Leadership by Design..

Faculty member Mary Fortune, service-learning director Mary D’Alleva, and two students came together to develop student leadership positions that support RECR 4502: Special Event Planning -- a service-learning course where enrolled students develop a “Leadership By Design” Summer Day Camp for at-risk high school students. Student leaders are involved in all stages of the project. Some of their responsibilities include: designing camp activities for youth, conducting outreach to other student organizations, recruiting and training other students to serve as camp volunteers, securing funds, recruiting youth participants, and organizing logistics such as housing, food and meeting locations. After a successful Leadership By Design Summer Camp in August of 2010, the team is now focusing on how sustain the camp and build a leadership institute for students. Future plans are to improve, sustain and replicate this model to other service-learning courses.