The Global and Community Leadership (GCL) Honors Program is for students searching for a deeper understanding of global and community issues and a way to relate those issues to their own values and goals.  Faculty mentoring, specialized courses, service-learning, and international and community learning experiences encourage students to take leadership roles in campus and community organizations.  Students also form a community with like-minded peers who share their goals for the future.  Together, they investigate, analyze, and seek to understand the many common concerns faced by societies around the world, and they prepare for the leadership roles that can help address those concerns.

Underpinning GCL Honors is a view of change-oriented action, with each component playing an integral role to the sum of its parts:

• Global- Recognizing the interconnected nature of today’s world, so that all issues—whether international or local—are approached with respect for and competence in the intricate nature of community issues
• Community- Learning within the environment and applying knowledge to an issue that affects people
• Leadership- Understanding oneself, having a passion towards and great knowledge on some issue or topic and executing through initiative and action.

We hope you’ll explore how GCL’s mission and outlook assist students in realizing their leadership potential. View the video below for a snapshot of their experiences, too.