Office of Student Life

Student Staff

Leadership Development

Leadership Development student staff members provide critical support for several programs, including the Non-Profit Immersion Program and the LeaderShape Institute. These students take significant responsibility for the day-to-day execution of these programs and help maximize engagement and success for student participants.

OSU Votes

OSU Votes interns serve as student leaders for voter education, voter registration, and civic engagement across campus. The OSU Votes Intern position is designed to support the department’s mission and daily responsibilities while providing the student with hands-on, professional experience. This position focuses specifically on the delivery of civic engagement development programming to Ohio State students.

Student Leadership Advocates

SLAs are certified peer educators and dialogue facilitators who contribute meaningfully to the Ohio State community by leading workshops on more than 20 different leadership development topics. These workshops might be requested for student organizations, classrooms, residence halls, sororities, fraternities, and athletic teams, or they might be part of our open registration series titled Leaders Engaging in Actions for Development (LEAD). 

The mission of SLA is to make leadership education more accessible to everyone at The Ohio State University. SLAs can work an average of 5-8 hours per week, including staff meetings, training sessions, administrative tasks, workshop consultations, and facilitations. 

Applications to become an SLA open each Spring to join the hiring class for the following Autumn semester. If you have any questions, please contact Kristen Van Gundy at vangundy.48@osu.edu.

Leadership Development

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Naina Sarup

Student Lead, NPIP

OSU Votes Interns

Student Leadership Advocates

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Taylor Evans

Student Leadership Advocate

Prisha Patel

Student Leadership Advocate

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Oshin Samuel

Student Leadership Advocate

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Megha Saravanan

Student Leadership Advocate