Leadership
App State is about developing leaders. Whether you’re interested in taking one leadership course or earning the Leadership Studies (LDS) Minor, we have excellent learning opportunities that prepare you to lead.
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.
LEAD Team
LEAD Team members are current undergraduate students who serve as peer education facilitators. They are trained to facilitate a variety of leadership development workshops for all students on campus. LEAD Workshops are engaging, relevant, one-hour sessions for any group, class, or organization. Each workshop focuses on a different leadership topic or skill to foster your personal and professional development. You’ll get great experience and information to help you lead and be able to network with other students interested in leadership.
LEAD Workshop Series
Throughout September and October of the fall 2025 semester LEAD Team members and CEL staff will be helping promote leadership development for all students on campus. How, you ask? Through NEW Programming – our LEAD workshop series! There are 5 topics we are offering that students are able to engage with: Leadership Styles, Values Exploration, Resilience, Emotionally Intelligent Leadership, and Goal-Setting. Stop by our office (PSU 138) to grab a flyer with all the dates on it.
Session times and locations vary, so register for the workshop that best fits your schedule. If you complete all five (5) workshop topics, at the end of the semester you will be awarded a certificate! For questions or more information about this, email Kaleigh Del Greco (delgrecoka@appstate.edu).
Plemmons Leadership Scholars
Plemmons Leadership Scholars is a cohort-based, four-year scholarship program. Each summer, up to ten scholars are accepted from the incoming first-year class. Scholars join an active community of 40 students and an alumni network of over 250 individuals. Over four years, Plemmons Leadership Scholars foster strong connections with fellow scholars, program directors, and campus administrators; engage in academic and experiential leadership learning; and are challenged to create positive social change on campus and in the local community.