Office of Leadership and Student Involvement
Student Involvement
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The Office of Leadership and Student Involvement provides leadership development experiences for students through workshops, events, and involvement fairs held throughout each academic year. There are over 200 organizations involved on campus in a variety of areas such as academic, athletic, games, religious, community service, and special interest. Below are some examples of why involvement beyond academic pursuits on campus matter.
| Social integration in college is most often connected to student involvement | Being involved provides you with an opportunity to be more connected to your school, find resources more easily, and meet more people (i.e., students and faculty/staff) to network with. |
| Students who are involved out of the classroom can perform better academically. | Involved students are better time-managers and have better critical thinking skills
than those that do not get involved. This translates to inside the classroom, thereby
enhancing your overall academic experience. |
| It’s not about the quantity of experiences you have but the quality. | Finding a few organizations you are passionate about can enhance your skill set beyond
what you receive inside the classroom. This in turn will make you more marketable
when you graduate and can help to secure a job. |
| Involvement helps build community. | Meeting new people and exploring new things helps you discover new interests and people
you have things in common with. |
| Being involved can actually help you persist and graduate on time. | Highly engaged students are more invested, which means they are more likely to come
back to school each semester than less engaged students. |