What are the Leadership Programs?

Lawrence Tech University offers a comprehensive undergraduate leadership curriculum with an optional leadership certificate, many co-curricular and extra curricular acitivities, opportunities to develop diversity awareness and participate in study abroad and other international experiences, and coordinates service learning and volunteer opportunities for students.

The undergraduate leadership curriculum is the primary focus of the leadership programs offered at the university. The Office of Leadership Programs overseas the implementation and successful completion of the undergraduate leadership curriculum and coordinates with academic programs to promote leadership development and practice in the classroom. We work to ensure all students develop their leadership skills with an emphasis on character, professionalism, and integrity.

What is the Value of a Leadership Education?

Lawrence Tech University thinks of its students as "Leaders in the Making." As such, the leadership program is unique because it includes a curriculum required for all undergraduate students. Once they enroll at the university, students take courses and participate in leadership experiences during each year at Lawrence Tech. The main leadership courses support and are supported by the core curriculum and the courses offered in individual majors. A comprehensive leadership education not only gives students insight into and opportunities for leadership development, it reinforces the development of critical thinking, teamwork, and communication.

As a technological university, we are committed to graduating students who have practiced and developed the skills in their specific disciplines. Now Lawrence Tech is taking its commitment even further with its comprehensive leadership program so that students graduate with both the technological and leadership skills they need to be successful professionals.

Vision
To offer a quality comprehensive leadership development program for all Lawrence Tech students at all academic levels.

Mission
To ensure all Lawrence Tech students engage in curricular and co-curricular experiences that will enable them to practice and develop the leadership skills they need to make positive contributions to society and in their professional lives. The leadership program will be distinguished for its comprehensive core curriculum that integrates principles of leadership and entrepreneurship within social and global contexts.

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."
--John Quincy Adams