The LeaderShape Institute held its pilot program in 1986 at the Allerton Conference Center near Champaign, Illinois. Originally developed by the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity as a means of improving campus leadership, The LeaderShape Institute now serves young adults representing a wide variety of organizations throughout the United States.
National, international, and campus-based sessions of LeaderShape are held throughout the year at the Allerton Conference Center and campuses across the country and around the world.
The mission of LeaderShape at Ohio State is to develop student leaders with a vision for the future, develop leadership skills, and build a network among students to lead to a better student experience for all Ohio State Students.
To date:
- Nearly 30,000 students have graduated from The LeaderShape Institute, since 1986.
- LeaderShape alumni include Google co-founder Larry Page, NFL quarterback Brian Griese, and ABC Family senior vice president of marketing John Rood.
- Over 80 campus-based sessions will be held in 2008 at institutions like Texas at Austin, Georgia, Miami (OH), Alabama, MIT, Florida State, Kansas, and Nebraska.
- Ohio State is one of seven Big Ten schools to host The LeaderShape Institute. The others are Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Penn State, Purdue, and Wisconsin.
- LeaderShape hosted its first international session in Doha, Qatar in the Persian Gulf in March 2007. Additional international sessions will be added in 2008 at campuses in Ontario, Canada.
- 54 Ohio State students graduated from LeaderShape in 2007.
Ohio State is fortunate to have Coca-Cola and the Ohio Union as sponsors again this year. Thanks to these sponsors, the program is completely free for all student participants.
