Leadership Programs
Certificates
Join us for a leadership certificate this fall! These are non-credit-bearing, co-curricular certificates that focus on a specific area of leadership. In Fall 2025, we’re offering six certificate programs:
Emerging Leader Certificate
This foundational leadership certificate program meets for one hour per week for eight weeks. Students will learn some leadership theories, values and strengths, goal setting and how to work across differences and commonalities. This is a great place to start your leadership journey if you haven’t figured out where you want to go.
Creativity in Leadership Certificate
In today’s dynamic world leadership demands more than traditional strategies, it requires creative thinking and innovation. The Creativity in Leadership Certificate will enable students to develop imaginative approaches to problem-solving, explore their own creative capacities and develop the creative confidence to step forward and drive innovation and change with their leadership.
Leadership & Wellbeing Certificate
With mental health awareness growing, as leaders, how can we help a team pursue our goals when someone is struggling? Learn self-care skills, about the dimensions of wellness, and about different leadership styles designed to support the growth of individuals. Students will design a wellbeing plan and know how to best serve their community while not pushing themselves beyond their limits.
Community Engagement Certificate
Students will gain an understanding of effective community engagement practices and will explore concepts such as collaboration, empowerment, and social justice, and examine their role in creating community partnerships. We will also investigate leadership styles and strategies that are effective in community settings and evaluate the impact of leadership on community outcomes and personal development.
Project Management Certificate
This certificate is designed to teach students agency and autonomy in their work. Throughout the eight-week certificate, students will design and plan their own project, with guidance and advice from the instructor. This certificate will feature independent work both within and outside of the weekly meetings so students can grow and practice their project management skills.
Leadership Portfolio Certificate
This is an opportunity for students to compile all their leadership knowledge, learning and experiences throughout their time at UD and beyond into a portfolio and presentation that will assist with interviews for internships, graduate school and full-time employment. Comprehensive reflection and demonstrated leadership learning are key components of this portfolio as analyzed along a path of personal and professional growth. Only students nearing graduation should register for this certificate.
What can you gain from a certificate in leadership?
- Enhance your resume with theoretical knowledge, practical skills and experiential leadership
- Understand that everyone has the potential to lead
- Understand that leadership development is an ongoing process
- Articulate a personal, demonstrated leadership style and application
- Appreciate and understand a diverse array of perspectives, cultures and style preferences
- Understand that leadership involves effecting positive change
- Learn skills that enhance your ability to build relationships and to manage an organization or team
- Improve your communication skills, critical thinking skills, problem analysis and management skills
- Engage in purposeful community service and reflection
Blue Hen Leadership Program
If you are looking for a well-rounded, in-depth leadership experience, check out the entire Blue Hen Leadership Program. While students can participate in any of these certificates on their own, if you would like to explore different types of leadership within individual leadership, team leadership and community leadership, this may be the program for you.
Leadership Consultants
Designed by students for students, our leadership consultants are a resource for your student organization to address concerns you might have and to understand and realize your team’s potential. Through personalized meetings, workshops, and goal management, we hope to see your organization thrive to learn, lead, and serve!
If you are interested in connecting with the Student Leadership Consultants, please complete this form and we will be in touch with you!
Request a Workshop
The Creative Leadership, Innovation and Service team is proud to offer a variety of workshops that can engage all members of the campus community on leadership topics. Use our Request a Workshop form below and choose from one of our available topics or request a customized workshop.
Workshop Topic Areas
- Personal Development
- Leadership Foundations
- Group and Team Dynamics
- Organization Effectiveness
