梅勒妮Devera迪克西·里德
五年前，梅勒妮·德维拉（梅勒妮Devera）还是博彩平台（萨克拉门托 State）的一名本科生，她对带领40名同学参加一个研讨会感到紧张。
Today, she’s a captain in the U.S. Air Force and the maintenance flight commander at Moody AFB, in Georgia, where she supervises 170 men and women.
Her confidence has soared since college, thanks in part to 囊状态’s Leadership Initiative, a certificate program that immerses students in campus life and challenges them to become leaders.
德维拉是传播学专业的学生，2014年毕业时，她已经完成了所有四个级别证书的要求。 最后的证书要求她主持一个活动，所以她计划了一个时间管理研讨会，在那里她可以分享帮助她完成学业的技巧。
“When I was preparing the room, so many students walked in,” Devera recalls. “I initially got nervous. I’d done plenty of public speaking, but hadn’t taught anything with so many people watching. The workshop was a success, and it helped me find the confidence to lead a large group of people.”
她把在Sac州立大学学到的一些领导能力和网络技能博彩平台到她在空军的工作中。
“I encourage my airmen to seek connections, develop personally and professionally, and volunteer to help out the community,” Devera says. “I’ve learned that being involved in the unit and the community can benefit airmen tremendously throughout their career.”
自10年前成立以来，领导力倡议的参与人数已从最初的60名学生增加到400名学生，他们参加了每学期在校园举行的800场活动中的许多活动。
2009年，Sac州立大学的学生要求一个旨在补充课堂学习的课外证书课程，由学生组织和领导力（SOAL）管理的领导力倡议项目应运而生。 该项目基于领导力发展的社会变革模型，该模型提出了三套价值观来帮助学生成长为领导者：个人、团体和社区。
“Students may not be getting leadership development in their regular curriculum,” says Nicki Croly, SOAL interim director. “The Leadership Initiative helps them get additional skills and resources outside the classroom, regardless of their major.”
Students may earn four certificates in order – Green, Gold, Hornet, and Leadership Initiative – and the leadership-learning aspects shift a bit with each level, says Christina Armstrong-Smith, who manages the program.
学生们被鼓励慢慢地通过四个等级，每学期获得一个证书。
在这个过程中，他们学习如何创造和成为社会变革的一部分。 他们培养专业技能，以便毕业后随身携带。 他们与同学和博彩平台的教职员工见面并建立联系。 他们参与了大量的校园活动和资源。
“First-year and transfer students will have an immediate connection to campus,” Armstrong-Smith says. “They meet people, get to know about campus resources, and feel more confident. The program gives them the confidence to look into leadership opportunities and see themselves in those roles.”
“Leadership is within everyone, but it’s communicated differently,” Croly adds. “That’s where the confidence comes in. Students may find themselves in roles where they have responsibility, because they’ve been given the confidence to seek them out. Leadership doesn’t always have to come with a title.”