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Leadership Programs

Leadership Community


Leadership, Learning & Life at UConn

The Leadership, Learning, and Life at UConn Learning Community is a cluster of first-year residents who live, study, and learn together. The Community will familiarize you with the University's values and the opportunities for leadership across campus, and will also offer you opportunities to explore your leadership potential, build your confidence, and give you skills to live a life of leadership.

This Living Learning Community is integrated into the residential aspects of students’ lives and focuses on promoting residents' connections to fellow students; developing individual leadership skills, promoting student/faculty contact by providing opportunities for meaningful interaction in and out of the classroom, and creating a supportive environment based on a mutual interest in individual leadership development.

Leadership Seminar
The Leadership Seminar (INTD-182) teaches students the importance of leadership and its applications in the community and in their lives. The class meets once a week currently during the Fall semester, usually Wednesday afternoons, and focuses on topics such as:

  • Ethical decision making
  • Time management
  • Professionalism
  • Group dynamics
  • Diversity
  • Communication

Through this experience students are also provided information about involvement and leadership opportunities across campus.

Integrated Leadership Development
Support and learning opportunities for students on the Leadership Floor are also provided by the in-class student mentor as well as the Community Assistant (CA) on the floor who will help lead the coordination and logistics of the learning community. These are a few examples of some programs the Leadership Floor has hosted in the past:

  • Genocide in Darfur: Informational Lecture
  • A Campus Discussion about Academic Integrity
  • Mentoring at a local high school
  • And more...

Leadership Floor students have had extremely positive experiences, which have influenced their UConn career. Many students have gone on to lead various clubs and groups on campus, and some have even created and led their own organizations.

For more information about the Leadership Living Learning Community contact: