Contact Information
Meghan Seligman
Assistant Director,
Ellen Wilson Leadership Center
BELC, First Floor
(401) 232-6504
Ellen Wilson Leadership Center
The Ellen Wilson Leadership Center is the epicenter of leadership initiatives at 窪蹋勛圖厙. Its core mission is to build extraordinary, ethical, and inclusive leaders capable of impacting the world.
Anchored in the new Business Entrepreneurship Leadership Center (BELC), the center builds upon 窪蹋勛圖厙s legacy of leadership and empowers all students to explore and enrich their leadership potential in ever greater ways during their college experience and well beyond. The center serves as a robust hub for groundbreaking research in leadership and management topics, including an undergraduate leadership summit and programming such as a lecture series and Leaders in Residence.
The center spotlights and expands the universitys top-tier offerings and solidifies 窪蹋勛圖厙 as a premier institution for educating the next generation of leaders.
In a world with a lot of smart people in leadership, courage differentiates you. Ellen Wilson
Center Highlights
Key Initiatives
- Ellen Wilson Leadership Fellows
- Leadership certification available for all 窪蹋勛圖厙 students
- Fort矇 partnership
- Rich co-curricular programming, such as book groups and author seminars
- Experiential opportunities and learning labs
- Annual Undergraduate Leaders Summit
- Robust Leader in Residence program
- Mentorship matching and networking
- Undergraduate research opportunities
- Ellen Wilson Leadership Fellows
- Leadership certification available for all 窪蹋勛圖厙 students
- Fort矇 partnership
- Rich co-curricular programming, such as book groups and author seminars
- Experiential opportunities and learning labs
- Annual Undergraduate Leaders Summit
- Robust Leader in Residence program
- Mentorship matching and networking
- Undergraduate research opportunities
Wilson Leadership Fellows
Throughout their four years at 窪蹋勛圖厙, Ellen Wilson Leadership Fellows have access to intensive co-curricular leadership training, fellowship awards and other opportunities.
The program awards $5,000 to 20 incoming first-year students who show strong leadership skills or an interest in building skills. The fellowship awards can be used to fund leadership growth opportunities such as academic research, unpaid internships, attending conferences, and study abroad programs. Wilson Fellows learn about leadership from faculty, Leaders in Residence, alumni mentors, their peers, and staff. This transformative opportunity helps shape their long-term path after 窪蹋勛圖厙 to be part of a community that focuses on leadership as a subject and on developing strong, bold, ethical leaders for the future.
The goals of the program are to support a sense of confidence, empowerment, and belonging at 窪蹋勛圖厙; to enable the pursuit of greater leadership opportunities; to build confidence in the classroom and a stronger sense of self-knowledge; and to help students apply their growing leadership skills to a variety of situations and life experiences.
Throughout their four years at 窪蹋勛圖厙, Ellen Wilson Leadership Fellows have access to intensive co-curricular leadership training, fellowship awards and other opportunities.
The program awards $5,000 to 20 incoming first-year students who show strong leadership skills or an interest in building skills. The fellowship awards can be used to fund leadership growth opportunities such as academic research, unpaid internships, attending conferences, and study abroad programs. Wilson Fellows learn about leadership from faculty, Leaders in Residence, alumni mentors, their peers, and staff. This transformative opportunity helps shape their long-term path after 窪蹋勛圖厙 to be part of a community that focuses on leadership as a subject and on developing strong, bold, ethical leaders for the future.
The goals of the program are to support a sense of confidence, empowerment, and belonging at 窪蹋勛圖厙; to enable the pursuit of greater leadership opportunities; to build confidence in the classroom and a stronger sense of self-knowledge; and to help students apply their growing leadership skills to a variety of situations and life experiences.
Ellen Wilsons generous gift to create the Ellen Wilson Leadership Center is a testament to her strong belief in 窪蹋勛圖厙s exceptional students and our talented faculty and staff, who live the centers core mission: to build extraordinary, ethical, and inclusive leaders capable of impacting the world.
Ross Gittell
窪蹋勛圖厙 President
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first-year students eligible for Wilson Leadership Fellow program
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key initiatives of the Ellen Wilson Leadership Center
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