Leadership Development
App State is about developing leaders. We have excellent learning opportunities and programs that focus on leadership, education, and development that prepare you to lead in socially-responsible ways. Our office strives to help you develop life and career skills such as critical thinking, team development, conflict resolution, problem-solving, decision-making, communication, and consensus building. In addition, leadership opportunities and studies are a resume builder that stands out to employers who value leadership education and experience because it tells them that you are ready to accept the challenge to lead in an increasingly diverse and challenging environment.
Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) Team
The LEAD Team is a group of student leadership educators who support the Office of Community-Engaged Leadership’s mission by facilitating leadership workshops, supporting the appLEADs program, and developing leadership capacity individually in the hopes of helping students develop socially responsible leadership behaviors.
Plemmons Leadership Scholars
Plemmons Leadership Scholars (PLS) is a cohort-based scholarship program offered through the Office of Community-Engaged Leadership, available for up to 4 years. Each summer, ten scholars are accepted from the incoming first-year class. Scholars join an active community of approximately 40 current students and an alumni network of over 250 individuals.