About Us
The Center for Leadership and Service serves as a connective resource, linking students, faculty, and staff with community agencies and individuals in need of volunteers. The Center for Leadership and Service sponsors events that are intended to give back to the community, like Adopt-a-Block, Make a Difference Day, and Alternative Spring Break. In addition, the center also maintains a database of community agencies and a calendar of date specific and on-going volunteer opportunities.
"Called to Serve... Inspired to Lead."
The University of North Texas Center for Leadership and Service provides opportunities and programs to develop students to become engaged leaders in the global community. Programs include:
- Training for students and student organizations to develop personal and organizational leadership skills.
- Opportunities for students to engage in leadership positions by planning and executing programs that impact the campus and the community.
- Short and long-term service programs to connect students with the Greater Denton and surrounding communities.
- Green Initiatives to enhance the campus and surrounding community.
Mission Statement
The mission of the UNT Center for Leadership and Service is to foster a lifelong commitment to civic responsibility among University of North Texas student; strengthen university-community relations; and to provide educational and leadership opportunities for active learning through a collaboration with students, faculty, and campus organizations.
The effort made through this mission relates to the University mission by emphasizing the importance of instilling in students, faculty, and staff a lifelong ethic of civic leadership and responsibility coupled with the learning that comes through reflection about their experiences. It is at that intersection of volunteerism, civic leadership, and responsibility that powerful neighborhoods of which the University is a member come together to address current social issues and problems in a systematic and collaborative way.
Vision Statement
The Center for Leadership and Service is dedicated to a strong and dynamic service vision that encourages greater involvement by students in order to broaden their experience and provide them with a link to the community in which they work, live, and study.
The University of North Texas Center for Leadership and Service serves as a connectivity resource, linking the students, faculty, and staff of UNT with the community agencies and individuals in need of volunteers. The Center for Leadership and Service sponsors events for the UNT Community, like Adopt-A-Block, Alternative Spring Break, and Outreach Day. In addition, the center also maintains a database of community agencies and an up to date calendar of volunteer opportunities. It is our hope that every UNT student will participate in at least one community service experience before graduation.