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Spring 2025 - Student Leadership Awards

April 25, 2025
Merced, Calif. — April 25, 2025 — UC Merced recognized the initiative, innovation, and impact of its outstanding student leaders during the annual Student Leadership Awards Ceremony, hosted by the...

2024 Leadership Conference Inspires Students with the Theme “Sculpting Your Leadership Style”

November 22, 2024

On Saturday, September 28th, the Margo F. Souza Student Leadership Center hosted the highly anticipated 2024 Leadership Conference, an empowering event centered around the theme "...

Lift While You Lead End-of-Year Celebration Honors First Post-Pandemic Cohort of Mentors

May 5, 2023

For the first time since 2019, a full year of Lift While You Lead (LWYL) has successfully been completed! Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the program was temporarily put on hold, but in Fall...

The Leadership & Service LLC learns teamwork at our Spring 2020 Retreat!

January 28, 2020
The Leadership & Service Living Learning Community is starting Spring 2020 semester strong! On MLK Weekend, the Leadership & Service LLC Students embarked on a 2-day retreat in the Bay Area. They visited California State Park (Mt Tamalpais) on  to learn about...

The Souza Leadership Center welcomes young leaders from Merced!

December 1, 2019
The Souza Leadership Center welcomes young leaders from Merced!  The Margo F. Souza Student Leadership Center welcomed youth from various high schools in Merced who are participants of the Jr. Leadership Merced program run by the Merced Chamber of Commerce.  The Souza Center...

RSVP for our First-Generation Professionals Panel on Thursday, Nov. 7th 5p -6:30p in COB2-390 !

November 4, 2019
The kickoff event for UC Merced's First-Generation Student Celebration Day is taking place on Thursday, Nov. 7th 5p - 6:30pm in Classroom Office Building 2 (COB2) Room 390!  This event is open to all members of the UC Merced community.  RSVP HERE FIRST-GENERATION PANELISTS:...

Read our Fall 2019 Opening Report! - The Souza Leadership Center

October 11, 2019
We are excited to have started out the year strong with both new and returning programs, as well as a new staff member!  Read our Fall 2019 Opening Report by clicking the link below. Fall 2019 Opening_Report_-_Margo_F._Souza_Student_Leadership_Center.pdf Visit the Margo F....

The 2019 UC Merced Leadership Conference features all-alumni cast for the first time in conference history!

October 2, 2019
The 2019 UC Merced Leadership Conference features all-alumni cast for the first time in conference history! This year's UC Merced Leadership Conference was like no other. This one was extra special. This year, all the speakers were UC Merced alumni - all of whom were excited to...

The Yosemite Leadership Program welcomes its newest cohort of UC Merced student leaders!

September 20, 2019
The Yosemite Leadership Program welcomes its newest cohort of 26 UC Merced student leaders!  The Yosemite Leadership Program (YLP) welcomed it's newest cohort of 26 young leaders after a competitive application process. This 2-year leadership program is an innovative collaboration...

The Study Abroad Leadership Debrief explores leadership lessons with UC Merced students who have returned from overseas!

September 17, 2019
The Study Abroad Leadership Debrief explores leadership lessons with UC Merced students who have returned from overseas!     The Margo F. Souza Student Leadership Center partnered with the Office of International Affairs at UC Merced for the first ever Study Abroad...

The Leadership & Service LLC kicks off with the Fall 2019 Leadership Retreat

August 29, 2019
The Leadership & Service Living Learning Community (LLC) starts off strong with their Fall 2019 Leadership Retreat.    The Leadership & Service Living Learning Community (LLC) is a collaboration of the Margo F. Souza Student Leadership Center, the Community Engagement Center...

'Red Carpet' Event Honors Exceptional Leadership

May 1, 2018
At the 14th annual UC Merced Leadership Awards, undergraduate and graduate students, faculty advisors and student organizations were celebrated Hollywood style — complete with cameras, lights and a “red carpet” entrance — for their service to the campus community and beyond...

Conference Boosts Students’ Leadership Skills, Confidence

October 18, 2017
The text below was first published on the UC Merced website at this link: http://news.ucmerced.edu/news/2017/conference-boosts-students-leadership-skills-confidence By Brenda Ortiz, University Communications October 5, 2017 UC Merced students had the chance to gain...

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