Important Dates Summer 2017 LEADS Orientation Move-In Day Tuesday, August 22 For freshmen participating in LEADS Orientation

LEADS Fall Orientation Tuesday 8/22 at 5pm through Thursday 8/24 at 3pm

Welcome to the LEADS Living Learning Community!! Freshmen Move In Day Started in 2000, LEADS is an exemplary living learning community at ILLINOIS, Thursday, August 24 widely recognized, emulated, and beloved by our students. For freshmen NOT participating in LEADS Orientation During the summer, we will communicate regularly with you via email to share move in, fall orientation, and other important information and announcements. Classes Begin Monday, August 28, 2017 We hope you join us for our annual LEADS Fall Orientation Program from Tuesday August 22 - Thursday August 24. Move in early, learn what LEADS is all Labor Day Holiday - No Classes about, participate in fun activities, and get to know other LEADS residents! Monday, September 4, 2017

If you have any questions, Fall / Thanksgiving Break please contact the LEADS Nov 18 - 26, 2017 program office at 217-244-9700 or Last Day of Fall Classes [email protected]. December 13, 2017

We are excited to have you Final Exams join our community and December 14 - 21, 2017 can’t wait to meet you! Spring Semester Classes Begin Jenn Smist Tuesday, January 16, 2018 LEADS Program Director Spring Break March 17 - 25, 2018 Welcome to the Last Day of Spring Classes LEADS Family!! May 2, 2018

Final Exams May 4 - 11, 2018 Meet the LEADS Staff Stay Updated on LEADS! Jenn Smist, Program Director Jenn manages the administrative aspects of LEADS (recruitment, orientation, academic courses, LEADSLLC programs, and resources). Kim Soumar, Hopkins Residence Hall Director @IllinoisLEADS Kim supervises all floors, Resident Advisors (RAs), and Multicultural Advocate (MA) within Hopkins Hall to ensure positive and healthy communities for our residents. Contact Us: Dy’Min, Haley, and John LEADS Resident Advisors LEADS Program Office We are fortunate to have amazing paraprofessionals working with and living on the LEADS floor! 17 Weston Hall These RAs make LEADS a great place to live by offering programs, building a strong floor 217-244-9700 community, enforcing hall policies, and getting to know each student who lives in our community. [email protected] LEADS Academic Courses Fall Orientation A major benefit of a living learning community is access to on-site and high-demand courses. We encourage you to register for any of these that Program 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 Sign Language to Public Speaking and more!  Move in early  Fun and exciting activities LEADS residents are also eligible for FREE MUSIC LESSONS! A lottery is held at the start of 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 can be found on our website at www.housing.illinois.edu/leads.  Get to know new friends  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 Helpful Websites Covers your pre-contract housing, meals, and a t-shirt Information about the LEADS LLC: http://www.housing.illinois.edu/leads View room assignment, roommate information, change your meal plan, change the 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. LEADS Programs LEADS staff and students plan a variety of programs throughout the year. We encourage you to participate in anything that interests you! Interested in other programs or resources? Let us know! Examples of Past Programs :

 LEADS Emerging Leaders Program  iHelp Day of Service  Women in Leadership Workshop Series  Illinois Leadership Center Workshops  Party  Canned Food Drives  Resume Writing Workshops  Business Etiquette Dinner  Relay for Life  Campus Day of Service  LEADS Semi-Formal Fall 2016 LEADS Emerging Leaders  And many more each year!!

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~

August Move-In Information

If you are participating the LEADS Fall Orientation Are you an international or out-of-state student and need Program, you can move in on Tuesday, August 22 from to arrive earlier than August 20? Early arrival housing 9am—4pm. Freshmen who are NOT participating in the information is available on the University Housing LEADS orientation program or other approved early website at ww.housing.illinois.edu/earlyarrival. arrival activity can move in on Thursday, August 24. If you need early arrival housing on Sunday, August 20 Additional information about move in will be sent from or Monday, August 21, you can check in at the Ikenberry University Housing in late July. North Area Office located in Nugent Hall and pick up Move-in volunteers (i-Guides) will be available to help your keys to your room in Hopkins. The rate new students move into Hopkins Hall on both Tuesday for early arrival housing is $60/night for each student and Thursday. Your keys can be picked up in the and includes two meals each day. The $30 LEADS Hopkins Main Lounge during official move in times orientation fee covers your housing and meals starting (Tuesday & Thursday from 9am—4pm). If you arrive with dinner on Tuesday, August 22. If you are outside of these times, you can pick up your keys at the participating in LEADS orientation, you will not be Ikenberry North Area Office located in Nugent Hall. 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 ~

LEADS Frequently Asked Questions

How do I know if LEADS is for me? Are there any requirements to live in the What community service opportunities The LEADS LLC is for any student LEADS LLC? are available? interested in learning more about While participation in LEADS activities and The LEADS program is highly supportive leadership and developing leadership events is expected, there are no specific of local community service programs and skills. You do not need to have leadership requirements. We expect that students projects. LEADS organizes community experience or hold a leadership position selected to live in LEADS will fully service opportunities for our residents to to be a valuable member of the participate in our programs to get the most participate in. In addition, of community. All LEADS residents are out of their experience in our community. Volunteer Programs and service-based expected to get involved in the student organizations offer a variety of community and have a positive impact Am I required to take LEADS courses? programs every month that LEADS within this dynamic living and learning students participate in. environment. LEADS offers a wide variety of elective and general education courses both in the fall What leadership opportunities are What programs and events typically and spring semesters that meet over in Weston Hall. However, there is no course available for me in Hopkins Hall? take place on the LEADS floor? requirement to participate in LEADS. LEADS students can get involved in Beginning with fall orientation, LEADS AGED 260 (Intro to Leadership Studies) is a numerous ways right in Hopkins Hall! residents never have to worry about very popular class among LEADS students Examples of groups within Hopkins and being bored or finding ways to get and is also one of the required courses for LEADS are: LEADS Advisory Council, involved! Our staff offers fun and the Minor in Leadership Studies. LEADS Ma’at Black Student Union, Hopkins Hall interesting community service and students also take free music lessons each Council, floor and hall-wide events and leadership programs and events semester in voice, piano or guitar; a lottery workshops, the LEADS Fall Orientation throughout the year. We offer an for these lessons takes place during the first Team, and many housing student groups. Emerging Leaders Program just for week of classes each semester. LEADS staff can also help you find LEADS residents. LEADS residents plan opportunities throughout campus that programs for the floor, and there are What are some of the resources available best suit your needs. many great opportunities available in to LEADS residents? Hopkins Hall and beyond! Past LEADS What is the connection between LEADS We are a small community with great programs included: open doors night, and the Illinois Leadership Center? resources! We are fortunate to have a resume workshop, multicultural events, LEADS and the ILC have a very strong leadership library collection in the teambuilding workshops, time partnership. Most LEADS students attend Ikenberry Residence Hall Library located in management workshops, Business I-Programs. A number of LEADS students the SDRP. We also have a floor lounge and Etiquette Dinner, Leadership Certificate are also enrolled in the ILC’s Leadership a study room on the 1st floor just for info session, “So you want to be a RA/ Certificate Program. The LEADS program LEADS residents which serve as a great MA,” BBQ, service projects, field trips, also offers one annual scholarship to The study space. Our dedicated staff members semi-formal, and much more! LeaderShape Institute held in January. (Program Director, Resident Director, How do I register for a LEADS course? three Resident Advisors, and Multicultural Advocate) are also excellent resources for Is there an additional cost to live in the A complete list of LEADS courses is personal, academic, social, and leadership LEADS LLC? available on our website development. The LEADS Program Office is Yes, there is an additional $200 fee (http://housing.illinois.edu/leads). You located in the basement of Weston Hall per year that covers the resources, can register for a LEADS course like any where there are classrooms, a study area, staff and services available exclusively other course. Remember to inform your and offices. for LEADS residents. academic advisor that you are a member of the LEADS LLC so that you can see if these classes fit your schedule.