EL: Leadership
Leadership activities require engaging in a substantial, immersive leadership experience or participating in leadership training activities outside the traditional classroom. These can be curricular, co-curricular, or extracurricular. The goal of these activities is to learn how to leverage the strengths of others to achieve common goals or to use interpersonal skills to coach and develop others. Examples of activities that meet this standard are peer leadership/mentoring experiences, resident/community assistants, student leadership roles in clubs, organizations, and student government, and leadership training, summits, and retreats.
Examples of Leadership
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Environmental Leadership Program (ELP)
The Environmental Leadership Program (ELP) is a non-credit, training and scholarship program offered through the Institute of Environmental Research and Education (IERE) for students who want to become environmental leaders. Students from any major or college can apply. In the current school year, 30 students representing 17 different academic departments were selected based on merit to enroll in the year-long program.The fall semester consists of environmental studies and science background education, professional development and training, and networking with community partners and employers. In the spring semester, ELP scholars collaborate with their community partners to execute an environmental project that is mutually beneficial for both the student and the organization.
The culmination of the program is the ELP Symposium at the end of the spring semester where students share their project with UNF and the larger community at a formal ceremony to recognize their work. Furthermore, each year at the ELP Symposium, outstanding work is recognized with Student of the Year and Poster of the Year awards.
Though IERE and the ELP are not directly affiliated with Brooks College of Health, many students from the college have participated in the program and currently a Public Health faculty member, Erin Largo-Wight, leads the program.
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Osprey Racing
Each year, the UNF Osprey Racing student club competes in the International Formula Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Collegiate Design Series competition at the Michigan International Speedway. In the 2022 year, the team placed 18th overall.The annual four-day competition hosts 120 teams from across the globe, with each team competing in three static and four dynamic events. The static events include a business presentation, engineering design evaluation, and a budget cost analysis. The dynamic events include acceleration, skid pad, autocross, and endurance/fuel economy testing.
The team of 16 students worked on the 10th rendition of the Osprey Racing vehicle created for the SAE competition. What is unique is that the team consists of a mix of engineering and business majors who work all year on designing and building the new race car. The 2022 edition included a completely, newly designed frame. Osprey Racing is an exemplar of interdisciplinary work and plays a significant role at UNF as a way for engineering and business students to work together to apply what they learn in the classroom. In addition, participation in the Osprey Racing Club has contributed to students being directly recruited and hired for jobs through exposure to employers at the SAE competition.