The Valiant Medallion Program
The Valiant Medallion Program supports student in meeting their full leadership potential by providing cross-department opportunities, for intentional learning, self-reflection, collaboration, advocacy, and skills development. Students enrolled in the Valiant Medallion Program gain a strong sense of self-awareness, work effectively with others, and become ethically and socially responsible leaders.
This program is created around Susan R. Komive’s Social Change Model of Leadership Development. The three clusters of this theory lens to the different levels of medallion / leadership: Individual Focus and Values (Bronze Medallion); Community Focus and Values (Silver Medallion); and Larger Community Focus and Value (Gold Medallion).
There are 6 pillars that creates the framework for this leadership program: Discovery, Integrity, Inclusion, Community, Collaboration, and Consciousness.