XCEL Center Mission Statement
The XCEL Center's mission is multifaceted, and includes the following areas:
- Connecting students with student organizations, student government, volunteering opportunities, mentoring experiences, internships and more
- Helping student organizations with ideas for recruiting new members, motivation, running more effective meetings, fund raising, publicity, conflict resolution, time management, programming ideas and more; students can attend campus-wide leadership conferences and workshops during the academic year.
- Helping students improve their public speaking/presentation skills through the public speaking lab
- Helping students develop and improve their interview skills through the mock interview lab
- Teaching students more about leadership issues, skills and theories
- Recognizing the achievements of student leaders and student organizations through annual programs such as the national "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges" program, Fall Student Leadership Meet & Greet reception, Winter Student Leadership Celebration and Spring XCELSIOR Awards.
- Providing resource information for the campus community on a variety of leadership skills/college life topics through the Resource Lending Library, X-File newsletter, Student Leadership Survival Handbook and twenty different Student Leadership Development Clearinghouse brochures.
- Training and coordinating the XCEL Leadership Consultants (XLCs) program.