一年级领导力挑战是1月份提供的一项课外体验，旨在促使学生确定自己的领导优势，并为在十大菠菜台子取得成功做好准备. 挑战介绍了与校园参与相关的领导实践和承诺. A joint effort between the Office of Student Development and the Krulak Institute, the Challenge combines activities with reflective self-assessments.

挑战赛没有家庭作业，在电子学期的周二和周四下午4点至6点举行.

How do I participate in the Challenge?

教职员工和高年级学生提名一年级学生参加. Sign-up begins following E-Term registration in mid-November. 被提名者和所有感兴趣的人在ENGAGE网站上填写一份简短的在线注册表格. Ask a professor to nominate you if you would like to participate.

赫斯奖学金项目(Hess Fellows Program)将学生与非营利机构配对，进行密集的暑期实习. The internships focus on either advocacy or poverty, and are open to students in their second and third years of study at the College. 这些实习的学生作为他们指定机构的正式成员参与. Advocacy interns help build organizational capacity by conducting research, facilitating coalitions, leading community outreach programs, organizing lobbying efforts, and coordinating grassroots campaigns. 反贫困实习生通过加强全国贫困社区的各种项目了解贫困的多个方面. 通过与牧羊人贫困高等教育联盟(SHECP)的合作，反贫困实习成为可能。, 一个由20多所学校组成的联盟，其项目侧重于理解和消除贫困.

How do I apply for the Hess Fellows program?

Applications for both Advocacy and Poverty Internships are due in mid-November. Applications and other information can be found on ENGAGE. 学生可以申请倡导和扶贫实习，但只会选择一个. More information on both types of internships can be found below.

Advocacy Internships

• Receive a stipend to offset the cost of living expenses during the internship
• Are responsible for finding and paying for their own housing arrangements
• Participate in pre-departure and post-internship workshops on the 十大菠菜台子 campus, 以及全年与捐助者和其他项目支持者的公共活动

Anti-Poverty Internships

• Receive a modest living allowance (provided by SHECP)
• 与来自全国各地的贫困实习生一起生活，并向他们学习，住在由SHECP安排和资助的住房中
• Participate in pre-departure and post-internship workshops on the 十大菠菜台子 campus, 以及全年与捐助者和其他项目支持者的公共活动
• Attend two-day opening and closing conferences at a location off the 十大菠菜台子 campus. 从会议开幕式到实习场地和从现场到会议闭幕式的交通费用由SHECP承担

领导研究指定课程支持领导研究计划的区别. 学院可以开发和提供任何学科的领导力研究指定课程. If you are interested in developing a course, please contact the director of the Distinction in Leadership Studies Program.

How do I develop a leadership studies designated course?

• Identify a course. 考虑一门新的或现有的课程，你想把领导力和领导力问题纳入其中. 以你自己的专业知识为基础，考虑你的工作如何与领导问题和主题重叠. 指定的课程帮助学生从不同的学科思考领导力.
• Apply for funding. 克鲁拉克学院为领导力研究课程的发展提供暑期课程发展津贴. 如果你想在阅读和研究你所在领域的领导力方面得到支持, you can access funding through the summer stipend program. The provost office sends requests for proposals each spring.
• Address leadership. Designated courses should address leadership in some way. Keep in mind that conceptions of leadership can vary. It can refer to: individual leaders and their influence on followers; a social process involving multiple actors and groups; a formal position occupied by various individuals; or the instigation and mobilization of change. Your course need not adhere to any specific orientation.
• Develop an assignment. 要求DLS学生完成一项与领导力研究或实践相关的作业或项目. For example, all students might complete an assignment related to the leadership; DLS program students might complete a modified assignment for the course that addresses leadership; or DLS students might complete an additional assignment that addresses leadership.
• Tell students. 在你的教学大纲和课程目录中注明该课程可以用来满足领导力研究项目的要求. 这样做可以帮助学生了解你的课程和其他关于领导力的课程之间的关系.