SPACES AVAILABLE FOR 2008

July 13, 2008 - July 26, 2008

Student Leadership Development and Service Learning Institute

What does it take to become an emerging leader? Students will learn valuable skills necessary to rise up to the challenges of leading others in this intense program. Students will participate in group activities and seminars covering a broad range of leadership skills, including: Teamwork, Group Conflict, Communication, Diversity, Event Planning, and more. Students will also have the opportunity to partake in service learning opportunities in the Boston-area, applying what they have learned to serve others.

 Afterwards, relax on a tour through the Museum of Fine Arts, scream as you plummet on a roller coaster at Six Flags New England or indulge in some of the finest Italian pastries in Boston’s North End. It’s all included in the Student Leadership & Service Learning Institute. 

Suffolk University, founded in 1906 by Gleason L. Archer as Suffolk School of Law is now a comprehensive university located on Boston's historic Beacon Hill. With residence hall facilities on Tremont Street across from the Common and a new residence hall on Beacon Hill, the Law School building at lower Tremont Street and the New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University near the Public Garden in Park Square, the university circles the mid-town public parks in our urban version of the traditional campus quadrangle. The University enrolls more than 3,500 undergraduates from 29 states and 97 countries. In addition, there are over 1,500 graduate and professional students and over 1,700 students in the School of Law, bringing our total enrollment to approximately 7,000 students. Two-thirds of our undergraduate students are enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences, and 33% are in the Sawyer School of Management. Almost 20% are multicultural students. Suffolk students and guests have access to the wealth of resources found in the downtown centers of finance, health care, commerce, government and law. Enjoy close proximity to some of the world’s top cultural and tourist attractions.

Students will participate in group activities and seminars covering a broad range of leadership skills, including: Teamwork, Group Conflict, Communication, Diversity, Event Planning, and more.