Welcome
Mission
The Northern Leadership Center seeks to establish nationally recognized leadership training and development program and research through partnering with business, academic, and political leaders in a diverse environment.
The Northern Leadership Center (NLC) is the face for leadership initiatives at UAF, the link between leadership programs and the outreach arm to assist and coordinate leadership activities on campus, in the community and throughout the state of Alaska. Serving as the north and western resource for leadership programs, NLC focuses on developing pre-collegiate, collegiate, alumni and community leaders at the University and in the state.
UAF students are tomorrow’s local, state, and national leaders. The NLC offers Alaska’s emerging leaders the best environment and resources to develop their leadership potential and enhance their overall educational experience. The NLC fosters collaboration between academic and co-curricular programs, enabling leadership development at all levels.
News
UAF Summer Leadership Institute 2012 May 29-June 4, 2012
The 2012 UAF Summer Leadership Institute is now accepting applications for the May 29-June 4, 2012 program. The UAF Summer Leadership course is a one-week summer experience designed to develop leadership skills for students finishing grades 9-12. The curriculum focuses on leadership roles, team building, leadership styles, motivating others, civic responsibility, integrity, public speaking, project planning, and goal setting. Students live in the dorms, eat in the dining commons, enjoy the academic and social atmosphere and get a taste of college life. Students earn 2 college credits upon successful completion of the institute.
Applications are available by mail or online. The application deadline is April 10th, with preference given to those that apply by March 15th. Information regarding this program is available on our website at (http://www.uaf.edu/som/nlc/uaf-summer-leadership-201/ Feel free to contact Nicole Cundiff or Hope Bickmeier at 474-5942 or email at fynlc@uaf.edu.
Summer opportunity to attend a national political conference! Apply today!
The UAF Chancellor's Office is sponsoring one UAF student to attend the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC August 25-December 7 and one UAF student to attend the Republican National Convention in Tampa, FL August 18-31. Take advantage of this opportunity to see the United States' political process first hand! Apply online at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/UAFpoliticalapplication.
Deadline is Wednesday, February 15, 2012 @ 5:00pm.
If you have any questions, contact the Hope Bickmeier in the Northern Leadership Center at hope.bickmeier@alaska.edu or Dr. Rosenberg in Political Science at jrosenberg@alaska.edu.
Students Offering Leadership Development
Are you SOLD? (Students Offering Leadership Development)
SOLD is a student organization focused on community outreach and leadership development. Students work with the Northern Leadership Center in the School of Management at UAF to promote activities and events that help foster leadership.
For more information about their activities, visit the SOLD website.
Events
SOLD's First Meeting of Spring 2012
SOLD's first meeting for Spring 2012 will be on Tuesday, February 7th from 1pm-2pm in Bunnell 208D.
SOLD reaches out to High School Students
SOLD (Students Offering Leadership Development) visited North Pole High School and met with students that were interested in creating an organization like SOLD. UAF SOLD members advised the high school students about how to create a student organization, and also shared their experience on how to run it. Now, there is a SOLD junior group at North Pole High School which offers leadership.