hours
Currently working through, or have completed, stage I of the Leadership Development Program
Actively participating in the International Leadership Conference
Maintaining a 7.5 cumulative GPA and being a full time student
Setting specific goals with their supervisor
Going through a formal evaluation once per semester

student leadership positions

Admissions Ambassador Staff
Intercultural Program Staff
Residence Life Staff (RA's)
Seeds Staff
Spiritual Life Staff
Sports and Recreation Staff
Student Orientation Staff (SOS)
Study Abroad Intern Staff

student leader training

Spring Orientation
Fall Student Leader Training
All leader retreat in September
Weekly group meetings
One-on-one individual meetings
Leadership Development Program

student leader opportunities the roundtable
One member from each leadership program has the opportunity to represent their program at the roundtable which:

Meets two times per semester with the Leadership Program Coordinator
Critically analyzes the current student leader requirements, training and program
Identifies leadership seminar topics relevant to current student leaders
Identifies training needs for current leaders
Brings together each program to share ideas, make suggestions and ask questions
Goes through the proposed calendar of events from each program for each semester
Identifies campus / student issues and creates direct programming ideas / solutions
Creates positive change for current and future student leaders

If you are interested in applying to be a Student Leader, applications are distributed at the Student Leadership Information Fair that occurs in January. For further questions, please visit the Student Life Office or send an email to Laura Hanson, Leadership Program Coordinator, at lhanson@lcc.lt.

The leadership development program exists to empower, educate and train students for leadership through the development of integrity, vision, purpose and character. Leadership seminars are held approximately two times per month throughout each semester and are open to all students. In addition there are two different stages of certification that can be achieved and a leadership internship. The two stages and the internship can be achieved over the course of 2 to 3 years.

Stage I: Expose

8 workshops and follow up discussions
1 community service project (minimum of 4 hours)
1 Leadership Challenge Experience

Stage II: Expand

8 workshops and help lead follow up discussions
Lead 1 community service project
Lead 1 activity at Leadership Challenge
Conduct 1 program analysis including an assessment paper

Stage III: Experience, Leadership Project Intern

Assist in the planning of one leadership project. (This could include, but is not limited to)
- Leadership Development Program
- LCC International Leadership Conference
1 capstone project
Maintain leadership journal

student clubs & organizations If you are a student with concerns or if you are interested in creating a student organization, please talk with a Student Council member, or send an e-mail to stuco@lcc.lt. The student council office is located in the lower section of LCC, near the "pool area".

Student Council is responsible for overseeing the following organizations:

Student Council works with the following organizations:

Navigator, the student times
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