Leadership & Expectations

1. Please write a brief statement describing your interest in the Arizona Blue Chip Program and what
knowledge and skills you expect to learn.

2. What does the term “leadership” mean to you?

3. The core values of the Blue Chip program are: Service, Diversity, Excellence, and Integrity.
What do these values mean to you, and how do you apply them in your daily life?

4. Participating in the Arizona Blue Chip program is a yearly commitment including leadership courses,
weekly meetings, community service, and other requirements. How do you plan to balance your
academics, Blue Chip, extra-curricular activities, and other responsibilities?

5. Identify a key issue facing society and describe how you can positively impact it.

Pima Blue Chip Leadership Lodge

The Pima Blue Chip Leadership Lodge is a living-learning community located in Pima Residence Hall. This leadership community promotes academic success, encourages leadership development, and provides a variety of out-of-class learning experiences that challenge and engage Blue Chip Phase I and Phase II-IV students. These experiences include the opportunity to hold leadership positions on the Lodge programming and service teams, attend leadership workshops hosted in residence, take leadership classes in Pima, and participate in monthly lodge programs. Blue Chip students who live in the Leadership Lodge are expected to participate in Lodge sponsored activities. You can visit http://www.life.arizona.edu/undergraduate/cl/liv_learn_comm/bluechip.asp for more information about the Leadership Lodge.

If you are interested in living in the Leadership Lodge, please explain how living in the Lodge
will enhance your Blue Chip experience.

If accepted to live in the Lodge, how do you plan to connect the Blue Chip values
(service, diversity, excellence, integrity) to your residential experiences in Pima Lodge?

In order to be eligible to live in the Blue Chip Leadership Lodge you will have to apply for housing via Residence Life. Applications may be obtained at http://www.life.arizona.edu/ If you have not applied for housing you will not be considered.

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