Release the Leader Within
At the University at Albany, you’ll embrace challenges and seize opportunities, especially in leadership. You’ll harness your initiative to achieve goals, learn from mistakes and grow more resilient and adaptable. Your hard work, authenticity and integrity will earn you respect while inspiring others and enhancing your listening, decisiveness, judgment and communication skills.
The Office of Student Activities (OSA) offers impactful leadership development programs using evidence-based approaches. OSA champions volunteer leadership, encouraging you to give back to the community and develop essential life and leadership skills through meaningful action.
Find a Service Opportunity
Discover volunteer opportunities through Engage UAlbany, in partnership with United Way of the Greater Capital Region.
Contribute your time, talent, and energy to meaningful projects to support over 100 nonprofits in Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady and Schoharie counties.
Through Engage UAlbany, you can search for opportunities by interest, date, location or organization as well as track your hours and view your service resume.
Find a Leadership Opportunity
Our "Core Leadership Competency" framework provides a roadmap for leadership development. Services and programs include:
Leadership Workshops
Targeted, competency-focused workshop programs for student leaders, student staff and professionals.
Leadership Coaching
One-on-one or small cohort sessions with individualized support and development.
Champions for a Cause
Servant leadership programs connecting student organizations and departments with aligned community organizations and their cause.
Leadership Academy
An invite-only cohort of incoming students who participate in a weekly leadership development program designed to prepare you to be successful leaders on campus, in the community and in your future career.
UAlbany Votes
A non-partisan committee of student leaders, faculty, staff and University partners, working to promote a culture of civic engagement.
We advise several student organizations including:
- Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society
- The National Society of Leadership and Success
- Alpha Phi Omega, the National Service Fraternity
We also support the School of Education's Department of Educational Policy & Leadership’s Leadership Minor, an 18-credit opportunity open to students of all majors.