Our Mission

Our mission is to facilitate leadership development and encourage student growth through a variety of programs, services, and activities.

Our Philosophy

Our Student Organization advising philosophy is based on the human development process and encourages student involvement and participation in purposeful group activities, or learning by doing. Students are encouraged to develop broadly based intellectual skills, life values from a global perspective, and a passion for life long learning. The advisor participates not as an expert, but as a collaborator in the learning process encouraging students to face challenging situations while creating avenues to reflect and act.

Students will develop if engaged in the following processes:

• Discussing the Leadership Values Framework and creating value-centered organizations and programs
• Promoting a critical thinking process that fosters:
  1. reflecting to gain new insights from mistakes, successes, and processes used
  2. encouraging respect for and integration of opposing points of view
  3. applying what has been learned in a practical context
• Collaborating with other organizations and departments and reflecting on the values of the collaborative process
• Training and improving group dynamics
• Examining life purposes and educational objectives
• Learning about relationships, both group and individual, and how to respond to them