SOPHOMORE LEADERSHIP SEMINAR
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
What is the seminar?
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Two hour per week program designed to instruct
our sophomore Liberal Arts and Sciences students on
the critical thinking and leadership skills needed to
excel in a rapidly changing world
Will combine experiential and class based learning
to develop leadership skill sets
Pilot program
Origins of the Leadership Seminar
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Desire to implement cross discipline leadership
education for sophomore students
Opportunity to provide sophomores with more
connection to the College of Liberal Arts and
Science
Opportunity to develop mentoring opportunities
with upper division ambassadors
Leadership Curriculum
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Developed and tested with the CLAS Ambassadors
Theoretical instruction combined with experiential
opportunities that allow theory to be put into
practice
Mentoring based with teams matched up with upper
division CLAS leaders
First Semester Modules
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Theoretical Leadership
Personal Values
Leadership Skills and Team Building
Goal Setting
Second Semester Modules
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Vision Building
Establishing Credibility and Commitment
Vision Implementation
Reflections on Success and Failure
Expectations
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Seminar students must be Liberal Arts and Sciences
Sophomores
Seminar students must maintain a 3.0 UF GPA
Attendance at the Thursday 3-4th period seminar is
mandatory
Some outside commitments (limited though)
Application Timeline
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First class of 25
Paper Applications due April 19th at 5pm to 100
Farrior Hall
advising.ufl.edu/information/leadership.html
Final selection by the end of the semester
Questions?
Contact Information
Nick Mrozinske nickmroz@advising.ufl.edu
Mandi Santos msantos@advising.ufl.edu