Level Three

Level 3 of the Medallion Program focuses on the implementation of all six domains to elevate your leadership style. To successfully complete this portion of the program you will need to complete the following:

  • Level 1 and Level 2 of the Medallion Program
  • A leadership class OR a specialization project
    • A mid-point evaluation when half-way through your project or class
  • The Level 3 assessment
    • The assessment can be found in your Medallion checklist on CCC.
    • You will be asked to reflect thoughtfully on the following questions:
      • Summarize your project or class. Which community challenges did you identify and what was your strategy for improvement?
      • How did you utilize other people and resources in order to achieve a common goal in your project or class?
      • Provide a detailed description of the impact of your involvement on the campus and/or in the community. Have your actions led to improvement in the community?
      • How has your view of leadership changed during your time at the University of Rochester?

Leadership Class

For this class to count toward your Level 3 requirements, you must complete the class after finishing Level 1 and Level 2, but within a semester of when you want it to count toward completing Level 3. You must inform us of your intent to take one of the approved classes for Medallion Level 3 prior to registration. Please send an email to medallion@rochester.edu to inform us of your intent.

Approved Courses

Fall
  • CASC 358: The Leadership Experience

    Students must be a varsity athlete or officer of a student organization to take this course. Examines leadership theories, both historical and contemporary, in dynamic class setting which has a large cohort and small focused leadership labs. Students will analyze their own leadership experiences based on theories in the class. Utilizing readings, lectures, and leadership labs the course will build a foundation for practicing a constant pursuit of leadership education and development. Students should emerge from the class with a well informed understanding for the study of leadership as well as how to apply those theories and skills in their own leadership experience

  • CASC 125: Creating Inclusive Campus Communities

    Throughout this course students will explore the history, meaning, and lived reality of disability, with an emphasis on defining disability as diversity rather than deficit. This course is designed especially to support students serving as mentors or coaches to fellow UR students who experience intellectual and/or developmental disability (IDD) and participate in the Transition Opportunities at UR (TOUR)

Spring
  • CASC 152: Bridging the Gap: Dialogue Across Difference

    There is no longer any doubt that we are living in an increasingly polarized world, where civil discourse gives way to invective. The fault lines of race, faith, and politics are exacerbated by a lack of understanding of how these identities become barriers to genuine conversation. Divisive sub-groups serve as echo chambers, cutting us off from talking across the divides. “The Bridging the Gap program is designed to combat the toxic polarization in our country, give students the skills they need to find common ground across deep divides, solve problems in their communities, thrive in the workplace of the future, and support students in their own character formation journey” (Interfaith America, 2022). Through these direct engagements and experiences, this community engaged course will teach students how to truly listen, understand, be heard, and seek common ground without attempting to change minds or having to compromise deeply held values. This course will give students the tools to find areas of common ground, live in constructive tension, understand our shared humanity and solve pressing problems with those of different backgrounds and beliefs. This course is designed to bring together students from culturally, theologically, politically, and racially diverse backgrounds to create a brave space for courageous conversations and to understand and explore solutions to one of America’s most pressing social problems: The call to defund the police: redefining “public safety” and what police reform might look like as America continues to wrestle with structural racism. This course will offer classroom learning on dialogue skills across political, cultural, and experiential differences, with intensive skill building sessions to practice these dialogue skills during a mandatory weekend retreat from January 13-15, and site visits with a broad range of police and public safety and stakeholders from our campus, the City of ÌÇÐÄlogo and the State of New York.

  • CASC 175: Global Citizen Advanced Seminar & Independent Study

    "Are you looking to deepen your understanding of global citizenship and make a real-world impact? Enroll in CASC 175-01: Global Citizen Advanced Seminar, an exciting opportunity to explore what it means to be a global citizen in today’s interconnected world.

    In this advanced seminar, you’ll critically reflect, enhance your intercultural competencies, and design a capstone project that fosters positive global change. You’ll gain valuable skills that extend beyond the classroom, empowering you to navigate cultural differences, challenge power imbalances, and actively contribute to a more equitable world."

Both Spring and Fall
  • CASC 206a&b: Community-Engaged Scholarship (pre-requisite CASC 202: Introduction to Community - Engaged Scholarship)

    This course is the second part of a two-part practicum in a community-engaged learning series designed for students completing the Certificate of Achievement in Community-Engaged Learning. This course will expand on principles of community-engaged learning through visits from guest speakers, lectures, readings, and immersive experiences. Students in this course will work with a community partner and supervisor, a faculty supervisor, and complete their capstone project for the certificate program.

Specialization Project

You have gained individual and group skills from Levels 1 and 2 and now it is time for you to engage in leadership! For this requirement, students will work to identify a community issue and work towards addressing that issue. You get to decide what community you are targeting whether that be on campus, in the greater Rochester area, or (with special permission) another location. The project must:

  • Take 15-25 hours to execute, including the planning
  • Identify and coordinate efforts with a project advisor from a relevant campus department. The purpose of the advisor is to:
    • Make sure there is no duplication of efforts
    • Act as a resource for you (content, logistics, etc.)
    • Help ensure sustainability of the project’s intended purpose, if applicable

You do need to identify the advisor prior to submitting your Level 3 Project Information Form in your CCC checklist. You must submit the proposal within the first 30 days of the semester. You can schedule a meeting with Associate Director, Courtney Floom for any questions or comments through her Scheduling Tool.

  • Level 3 Project Proposal Requirements

    You will work with your project advisor to create a project proposal to be submitted to the within 30 days of the start of the semester

    • Proposals must be created in collaboration with the student and the project advisor
      • If your project will impact the work of a specific campus department, you must include them in the proposal process
    • Proposals will be submitted through your Medallion CCC checklist answering the questions below:
      • Please provide a description of your proposed project (what is it and why is it important to explore or address?)
      • How will your project benefit the community (campus or local community)?
      • How will your project integrate all six domains of the Medallion Leadership Program?
      • How do you plan to execute the project?
      • What is the proposed timeline of completion?
    • Project scope should require a minimum of 15 hours to complete the project (not to exceed 25 hours)
    • You must take lead on the project
    • Project cannot be clerical
    • You must consider the sustainability of your project. How can future students tap into your work? What guides will you leave and where to ensure others may continue your work.
    • Project must benefit the Rochester campus and/or community
    • Integration of all six domains are required to be in the project
    • Students must meet with the project advisor consistently to ensure project progress within submitted timeline

Level 3 Incentives

Upon completion of the requirements for level three you will:

  • Receive a Level 3 pin
  • Receive a program certificate of completion
  • Have the ability to join the Medallion Leadership Society
  • Attend recognition receptions
  • Be invited to attend the Medallion Program Reception
  • Gain skills in citizenship
  • Demonstrate leadership through creating positive social change