Leadership

This course introduces students to a larger awareness of how responsible engagement with the experiences and opportunities they have while in college may give them the best advantage toward success while in college and with their transition to professional roles or continued education after graduation.

The Student Leadership Practicum course is available to any student within an official student leadership role, such as being a Resident Assistant, or serving in Student Government (SGA), or as a Peer Mentor for the Wellness Center. The Student Leadership Practicum is an experiential learning practicum. As such, it serves as the context for the action learning activities that align with the coursework in Nighthawks Leadership Institute (NLI) certificate programs. Student leaders will work directly with Student Life leadership to plan and engage in the activities and experiences that develop competencies in leadership, professionalism, and soft skills. This course may be repeated and may be substituted, up to two times, for any 1000 or 2000 level LEAD courses.

This course introduces students to building a personal foundational mindset and behavioral practices that support the ability to navigate life’s challenges well. The course explores the areas of growth mindset and personal growth opportunities in the contexts of social and interpersonal relational responsibilities and challenges.

This course introduces the foundational concepts and the mindset and behaviors that support healthy human dignity. Dignity awareness supports cultural and social diversity and a healthy respect for differences, acceptance, tolerance, and inclusion. It creates space for learning about, from, and with those who may be different from ourselves. This course seeks to expand awareness of the factors, situations, and potential solutions that involve challenges to human dignity and healthy diversity.

This course introduces students to the importance of good decision-making. The course explores the responsibilities of decision-making for self and others, both personally and as a leader. The course will further survey the dominant or more typical decision-making styles and matrices and will examine how logic and emotions, along with social pressures, project pressures, culture, and norms can influence the leader’s decision-making process.

This course introduces students to the mindset, concepts and practices of communication and facilitation skills that support leading groups or teams in projects, assignments, change initiatives, and discovery and planning sessions. Students will have opportunities to apply the learning concepts and practices by leading and participating in discovery planning meetings. The course will explore change resistance and the behavioral factors that support accelerating the adoption curve.