LEAD is organized around three themes and the underlying questions each theme generates.

• Engaged Citizenship: Who am I? Who are we? What are my strengths and weaknesses? How can I use these strengths to better work in teams or support my community?
• Managing a Lifelong Career: What am I going to do? What are my passions and interests? How can I integrate those passions and interests into my career? Looking beyond graduation, where do I see myself in 5 or 10 years?
• Gaining Financial Sophistication: How will I start to pay back student loans? How much money will I need to study abroad? What are job benefits, and why do I need them? How can I get my credit report?

LEAD: In More Detail

Engaged Citizenship

• Year 1: All incoming students will take the MBTI, a personality assessment test, online before arriving on campus. This assessment is interpreted in the CORE courses and gives students a tool to better understand their personality styles, which can help in communicating with others and working in groups.
• Year 1: Engage in experiences that will broaden cultural and/or community awareness:
  • Cook a meal at the Ronald McDonald House
  • Volunteer for COTS (a homeless shelter)
  • Participate in Tent City, a homelessness simulation event on campus
  • Mentor a child as a part of the DREAM program
  • Attend a facilitated dialogue about a controversial current affair or community issue
  • Attend a cultural simulation and enter a world completely different than your own
  • Propose an activity of your own design
  • ...and so much more!

Managing a Lifelong Career

• Year 2: Attend Sophomore Symposium, a conference-like program with a professional keynote speaker and breakout sessions on lifelong career management topics. (Learn more about Sophomore Symposium here.)
• Year 2: Learn how to strategically market yourself by attending a workshop with students in similar majors, facilitated by the Career Advisor from the student's division.
• Year 3: Expand ability to build a career by choosing from among many professional workshops - social networking, online job research, interviewing skills, etc.

Gaining Financial Sophistication

• Years 1-4: Develop basic financial literacy skills through in-person seminars and online activities:  managing a budget, understanding credit, buying a car, leasing an apartment, consumer protection and more.