Leadership Development

The Office of Student Life provides opportunities for students to realize and actualize their leadership potential for success in college and in life.

Student Leadership Development Program
The University of Iowa Student Leadership Development Program provides students with leadership training, education, and development opportunities both in and outside the classroom. Staff from the Office of Student Life work with students to coordinate various leadership initiatives including, but not limited to, workshops, credit and non-credit classes, conferences, retreats, consultations, and awards and recognition programs.

My Iowa
MY IOWA: Minority and International Student Summit (formerly entitled the Global Retreat). With a new name and new goals, MY IOWA hopes to establish common frames of excellence for University of Iowa minority and international students. Held at Camp Io-Dis-E-Ca in Solon, Iowa, the overnight Summit will offer strategies for building and maintaining strong and vibrant communities for underrepresented student populations. The program will facilitate personal development for underrepresented students by familiarizing them with University resources, introducing students to one another, and teaching leadership skills needed to establish and cultivate community. Students will explore their own perspectives and consider the perspectives of others through self-discovery activities and dialogue with other retreat participants.

Graduate Internships & Assistantships
Grad assistantships complement students? career goals by providing valuable work experience with the cultural centers, student leadership development and fraternity/sorority life.

Fraternity & Sorority Life
These students are campus leaders, thinkers, scholars, friends and philanthropists who offer opportunities to excel and promote values as open-minded individuals.

Fraternity & Sorority Management Workshop
Participants meet with other Fraternity & Sorority leaders to discuss common challenges, while developing leadership skills based on values-based action.

Omega Institute
This retreat gives new fraternity/sorority chapter members an edge on leadership development by exploring how change on an individual level can affect positive change within chapters and the Fraternity & Sorority Community.

Student Organization Orientation
Held at the beginning of each academic year, orientation provides organizations information regarding OSL resources, services and programs, as well as UI policies and procedures.

University of Iowa Student Government
With three senates and numerous committees, UISG represents all UI students at the university, state and national levels.

Undergraduate Intern Program
New in spring 2005, the program gives students a chance for practical learning experience and educationally purposeful activities with the OSL.