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About the Student Connection and Leadership Center

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What is the Student Connection and Leadership Center?

We are a campus resource devoted to inspiring BYU students to create lasting connections, foster an inclusive campus, cultivate skills and talents, and live with integrity. We do this through providing Christ-centered leadership opportunities and creating meaningful student-focused experiences. We would love to have you get involved! Learn more about the Center, who we are, and what we do through the pages on this site.

Guiding Principles

Vision

We inspire BYU students to create lasting connections, foster an inclusive campus, cultivate skills and talents, and live with integrity.

Mission

We provide Christ-centered leadership opportunities and create meaningful student-focused experiences.

Five Year Strategic Plan

This document outlines the Center’s vision, mission, learning outcomes, values, and objectives for the 2023 through 2027 school years.

Values

The Student Connection and Leadership Center adopts the shared values of BYU Campus Life.
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Compassion

We approach our work in a spirit of kindness, charity, and understanding

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Discipleship

We aspire to follow the Savior’s example and emulate His attributes

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Student Focus

We proactively center our efforts and decisions on advocating for students and supporting their development

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Collaboration

We actively coordinate efforts across the campus community to strengthen our service to and support for students

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Empowerment

We respect student’s autonomy and support their efforts to identify and pursue their personal and educational goals

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Responsibility

We take responsibility for our duties, actions, and resources and seek to optimize services for students through assessment and evaluation

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Diversity and Belonging

We invite contributions from, respect the views of, create safe environments for, and support students and employees from all backgrounds, cultures, disabilities, ethnicities, life experiences, and perspectives

Learning Outcomes

Through involvement with BYUSA, and the SCL Center, students have an opportunity to be trained in, experience, learn, and develop leadership knowledge and skills. BYUSA leadership outcomes may apply differently in depth and scope based on the position a student holds, but the collective mastery of these outcomes provides an immersive leadership development experience.

As a result of participating in BYUSA and the SCL Center, students will be able to…
  • Recognize and model Christ-centered leadership principles.
  • Apply and model organization principles and values.
  • Provide quality service and demonstrate healthy teamwork skills.
  • Recognize and respect the variety of individual characteristics, life experiences and circumstances, perspectives, talents, and gifts of each person.
  • Understand and apply data-informed decision making.
  • Understand and apply an organization’s operations, policies, and procedures.