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Unlock your Leadership Potential

Welcome to Leadership University, the premier forum for transforming today’s most motivated students into tomorrow’s most dedicated leaders. Leadership University is an in-depth, intensive immersion experience that uncovers true ability and develops lifelong skills - and is specifically geared toward students who want to reach their full potential. Leadership University Summit is designed to tap into your natural talents and teach you specific and tangible skills that you’ll carry forward throughout your high school, and college years.

Develop Your Leadership Skills in Real-World Scenarios

In middle school, you learn from textbooks. At Leadership University, you’ll learn by doing. You’ll practice your team-building skills in realistic, hands-on scenarios. Role-playing and time- sensitive challenges give you the chance to practice, test, refine, measure, and improve your leadership abilities. And you’ll learn to give and receive constructive and timely feedback - tools critical for every successful leader.

Work as a Team in Our LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE

The Leadership Challenge ropes course* gives you the opportunity to hone team building, leadership, communication, collaboration, experimentation, problem solving and coaching skills. You’ll participate in activities that require trust, effective communication and mutual support to achieve success. Some of the exercises in the course involve physical activity while others focus mainly on creative thinking and problem solving. Regardless of the exercise, you’ll find that each activity promotes respect, the sharing of ideas and opinions and understanding of individual strengths - while illustrating the importance of teamwork and well-formulated plans.

*In the event of rain alternate indoor activities are planned.

 

Program Highlights

Learn to lead — Explore your natural talents, uncover new abilities you didn’t know you had, and learn how to harness your personal strengths to lead yourself and others to greatness.

At the Leadership University you can:

• Learn about leadership and your abilities to influence those around you in your community through service. You’ll be tasked with assisting your team in developing a service project in the conference’s simulation that can then be implemented in your own community
• Enhance your teambuilding skills during the exciting Leadership Challenge, a “Challenge-by-Choice” ropes course containing high and low elements, group initiatives, and teambuilding activities.
• Work as a team member in hands-on leadership workshops that focus on real life situations that leaders face today.
• Make new friends and meet students from around the country who share your passion to excel and lead others.
• Explore the host university and its surrounding city including Washington DC, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
• Know what it’s like to attend a prominent college or university including Columbia University, DePaul University, University of California at Berkeley, UCLA, and Stanford University.

Summits can include special presentations and guided off-campus field trips unique to their location.

• New York - Explore the electric energy of Times Square, the famed theatre district, restaurants, shops, and much more the city has to offer. Gain an understanding of why NYC is one our nation’s most influential cities, creating global trends and leading the country in many business areas.
• Washington DC - Visit Capitol Hill and view our nation’s leaders in action. This special excursion will challenge you with collecting and searching for historical facts during a leadership exploration that takes you to the U.S. Supreme Court, Capitol Hill Visitor’s Center, Library of Congress, and the U.S. Capitol Building.

Uncover your leadership potential.

Program Components

• Leadership Attitudes & Skills

  Attitudes and Skills that will be developed, tested and honed may include some of the following:

  • Communication and public speaking
  • Negotiation and conflict resolution
  • Self-awareness and self-coaching
  • Vision, commitment and integrity
  • Personal responsibility
  • Team building
  • Goal setting and time management

 

A DAY AT LEADERSHIP UNIVERSITY

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Previous Guest Speakers & Organizations Include:

Community Leaders, Leadership Experts and Academics

• Jean Berubi, Director, Day of Discovery, Gallaudet University
• Dr. W. Warner Burke, Edward Thorndike Professor of Psychology & Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
• Ira Chaleff, Founder & President, Executive Coaching & Consulting Associates
• Dr. Brenda Graham, Associate Professor of Leadership, Department of Leadership, Concordia University
• Christopher Irving, M.A., Executive Director, The Miller Institute of Leadership & Diversity
• Catherine Meloy, M.A., President & CEO, Goodwill of Greater Washington
• Jenne Myers, Chief Service Officer, City of Chicago
• Rayona Sharpnack, Founder & CEO, Institute for Women’s Leadership

Experiential Leadership Organizations

• Alley Pond Adventure Course
• Baltimore Boys and Girls Club
• Gallaudet University Day of Discovery
• Harmony Hills Ropes Course
• Pacific Leadership Institute
• Project Ascent
• San Francisco Food Bank

 

Dates, Location and Tuition

Complete tuition, enrollment and other conference details can be found in the Application and Enrollment & Other Details included in your invitation package and in the online application.

Please pay careful attention, as dates may have changed from printed material.

Call an Admissions Counselor about our convenient payment plans. 1 (866) 394-5323

2012 Summer Leadership University Sessions*

Location	City	Program Date	Tuition	Tuition & Travel Insurance
U. Cal Berkeley	Berkeley, CA	July 12 – July 16	$1,649	$99	Enroll
DePaul University	Chicago, IL	July 21 – July 25	$1,595	$99	Enroll
UCLA	Los Angeles, CA	June 25 – June 29	$1,649	$99	Enroll
Columbia University	New York, NY	August 1 – August 5	$1,649	$99	Enroll
Stanford University	Palo Alto, CA	August 2 – August 6	$1,649	$99	Enroll
George Washington University	Washington, DC	June 23 – June 27	$1,595	$99	Enroll

Tuition includes:

• A full schedule of classes, briefings, lectures and simulations
• Certificate of Completion
• Housing accommodations at a University/College dormitory
• All on-campus meals **
• Course materials and lab fee
• Transportation as needed for off-site activities, briefings and events
• Field trips and social events
• Program Faculty and on-site staff for supervision
• LeadAmerica T-shirt

*Dates and locations are subject to change.

** Students will need spending money for several off-site meals, souvenirs and incidentals.

Students are responsible for their own airfare or other travel costs to and from each conference location.