Hess Center for Leadership and Service

First-Year Leadership Challenge

Why should you accept the First-Year Leadership Challenge?

Because you want to…

Program retreat

Identify your leadership strengths
Develop a vision for the future
Understand the leadership process
Empower others to succeed
Make new friends
Get more from your college experience
Recognize and be recognized for a job well done

The First-Year Leadership Challenge helps students identify their leadership role at BSC. A joint effort between the Office of Student Development and the Hess Center for Leadership and Service, the Challenge combines leadership exercises with structured reflection. Open to all first-year students and transfers in their first year, the program provides a blueprint of skills for maximizing leadership potential. Whether you are already involved on campus or hoping to become more engaged, the First-Year Leadership Challenge can help you identify your leadership strengths.

Formerly known as LEAD, the program examines the Student Leadership Challenge: Five Practices for Exemplary Leaders by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner and includes a weekend retreat, team-building activities, and fun leadership simulations.

Faculty, staff, and upper class students nominate students to participate. Nominees complete a short online registration form available here. Registration forms are due on Monday, February 13, 2012.

Want to know more? See the FAQ page, review the schedule, or contact Kent Andersen, Director of the Hess Center for Leadership and Service.