Two-Year Program | Applications for 2025-2026 Academic Year will open Fall 2025.
Each fall, the Yosemite Leadership Program accepts a new cohort of participants into the campus-based, co-curricular leadership development program. These groups are kept small intentionally to provide participants with a personal, high-quality experience in leadership development.
Cohort meetings for first-year students occur on Wednesday evenings from 4:30pm - 6:00pm. Wilderness and team-building activities occur on weekends roughly once a month throughout the academic year.
For questions, please contact us at lead@ucmerced.edu!
Applications are now closed!
Summer Internship | YLPSI applications are now closed! Summer Internship Applications for Summer 2025 will open in February 2025.
Each summer, the YLP provides UC Merced undergraduates the opportunity to live and work in a national park during a 12-week residential summer internship experience. Any UC Merced student is welcome to apply whether or not you have been involved in a campus YLP cohort. As a component of students' professional development, the summer internship has a separate, rigorous application process.
For questions please contact Sophia Basswerner at sophia_basswerner@nps.gov
