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NSE: National Student Exchange
Office of Orientation Leadership Development
The National Student Exchange is a study away opportunity that allows University of Utah students to take new courses, see new places, make new friends, and enroll in academic options that may not be available at the U. Students can study for a single term or academic year at one of nearly 200 NSE member []
View Signature ExperienceLEAP Peer Advisors
LEAP
After students have participated in the LEAP Program their first year, they can return as role models and liaisons to entering first-year students. They work closely with the students in the classes as well as with the professor/mentor to gain leadership skills.
View Signature ExperienceLEAP Program
LEAP
LEAP is a year-long learning community that enables new students to transition more confidently to college and to play an active role in their own education. Students work with outstanding faculty in small classes and participate in social and service activities with other students and with Peer Advisors.
View Signature ExperienceHigh School Outreach Volunteers
John R. Park Debate Society
Students work with local high schools to provide instruction, coaching, and other support for students participating in high school forensics (speech debate). Students gain hands on experience working in a classroom, facilitating team goals, and responding to the changing needs of the schools with which they work.
View Signature ExperienceThe John R. Park Public Debates
John R. Park Debate Society
Students work with faculty guidance to plan and host a public debate/dialogue about an issue of local, statewide, and/or national political, social, or cultural importance. Students gain hands on experience researching potential topics, recruiting participants, planning content, strategizing public relations, and event hosting. Students also gain opportunities to network with political, business, and other leaders []
View Signature ExperienceIPIA: Institute of Public and International Affairs
Institute of Public and International Affairs
IPIA research spans a wide range of topics within the domains of public policy and international affairs. IPIA research is interdisciplinary, cutting across traditional disciplinary and methodological lines.
View Signature ExperienceHonors Praxis Labs
Honors College
Honors College Praxis Labs draw students from all disciplines to collaborate on innovative project-based solutions to pressing societal challenges. Under the guidance of distinguished faculty and community leaders, you and your colleagues analyze your topic through in-depth classroom and field research such as lectures, panels, one-on-one interviews, readings and off-campus trips. After problems have been []
View Signature ExperienceThe Honors College Leadership Scholars
Honors College
Students participate in a unique program that combines workshops, student mentoring, selected readings and facilitated discussions to develop and reflect on leadership practices in the real world. This yearlong program includes monthly workshops, sessions to further discuss the application of specific concepts, and a final reflection project determined by the current participants.
View Signature ExperienceSustainability Scholars
Honors College
Students work across disciplines to research, imagine, create and implement strategies that will positively affect sustainability practices at the University of Utah.
View Signature ExperienceCapital Encounter
Hinckley Institute of Politics
This is week-long leadership opportunity takes place in Washington, DC for students who do not have the time to commit to a full semester. Students have the opportunity to meet with executives, spend time with a Supreme Court Justice, and interact with professional lobbyists and journalists.
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