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The Emerging Leader Program: Leaders for Others

Since its inception in 1988, the Emerging Leader Program (ELP) has earned the reputation of being a premiere leadership program for first-year students at Boston College. Each year, 50 first-year students are selected to participate in the one-year leadership development program. Guided by the Social Change Model of leadership development, ELP aims to form听leaders for others. By participating in ELP, students develop the leadership skills and competencies necessary to facilitate positive change on campus and in their communities.

This yearlong leadership development program will equip and empower students to engage in leadership during their time at Boston College and beyond through large and small group activities and discussions, events, experiential outings, service, and mentorship.

Application Deadline: Friday, July 10th, 2023 at 11:59 PM.

Program Highlights

Upperclassmen Mentors

ELP Retreat

ELP Small Groups

Weekly ELP Meetings

Signature ELP Events

Service Partnership

ELP Facilitators

Emerging Leader Program (ELP) Facilitators foster the leadership development of first-year students while also guiding them through their transition into the Boston College community. ELP Facilitators provide a meaningful mentoring relationship while helping new students learn what it means to be a leader for others.

The 2022鈥2023 ELP Facilitators

ELP Facilitators

Courtenay Lutz
Courtenay Lutz
ELP Senior Coordinator
LSEHD 鈥24, Applied Psychology and Human Development
Hometown: Denver, Colorado
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Courtenay Lutz

Courtenay Lutz

ELP Senior Coordinator

LSEHD 鈥24, Applied Psychology and Human Development

| Hometown: Denver, Colorado

Hannah Bingham
Hannah Bingham
MCAS 鈥26, International Studies
Hometown: Great Falls, MT
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Hannah Bingham

Hannah Bingham

MCAS 鈥26, International Studies

Hometown: Great Falls, MT

Charlie Burke
Charlie Burke
MCAS 鈥26, Economics
Hometown: Annapolis, MD
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Charlie Burke

Charlie Burke

MCAS 鈥26, Economics

Hometown: Annapolis, MD

Joseph Ikossi Le
Joseph Ikossi Le
MCAS 26鈥, Biochemistry and Economics
Hometown: Santa Clara, CA
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Joseph Ikossi Le

Joseph Ikossi Le

MCAS 26鈥, Biochemistry and Economics

Hometown: Santa Clara, CA

Tori Isernia
Tori Isernia
MCAS 鈥26, Biology
Hometown: Huntington, NY
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Tori Isernia

Tori Isernia

MCAS 鈥26, Biology

Hometown: Huntington, NY

Luke McDonald
Luke McDonald
MCAS 鈥26, International Studies
Hometown: Hingham, MA
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Luke McDonald

Luke McDonald

MCAS 鈥26, International Studies

Hometown: Hingham, MA

Joey Nassar
Joey Nassar
CSOM 鈥26, Finance and Marketing
Hometown: Lake Forest, IL
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Joey Nassar

Joey Nassar

CSOM 鈥26, Finance and Marketing

Hometown: Lake Forest, IL

Billy Peters
Billy Peters
MCAS 鈥26, Psychology
Hometown: Monroe Township, NJ
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Billy Peters

Billy Peters

MCAS 鈥26, Psychology

Hometown: Monroe Township, NJ

Nick Rabjohn
Nick Rabjohn
MCAS 鈥26, Economics and Psychology
Hometown: Solana Beach, CA
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Nick Rabjohn

Nick Rabjohn

MCAS 鈥26, Economics and Psychology

Hometown: Solana Beach, CA

Elizabeth Silva
Elizabeth Silva
CSOM 鈥26, Management & Leadership, Operations Management
Hometown: Chelmsford, MA
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Elizabeth Silva

Elizabeth Silva

CSOM 鈥26, Management & Leadership, Operations Management

Hometown: Chelmsford, MA

Kira Stoetzer
Kira Stoetzer
CSOM 鈥26, Undecided
Hometown: Honolulu, HI
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Kira Stoetzer

Kira Stoetzer

CSOM 鈥26, Undecided

Hometown: Honolulu, HI

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The Kevin M. Eidt Memorial Scholarship

The Kevin M. Eidt Memorial Scholarship is awarded annually to the freshman in the Emerging Leader Programwhose leadership skills and potential are best represented by Boston College鈥檚 philosophies of 鈥淓ver to Excel鈥 and being 鈥淢en and Women for Others.鈥

The scholarship recipient is selected by the director of the Emerging Leader Program and announced each year, at the end-of-the-year ELP banquet.

Kevin M. Eidt was a member of the Boston College class of 2000.听A freshman in the Emerging Leader Program, Kevin died of cardiac arrest during an intramural basketball game in the second semester of his freshman year. In recognition of the tremendous impact he made on the Boston College community in such a short time, Kevin was posthumously awarded the Nicholas H. Woods Leadership Award, sponsored by the Office of Student Development.听

In addition, the Liturgical Arts Group dedicated their "I Want to Praise Your Name" CD to Kevin and the men and women's intramural basketball championship trophy is named in his honor.听This scholarship was created as a legacy to a young man who, in one semester, made a positive impact on the BC community, lived the motto "Ever to Excel" and approached every day with the exuberance and determination to live life to its fullest.

The scholarship is funded by the Kevin Eidt Fund at Boston College, which is supported by alumni contributions and grants from the Kevin M. Eidt Memorial Scholarship Fund; a 501(c)(3) publicly supported charitable organization.

Past scholarship recipients

2024 | Allison Berg (Tacoma, WA)

2023 | Brody Whetzel (Salem, OR)

2022 | Aidan Mackey | (West Oneonta, NY)

2021 | Lauren Dadekian | (Upper Saddle River, NJ)

2020 | Audrey Davis | (Fanwood, NJ)

2019 | Henry Bayly | (Fort Myers, FL)

2018 | Fatoumata Sall | (New York, NY)

2018 | Noella D'Souza | (Sharon, MA)听Facilitator Award

2017 | Joan Kennedy | (San Antonio, TX)

2016 | Kandace Nguyen | (Morrero, LA)

2015 | Noah Groenewold | (Hinsdale, IL)

2014 | Alec Ellis |听(Winter Park, FL)

2013 | Christopher Klotsche | (Milwaukee, WI)