Leadership

When we say leadership opportunities we don't mean officer positions or titles, because "leadership is a choice, not a rank". Instead, we are referring to programs and trainings open to all members, regardless if they are a President or a new member who just received an invitation of membership.

These are organizations where students can apply and practice their leadership knowledge, skills, and values.

Order of Omega

Order of Omega recognizes juniors and seniors who have exemplified high standards in the areas of scholarship, leadership, involvement within their respective organization and within the Fraternity/Sorority, campus, and local community. Members are selected from the top 5% of fraternity and sorority members.

This organization provides additional leadership and transitional trainings for our older membership as they look to transition to life after college. Some programs Order of Omega has hosted for their members includes resume workshops, translating your leadership experience into relevant work experience, conversation skills, and so much more.

Find more information about Order of Omega.

These are short opportunities where students can learn leadership skills.

Clifton StrengthsFinder

The Clifton StrengthsFinder is the culmination of more than 50 years of Dr. Donald O. Clifton's lifelong work: leading millions of people around the world to discover their strengths. The simple online assessment and accompanying resources and materials are your portal to discovering your Strengths - making success in life and leadership within your grasp.

The Office of Student Leadership & Engagement hosts several opportunities for students to learn their Strengths throughout the semester and offer organizations the opportunity to request private sessions for their Chapter or Executive Board. Custom facilitated workshop experiences can be designed to best fit your group.

For more information, visit our StrengthFinder program page.

Emotionally Intelligent Leadership Workshop Series

Emotionally Intelligent Leadership (EIL) is the capacity for recognizing our own feelings and those of others, for motivating others, and for managing emotions well in ourselves and in our relationships. These workshops explore various skills and practices related to EIL. Participants of this series will develop their EIL skills and apply those skills to their leadership practice.

Any student can participate in the series by attending open sessions offered throughout the year. Participants are recognized as they complete varying levels of the series. Organizations may also request a private EIL session for their members that is designed to meet the organizations needs.

For more information about Emotionally Intelligent Leadership, visit our EIL program page.

Social Excellence Academy

The Office of Student Leadership & Engagement is developing a six week long leadership development program designed around the book Social Excellence: We DARE You. Our vision is this program will be available to members who recently joined their organization and are looking for ways to develop their leadership skills before running for an officer position. This program is still under development but we hope to launch it soon.

Fraternity & Sorority Life Leadership Meetings

These monthly meetings, lead by the Council Presidents, focus on relationship building and training for our chapter leadership. Each meeting focuses on a different issue that our chapters face, whether it be membership apathy, communication, University relations and developing members into stronger leaders.

Roundtable Discussions

Round table discussion help address any concerns faculty, staff or students may have.

Health & Safety

Each semester, we host a Health & Safety Roundtable attended by any chapter officer who's position is tied to health & safety concerns. These roundtable discussions allow for chapter leadership to have real and honest conversations about what is happening within their organizations, problems they are facing and sharing ideas on how to address those problems.

We also use this time to review any relevant information tied to health and safety issues such as new research, national trends and any updates to either national or local policies.

New Member Education

Similar to our Health & Safety roundtables, the New Member Education roundtable is a semester discussion attended by any chapter officer who is involved in the new member education process. The discussion allows for chapter officers to share issues and ideas they may be having with their current new members.

We also use this time to talk about how to create a dynamic and engaging educational program, how to address behavioral issues with members who are still learning and how to instill chapter values in a way that is received.