Leadership Education & Action Program 
LEAP provides freshmen, from a wide range of backgrounds and with a variety of future goals, intensive leadership training and access to leadership opportunities. Freshmen apply during fall and sixteen students are chosen based on their potential for development.
This program provides intensive leadership training to help first-year students develop potential as future leaders at UCSB and beyond. LEAP offers students tools to better understand themselves as a growing leader, student and unique individual. Students will also focus on local/national/international issues that concern them and how they can create change as leaders. In the spring, the students will be paired with a staff/community mentor who will guide their further development in this issue/area of interest.
2007-08 and 2008-09 cohort reunion.
Students, this is a great program to learn about yourself, your style, your passions and your goals while building lasting connections and making new friends!
Only 12-16 students are selected each year, and each one must commit to do the work affiliated with the program.
Applications are available online now and due by Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Click here to proceed to the online application.
2009-10 LEAP Schedule
Fall 2009
- Kick-off Reception (Monday, Nov. 30, 5:30-7:30pm)
Winter 2010
- Enrollment in ED 20 with special LEAP discussion section (Wednesdays, 6:30-9:30pm)
- Mentoring by a student leader (5 hours total, to be scheduled at your convenience)
- One-Day Retreat (Saturday, Jan. 9, 10:00am-6:00pm)
- Student Mentor Meet & Greet (Wednesday, Jan. 20, 9:00-10:00am)
- Annual Conference for Student Leaders (TBA; attendance is optional)
- Lunch with UCSB Leaders (Friday, Feb. 5, 11:30am-1:30pm)
Spring 2010
- Enrollment in ED 120 (3 hours/week, to be scheduled around participants' classes)
- Mentoring by professional (10 hours total, to be scheduled at your convenience)
- Overnight Retreat (Saturday, Apr. 3, 9:00am through Sunday, Apr. 4, 7:00pm)
- Closing Event (to be scheduled in early June around participants' schedules)
What Past Participants Have Said...
- "I have established so many wonderful friendships and networking contacts through LEAP. I really feel like this program was more beneficial than I ever could have imagined."
- "I cannot say enough about how helpful LEAP has been. It has opened my eyes to the ways in which I can successfully be a leader on this campus."
- "I cannot remember a program that I have been involved in that has taught me so much about myself, brought me closer to my peers, and helped me realize my leadership potential. I strongly believe that this program is extremely beneficial for all freshmen and I feel that I was truly successful in my first year of college in terms of academia, social integration, and leadership because of my involvement with LEAP."
