The office works with individuals and groups to assist them in understanding the nature of leadership and service, and in effectively carrying out these responsibilities. The office is the first point of contact for students, faculty or community members who want to be involved in providing or receiving service. The office works with faculty and students to integrate service with academics and instill in students a lifelong commitment to community service and leadership. The director serves as the advisor of Sources Of Service and the Student Leadership Council. While the Office of Student Leadership and Service subscribes to no one definition of leadership, the college's mission statement suggests that there are some key values that provide the context for any definition.
Every person has the capacity to be a leader.
Effective leadership is learned. Leadership is not always positional. A person does not need to be elected, appointed or hired to be a leader. Leadership is different than management. In general, leadership emphasizes people and has more to do with creating a vision while management emphasizes task and has more to do with getting work accomplished in an efficient manner.