The Leadership in Service Scholarship is valued at $10,000.00. This scholarship is awarded semesterly, with an annual value of $2,500.00 renewable for up to four years.

In order to maintain the LIS Scholarship, participants must complete a leadership opportunity each semester through Student Leadership Programs.

The Leadership in Service program is grounded the Framework for Leadership Development, preparing leaders for the Common Good.

Are you interested in learning more about leadership and engagement on campus? The UleaD Emerging Leaders Program is a cohort based initiative for first and second year students that will bring participants together for monthly sessions to develop a range of leadership skills and abilities such as effectively leading change, resolving conflict, motivating others, exploring identity, and practicing self-care and resilience.

The Women’s Leadership Immersion is a four-day program for junior and senior female identifying students that provides critical skills as they prepare for their next steps after graduation. As an experiential learning opportunity, participants move back to campus early from winter break in order to take part in the immersion. Facilitated by a variety of women leaders from the University and City of Dayton community, this program will offer women a chance to explore leadership, networking, salary negotiation, career advancement, and financial health in the context of navigating vocation. Additionally, participants engage in a (how to) networking social and service project in the Dayton community.

Held annually in October, the Fall Leadership Conference is an opportunity to explore and develop your leadership skills.

As a result of attending the Fall Leadership Conference, students will be able to:

• Identify leadership as an action/value and not as a position/title
• Define leadership in terms of service to others
• Connect leadership skills to Marianist values
• Identify practical leadership skills useful on campus and beyond
• Commit to making one change in their classroom, organization, or community

The Leadership Series addresses the need for ongoing training and personal and professional development for student leaders at the University of Dayton. Participants will engage in workshops and/or online modules to strengthen their leadership knowledge, skills and abilities.

We currently offer dozens of live and online workshops to meet the needs of every leader.

The Collegiate Leadership Competition (CLC) is a team of six students from UD who compete in a leadership challenge against schools from across the region and the nation. These hour-long leadership challenges are fun and exciting ways to demonstrate a variety of leadership skills.

No experience is needed, and the CLC is open to all undergraduate students!

The NSLS is the largest leadership honor society in the United States. Our NSLS chapter at University of Dayton was started in 2015. Our local chapter is part of the national organization with 700+ chapters and over 1.4 million members. Students are selected based on leadership experience and potential. As of 2021 we have welcomed 2,430 members.

Upon completion of the five-step program, members receive their leadership certificate to mark this honorable distinction and take their place among the top student leaders on campus and across the country. Members are able to list their affiliation on all statements of personal accomplishment, including their University of Dayton co-curricular transcript and their resume.

The Co-Curricular Transcript is a student self-reported document listing various kinds of developmental activities outside the traditional classroom.

The Co-Curricular Transcript is intended to provide each student with an official record of:

• Honors, awards, and recognitions
• Leadership activities and organizational experiences
• Professional development and educational training
• Community Service and Engagement