Living-Learning Communities provide new students with the opportunity to live together in a residence hall and take three classes together each semester.  The Emerging Leaders Community also provides first-year students with an in-depth look at leadership development, and challenges students to look at leadership in new ways. 

Many people think of leadership as a position you are elected to, appointed to, or achieve through competition. However, the Emerging Leaders LLC is guided by the principle that leadership is the action you take and relationships you make to create positive change in the people and community around you.

Students in this community will learn about various leadership topics, team-building, communication, and collaboration. Students also will discover and adopt their own leadership style, and put their knowledge and skills to the test by getting involved in the many leadership opportunities available on campus. Additionally, the Emerging Leaders Community provides students with the opportunities to make connections to other student leaders on campus.

Being heavily involved in high school clubs and organizations is certainly not a requirement for the Emerging Leaders LLC. You only need to have an interest in realizing and achieving your potential as a student leader on the USI campus.