LDRS 310 Projects
The Leadership 310 class, required of all Leadership Programs students, allows you to follow an idea from your imagination to its execution. See a problem in the community? Develop a strategic plan with your team and work with a community organization to implement it. Put your skills to use and learn more about yourself as you respond to a community need over an entire semester.
The purpose of the LDRS 310 interdisciplinary course is to help move students from the study of leadership to actual participation in a leadership project. Students are asked to serve as citizen leaders in a local community project of their choice in conjunction with an existing organization. Course activities include: recognizing a community problem, working with other concerned citizens to develop a plan of action, and implementing that plan.
LDRS 310 is a service-learning course culminating in Leadership Programs core courses. Service learning is a targeted response to community needs and leadership development issues at the intersection of theory, practice, self, and community.
Service learning should not be misconstrued as just doing a project to help others. It is much more than that; the teaching is reciprocated during the service. This is what makes service-learning such a unique learning experience. What is learned differs for each student but can be enriched through intense reflection. It differs from the community service done at the high school level or as part of a college student organization. Traditional volunteerism is differentiated from service learning by the reciprocal learned amount between those being served and those serving. Bringing theory into practice, service learning develops students' leadership skills by responding to community needs.
Thanks to Union Pacific Foundation for supporting the LDRS 310 Field Work in Leadership projects through their generous grant funding.
To find a project, click on the semester link below.
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