Leadership Programs
Leadership Programs is part of the University of Arizona and is home to several leadership programs and initiatives that serve students, faculty and staff from the University of Arizona and other educational institutions as well as community members and organizations.
The mission of Leadership Programs is to integrate service, social justice, and leadership into all programs and opportunities in an effort to help build leaders to engage in social change initiatives in our ever-changing global world. Our philosophy is that leadership development is not for the few privileged but should be affordable, accessible, and inclusive in order to develop leadership capacity in all people.
Program Descriptions
Arizona Blue Chip Program
Blue Chip is a comprehensive co-curricular leadership program. Approximately 400 students take part in this four-phase leadership program. Work with team-based activities, leadership courses, community service, and social justice initiatives while building strong bonds with other Blue Chip members.
ATLAS Leadership Certificate Program
ATLAS (Applied Tailored Leadership Adventure for Success) is a self-paced leadership certificate program that lets you choose the workshops, events, self-reflection and timing so you build leadership skills on your schedule.
Leadership Courses for Credit
Leadership Courses for Credit are 1-3 credit academic courses designed to prepare you for leadership responsibilities on campus and in the larger community. Choose from over 20 different upper and lower-division leadership courses.
Equiss: A Social Justice Experience
Equiss is a highly interactive and reflective experience for college students who want to be challenged to analyze systems of oppression in society. Through this 3-day overnight retreat, participants will learn about issues of social justice and strategies to confront oppression and injustice in everyday ways.
IBM Co-Op Program
The IBM Co-Op Program involves twenty students selected each year for an internship through IBM. Co-ops test new software while developing leadership skills.
Leadership & Involvement Transcript
The Leadership & Involvement Transcript (L.I.T.) is a co-curricular transcript, allowing you to identify involvement opportunities that hone your leadership skills. Record these experiences on a verified co-curricular transcript that can be used for job interviews, internships, scholarship and graduate school applications, and portfolios.
LINX
LINX is an initiative to link student leadership programs from different institutions to each other. Programs linked through the LINX can participate in collaborative programming, exchanges, leadership program articulation agreements, collaborative service trips, joint speaker initiatives, mentoring, and other opportunities.
National Collegiate Leadership Conference
The National Collegiate Leadership Conference is a student-run annual conference that serves as the cornerstone of the leadership experience for hundreds of college students across the nation. The conference spans three days at the University of Arizona, offering over sixty workshops, community service projects, teambuilding and networking activities, motivational speakers, and a dinner with a nationally recognized keynote speaker.