Cultivating
University College houses one of KSU’s best-kept secrets—the Center for Student Leadership (CSL). Strategically located on the first floor of the Student Center next to the OWL Radio station, CSL offers programming to all KSU students.
CSL was designed to empower students to affect positive change in our local communities, in the lives of the students and those they touch, and in our global community. To realize its vision of developing the next generation of leaders, CSL is housed within University College and the Division of Student Affairs.
According to Judy Craven, director of the center, who has been a part of the center for eight years, CSL provides weekly, semester-long, and yearlong experiences to a broad range of leadership development and community engagement in local, national, and
international venues.
Craven explains that CSL uses various nationally recognized leadership models and that staff members design programs and initiatives to expand the scope of leadership development across the KSU campus. “Our staff is passionate. They are always learning and exploring and
tomorrow's leaders today
looking for new ways to deliver content. They recognize that they cannot be knowers of everything, so they seek out resources,” Craven said.
Craven explained that all
programming is grounded in
leadership theory and is inspired
by CSL’s values: authenticity,
collaboration, diversity, experiential
learning and student-centered
focus. Programs and initiatives are
assessed using standards prescribed
by the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS).
by Loretta Daniels