Wondering what kinds of experiences will help you meet this requirement? Just remember these basics:
- Leadership doesn’t need an official title — what matters is what you did and how you interacted with others
- The key component is the 2-page (double-spaced) reflection on your experience, exploring how you grew as a leader and analyzing your successes, failures, and lessons you learned from the experience
- Many of the experiential learning listed above could be used as for the leadership requirement instead — what is crucial is the reflection paper that you write
- There is no minimum hour requirement for leadership experience.
Here are some examples that other students have successfully used, but again, remember — the most important part of meeting this requirement is the reflection paper that you write about it, and how it contributed to your growth as a leader.
- Serving as an officer for your club, sorority or fraternity
- Taking initiative to ensure the success of an event or project you’ve been involved in
- Teaching, whether formal or informal
- Mentoring others, whether formal or informal
- Facilitating discussions
- Providing others with guidance or support
- Serving as a peer advisor or educator
- Working in a job where you take responsibility
Check out these campus resources that often provide experiential and/or leadership opportunities:
- Holden Center
- GlobalWorks International Internships
- For journalism majors
- For family and Human Services majors
- For Environmental Studies majors
- For other majors: Ask your department!
Other advising resources available to you as a UO student interested in the program and in the Peace Corps include:
- Tykeson College and Career Advising
- UO Career Center
- UO Peace Corps Campus Recruiter – For advising about applying to and serving in Peace Corps, connect with UO’s Peace Corps Campus Recruiter. Applicants who connect with a recruiter are 55% more likely to become Volunteers.