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New Brunswick/Piscataway Undergraduate Catalog 2005-2007 General Information Student Life and Services Douglass College The LEADing Edge: Leadership Education at Douglass  

The LEADing Edge: Leadership Education at Douglass

The LEADing Edge is the signature leadership program at Douglass College. The program encompasses several leadership curricular and cocurricular opportunities and experiences and is committed to fostering leadership that is inclusive and directed toward a common good. It seeks to promote new models of leadership for women; to ensure that all women can envision themselves as having leadership skills and a better understanding of their leadership potential; to facilitate the participation of women in leadership and organizational change; to build community partnerships; and to extend beyond the campus in preparing women for socially responsible leadership in their careers, families, and communities.

There are currently several opportunities for students to experience leadership in the program. The work that they accomplish is complemented with a Leadership Mastery Certification. The components of the program are as follows:

Leadership Development Day exposes students to a plethora of skill-building workshops that will increase their knowledge and awareness of their own leadership potential needed to become effective in their involvement in campus organizations.

Emerging Leaders is a 1.5-credit course designed to promote new models of leadership for women at Douglass College. It gives women a better understanding of their leadership potential and the opportunity to envision themselves having leadership skills. The program is limited in space and requires an application.

Annual Women's Weekend is designed with interactive programs to educate participants about the achievements of women and explore issues that impact women's lives.

Transitional Leadership for the Workforce enables students to utilize their leadership experiences and prepare themselves for transitioning beyond Douglass College. Students will participate in a self-assessment and reflection of their academic and cocurricular experience; develop a portfolio; and focus on personal, social, vocational, political, civic, financial, practical, and philosophical issues.

Leadership Transcript Program is a service enabling students to chronicle their cocurricular involvement such as internships, externships, and campus and community involvement, including membership or leadership positions in a student organization. This tool may be used to apply for leadership programs or positions on campus, for future employment, or in preparation for admittance to graduate school. More information is available in the Student Development Center located on the second floor of the Douglass College Center.

The S.O.R.Ce (Student Organization Resource Center) is the leadership library comprised of books, videos, essays, and audiotapes on a variety of leadership topics. The S.O.R.Ce also includes LEADer Readers, a series of leadership handouts designed to provide quick, informative tips and suggestions on specific leadership development topics and student organizational resources. More information is available in the Student Development Center located on the second floor of the Douglass College Center.

Student Leadership Recognition Program is a celebration of students' leadership achievements, which is held annually in April. Students are recognized for all their leadership efforts and the contributions they make to the Douglass community.

LEADership Mastery is the capstone program for the LEADing Edge. It culminates the leadership experiences a student encounters by documenting achievements that can lead to career, service, or leadership advancement. The leadership skills that students acquire in the program will be documented through the Leadership Transcript Program. This milestone of becoming a LEADership master requires the completion of two leadership activities and experiences in each of three groups spanning academic course work, participatory leadership, and demonstrated leadership roles in the Douglass/Rutgers community. Students must complete two programs in the following components:

Academic Course Work

  • completion of the Emerging Leaders course
  • completion of Transitional Leadership for the Workforce
  • completion of the Institute for Women's Leadership Scholars Certificate Program (Students who complete this program need only complete two units in Leadership in Action.)

Participatory Leadership

  • active involvement in a student organization for one year
  • attendance of four lectures conducted by the Institute for Women's Leadership consortium
  • 20 hours of leadership consulting, advising, presenting, or training with student organizations, clubs, service units, or residence halls

Leadership in Action

  • serve one year as an executive board member of a Douglass student organization or committee
  • serve as an academic peer adviser for one year
  • serve as a resident assistant for one year
  • participate, with prior approval, in other leadership capacities such as College Leadership New Jersey, DC PLEN, and CAWP's New Leadership Program
  • participate in the Associate Alumnae of Douglass College Externship Program

Once a student has met the requirements in these three groups, recognition will be noted on the student`s official transcript from the university as well as acknowledged at the Student Leadership Recognition Program.


 
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