The Outreach, Leadership & Empowerment (OLE) at LAU aims at fostering holistic student empowerment. Through specific leadership and outreach programs, OLE aims to equip students with essential skills, promoting resilience and inclusive leadership. It fosters a diverse and inclusive campus environment and provides opportunities for personal and professional growth. It encourages students to broaden their horizons both within and outside Lebanon through leadership training, skills development, and volunteering opportunities

• You will be exposed to like-minded people in Lebanon and beyond.
• You will develop essential soft skills such as leadership, communication, conflict-resolution, team-work and resilience.
• You will grow your life-knowledge beyond academics, through volunteerism, local and international conferences, as well as seminars and training.
• You will benefit from OLE’s 10+ years of experience in offering unique programs and opportunities that will match your interests and challenge your givens

Simulation: Youth Leadership Programs

Leadership-based programs that aim to engage students on the principles of inclusiveness, leadership, and civic engagement. These programs aim to foster a new generation of global leaders who are committed to creating a more just, inclusive, and equitable world.

For more information, visit the LAU Youth Leaderships.

LAU Model United Nations

The program brings the UN culture of global awareness and the implementation of peaceful means for conflict resolution to Lebanese high schools, middle schools, and the community at large.  It consists of training sessions that increase student knowledge of UN procedural rules as well as improve students’ ability to research and write position papers and successfully engage in public speaking and role playing, conflict resolution and negotiations, caucusing and resolution writing, among other skills. By the end of the sessions, students become delegates who take part in UN Committee simulations. The simulations occur over a two-day conference where students play the role of ambassadors in UN Committees and discuss a variety of current topics.

For the past 19 years, more than 3,005,364 hours of teaching peace building and diplomacy were offered.

The Global Classrooms International Program (GCI- New York)

Global Classrooms (GC) Model UN is a flagship program of LAU. GC International was operated by the United Nations Association of the USA for the past 16 years. 2016 ushered in a new era as LAU, a partner of the UNA-USA, operating a model UN program of its own in Lebanon since 2005, took over the management of the GCI conferences in New York. Two international conferences, one for middle school students and another for high school students, are held in spring in NY city.

Over the past 22 years, theses conferences have engaged more than 63,000 high school and middle school students coming from 250 schools in 20 countries.

LAU Model Arab League Program

The LAU-MAL program helps engage students from various religious and political backgrounds in Lebanon to discuss social, political, and economic subjects that affect and shape the Arab World. Representing one of the Arab League’s 22 member states, student delegates work to achieve consensus on questions that diplomats face every day. Student leaders  debate and form coalitions to draft and pass resolutions that seek to resolve some of the Arab countries’ most difficult challenges. Skills are honed through seven training sessions that prepare students for a two-day conference simulating the various sessions and committees of the Arab league.

For the past 13 years, more than 8,800 High school students from 112 schools have participated in the training sessions and the conference of the LAU MAL program.

LAU Model European Union

The program is composed of five training sessions and final conference whereby high school students will be simulating member of parliaments in the European Parliament and Ministers in the Council of the European Union.

For the past six years, more than 5,300 High school students from 85 schools have participated in the training sessions and the conference of LAUMEU program.

LAU Model Good Governance (LAU MGG)

A unique program that offers high school students the opportunity to simulate topics that cover the aspect of good governance. For the past 4 years, more than 4,000 High School students from 70 schools have participated in the training sessions and the conference of LAUMGG program.

Leadership & Outreach Programs

Fellowship & Internship Program

The Fellowship Program offers graduate students the opportunity to stay connected and to be engaged in the LAU’s OLE Leadership programs in Lebanon and abroad.

The Internship Program offers current students the opportunity to be engaged in the LAU’s OLE leadership programs in Lebanon and abroad and to fulfill non-academic internship requirements throughout their studies.

Case Competition

The LAU Case Competition (LAU CC) was founded in 2018 as the first consultancy case competition in Lebanon, aiming to nurture innovation and analytical skills among top Lebanese undergraduates. It welcomes students from diverse majors and backgrounds to compete in solving business cases while receiving mentorship in the process.

DIALOGUE

A unique program, funded by U.S. Embassy in Beirut, that engages Lebanese and American high school students on the principles of good governance, social justice, inclusiveness, leadership and civic engagement. The program provides a platform for the students from both countries to engage in meaningful debate that promotes mutual understanding and respect for cultural diversity. Participants develop cross-cultural communication skills, leadership qualities and a sense of global citizenship.