Summer 2016
Started in 2000, LEADS is an exemplary living learning community at ILLINOIS, widely LEADS Orientation Move-In Day recognized, emulated, and beloved by our students. Tuesday, August 16 Over the course of the summer, we will communicate regularly with you to share Freshmen participating in LEADS Orientation move in move in, fall orientation, and other important information and announcements.
We hope that you join us for our annual LEADS Fall Orientation Program on LEADS Fall Orientation Tuesday August 16 - Thursday August 18. Move in two days early, learn what LEADS Tuesday 8/16 - Thursday 8/18 is all about, participate in fun activities, and get to know other LEADS residents! Freshmen Move In Day Should you have any questions, please contact our program office at 217-244-9700 or Thursday, August 18 [email protected]. Freshmen NOT participating in LEADS Orientation move in Want to stay updated on LEADS? Be sure to LIKE us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/LeadsLLC) for information Classes Begin throughout the academic year. Monday, August 22, 2016 We are excited to have you join our community and can’t wait to meet you! Labor Day Holiday - No Classes Monday, September 5, 2016
Fall / Thanksgiving Break Nov 19 - 27, 2016
Meet the LEADS Staff Last Day of Fall Classes December 7, 2016 Jenn Smist, Program Director Jenn manages the administrative aspects of LEADS (recruitment, selection, orientation, Final Exams academic courses, programs, and resources). December 9 - 16, 2016 Kim Soumar, Hopkins Residence Hall Director Stay Updated on LEADS! Kim supervises all floors, Resident Advisors (RAs), and Multicultural Advocate (MA) within Hopkins Hall to ensure positive and healthy communities for our residents. LEADSLLC Angelina, Darrien, and Rory, LEADS Resident Advisors @IllinoisLEADS We are fortunate to have amazing paraprofessionals working with and living on LEADS! These RAs make LEADS and Hopkins a great place to live by offering programs, building a strong floor community, enforcing hall policies, and getting to know each student who lives in Contact Us: our community. LEADS Program Office 17 Weston Hall 217-244-9700 [email protected] A major benefit of living in a living learning community is access to on-site and high-demand courses. We encourage you to register for any of these that interest you, however none of our courses are required. The LEADS Fall Orientation Taking classes in a small collegial setting, with access to your instructors and is an optional program that your fellow classmates in your hall is a major benefit. These courses are for nearly all new LEADS full credit, some meeting degree and general education course requirements residents attend! while others are electives. These courses range from Leadership Studies to Move in early Sign Language to Public Speaking and more! Fun and exciting activities LEADS residents are also eligible for FREE MUSIC LESSONS! A lottery is held each semester for piano, guitar, or vocal lessons. Become familiar with campus & the LEADS LLC A copy of the LEADS course schedule is included as a separate document and Get to know new friends can be found on our website at www.housing.illinois.edu/leads.
Meet our staff! ** Be sure to tell your academic advisor that you are a LEADS student Planned by former LEADS when you meet during the summer to register for your fall classes! ** students just for YOU! Orientation Fee: $30 Covers your pre-contract Information about the LEADS LLC http://www.housing.illinois.edu/leads
View room assignment, roommate information, change your meal plan, make changes to bed configuration in your room (bunked, bi-level, etc.) starting in late June: http://www.housing.illinois.edu/MyHousing
Hopkins Hall Floor Plans & Room/Furniture Dimensions: http://www.housing.illinois.edu/hopkins under “Layouts and Floor Plans”
Interested in ordering a micro-fridge, linens, or carpet? Visit www.housing.illinois.edu/incoming for details. Deadline to order is early August.
Fall 2016 LEADS Orientation Leaders LEADS staff and students plan a Examples of Past Programs : variety of programs throughout LEADS Emerging Leaders the year. We encourage you to Program participate in anything that High Ropes Course interests you! iHelp Day of Service Interested in other programs or Illinois Leadership Center resources? Let us know! Workshops Halloween Party Canned Food Drives Resume Writing Workshops Business Etiquette Dinner Relay for Life LEADS Semi-Formal And many more each year!!
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
If you are participating the LEADS Fall Are you an international or out-of-state Orientation Program, you can move in student and need to arrive earlier on Tuesday, August 16 from than August 16? Early arrival housing 9am—4pm. Freshmen who are NOT information is available on the participating in the orientation program University Housing website at or other approved early arrival activity www.housing.illinois.edu/earlyarrival. can move in on Thursday, August 18. Additional information about move in If you need early arrival housing will be sent from University Housing in on Sunday, August 14 or Monday, late July. August 15, you can check in at the Move-in volunteers (i-Guides) will be Ikenberry North Area Office located available to help new students move into in Nugent Hall and pick up your keys Hopkins Hall on both Tuesday and to your room in Hopkins. The rate Thursday. Your keys can be picked up for early arrival housing is $60/night in the Hopkins Main Lounge during for each student and includes two official move in times (Tuesday & meals each day. The $30 LEADS Thursday from 9am—4pm). If you orientation fee covers your housing arrive outside of these times, you can and meals starting with dinner on pick up your keys at the Ikenberry North Tuesday, August 16. If you are Area Office located in Nugent Hall. participating in LEADS orientation, you will not be charged the early
arrival fees for Tuesday or Wednesday.
“Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart than a set of things to do. The visible signs of artful leadership are expressed, ultimately, in its practice.” ~ Max DePree ~
How do I know if LEADS is for me? Are there any requirements to live on What community service opportunities The LEADS LLC is for any student interested the LEADS floor? are available? in learning more about leadership and While participation in LEADS activities and The LEADS program is highly supportive developing leadership skills. You do not events is expected, there are no specific of local community service programs and need to have leadership experience or hold requirements. We expect that students projects. LEADS organizes community a leadership position to be a valuable selected to live in LEADS will fully partici- service opportunities for our residents to addition to the community. All LEADS pate in our programs to get the most out of participate in. In addition, the Office of residents are expected to get involved in their experience in our community. Volunteer Programs and service-based the community and have a positive impact student organizations offer a variety of within this dynamic living and learning Am I required to take LEADS courses? programs every month that LEADS environment. LEADS offers a wide variety of elective and students participate in. general education courses both in the fall What programs and events typically take and spring semesters that meet over in What leadership opportunities are place on the LEADS floor? Weston Hall. However, there is no course available for me in my hall? Beginning with fall orientation, LEADS requirement to participate in LEADS. LEADS students can get involved in residents never have to worry about being AGED 260 (Intro to Leadership Studies) is numerous ways right in Hopkins Hall! bored or finding ways to get involved! a very popular class among LEADS students Examples of groups within Hopkins and Our staff offers fun and interesting community and is also one of the required courses for LEADS are: LEADS Community Council, service and leadership programs and events the Minor in Leadership Studies. LEADS Ma’at Black Student Union, Hopkins Hall throughout the year. We offer an Emerging students also take free music lessons each Council, floor and hall-wide events and Leaders Program just for LEADS residents. semester in voice, piano or guitar; a lottery workshops, the LEADS Fall Orientation The LEADS Community Council plans for these lessons takes place during the first Team, and many housing student groups. programs for the floor, and there are many week of classes each semester. LEADS staff can also help you find great opportunities available in Hopkins Hall opportunities throughout campus that and beyond! Past LEADS programs included: What are some of the resources best suit your needs. open doors night, resume workshop, available to LEADS residents? What is the connection between LEADS multicultural events, teambuilding workshops, We are a small community with great and the Illinois Leadership Center? Business Etiquette Dinner, Leadership resources! We are fortunate to have a LEADS and the ILC have a very strong Certificate info session, “So you want to be a leadership library collection in the Residence partnership. Most LEADS students attend RA/MA,” BBQ, service projects, semi-formal, Hall Library located in the SDRP. We also I-Programs. A number of LEADS students and much more! have a floor lounge which serves as a great are also enrolled in the ILC’s Leadership study space. Our dedicated staff members Certificate Program. The LEADS program How do I register for a LEADS course? (Program Director, Resident Director, also offers one annual scholarship to The A complete list of LEADS courses is Multicultural Advocate, and three Resident LeaderShape Institute held in January. available on our website (http:// Advisors) are also excellent resources for housing.illinois.edu/leads). You can register personal, academic, social, and leadership Is there an additional cost to live in for a LEADS course like any other course. development. The LEADS Program Office is LEADS? Remember to inform your academic advisor located in the basement of Weston Hall Yes, there is an additional $200 fee that you are a member of the LEADS where there are three classrooms, a per year that covers the resources, community so that you can see if these resource area, and offices. staff and services available exclusively classes fit your schedule. for LEADS residents.