Leader Scholar Communities (LSC)
Leader Scholar Communities (LSC)
Brandeis University's LSCs bring together incoming first-year students who share an interest in leadership, academic and co-curricular learning in a residential setting. Students in the programs will participate in experiential learning practicum linked to several related courses, with faculty members and other well-known speakers offering guest lectures at some or most sessions.
In keeping with the close, personal nature of the program, space is strictly limited. Students must submit their this application for consideration by April 1st, 2013. Below, please indicate your program of preference and submit a short essay. Final selection and notification will take place in mid April.
Please see the description of each of the 3 communities below.
Media, and Politics
This community will explore the current climate of politics, and how we as a society consume and communicate information. Students will be encouraged to broaden their awareness of media outlets, political spectrums, and social perspectives.Global Perspectives
This community will build critical thinking skills by theoretically and imaginatively moving from their own experiences out to the world across places, over continents and through different environments ('wild,' urban, rural, one's home and nation, etc.). It will explore how race and gender are formed and interweave to shape people's diverse experiences. Students are encouraged to explore these themes through their own cultural lenses and a series of meaningful real-world experiences.
Leadership in Health and Medicine
This community will explore the development of effective leaders and their impact on advances in human health and medicine. We will draw on a variety of theoretical and empirical materials as well as the expertise of practitioners and students’ own life experiences. Students will be expected to demonstrate their proficiency of the concepts discussed by engaging with a concrete issue in human health through a team consulting project.
For more information please contact Erika Lamarre, Director of Community Living at elamarre@brandeis.edu