Leadership Education and Progress (LEAP) is a free foundational leadership development program open to all students at The University of Texas at Austin. LEAP provides participants the opportunity for self-exploration, and will help reframe the idea of leadership as a process, rather than a position. Additionally, participants will engage with a community to share, discuss, and reflect on a broad range of topics.

LEAP meets once a week for six weeks. In the Fall 2018 semester, there will be four session options are available to participants:

Orange Cohort: **No longer accepting participants
Mondays from 3:30-5 p.m. – 9/10-10/15
Tuesdays from 5-6:30 p.m. – 9/11-10/16

White Cohort:
Mondays from 3:30-5pm – 10/22-12/3 (no session on 11/19)
Tuesdays from 5-6:30pm – 10/23-12/4 (no session on 11/20)

The LEAP Program culminates on Friday, December 7 with a graduation celebration for all four cohorts. In order to graduate as an Exemplary Leader, you must attend all six sessions. Advanced Leaders must attend 3-5 sessions.

The deadline to register is 11:59PM on Wednesday, September 5, 2018. Learn more about LEAP here.

Questions? Please contact our office at utlei@austin.utexas.edu or 512-232-5163.

New Student Services is recruiting Orientation Advisors (OAs) for the 2019 orientation season!

OAs support and mentor new freshman and transfer students as they transition to The University of Texas at Austin and are among the first people new students and families meet when they come to campus. To prepare for this critical role, OAs receive extensive leadership training that serves them throughout their time at UT and beyond. They also learn valuable academic advising skills, write and perform in productions, develop creative media, plan large-scale events and much more.

If you are interested in being an OA, please attend one of the six information sessions from Oct. 9-22 at varying locations and times. Students from any college and classification are eligible to become an Orientation Advisor.

Students MUST attend one of the following OA Information Sessions to receive an application:

• Tuesday, Oct. 9, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Calhoun Hall (CAL) 100
• Wednesday, Oct. 10, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Graduate School of Business Bldg. (GSB) 2.126
• Sunday, Oct. 14, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Pharmacy Building (PHR) 2.108
• Wednesday, Oct. 17, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Garrison Hall (GAR) 0.102
• Thursday, Oct. 18, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Mary E. Gearing Hall (GEA) 105
• Monday, Oct. 22, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Burdine Hall (BUR) 106

For more information and to see the job description, visit orientation.utexas.edu/OA.