About SLE
The Shocker Leadership Experience (SLE) is a 5-day, 4-night overnight experience designed for novice leaders looking to discover their leadership potential! Over 50 student attend and are each placed in a small group (hive) led by a faculty/staff and student leader. Students attend presentations, particpate in team activities, and translate their knowledge through small group discussions.
SLE is free to students and includes transportation, meals, lodging, and a commemorative t-shirt.
Shocker Leadership Experience 2025
May 19 - 23, 2025
Rock Spring 4-H Camp, Junction City, Kansas
Mission
To educate and inspire students to become multidimensional leaders who strategically develop positive relationships and enact change in the groups they serve in their community and around the world.
Learning Objectives
- Enhance the understanding and conceptualization of leadership as aprocess.
- Identify personal values and natural talents in relation to leadershippractice, through self-awareness and reflection.
- Understand the impact that leadership can have onrelationships/teams when practiced with compassion andauthenticity.
- Identify and develop an other-oriented purpose with tangible actionitems toward living a more purposeful life through leadership.
Eligibility
- Current degree-bound Wichita State student
- Must be in good academic and conduct standing
- Spring/Summer 2025 graduates not eligible
(Applications will open February 2025)