Leondre Queen
  • Kinesiology-Health & Physical Education
  • Thibodaux, LA

Leondre Queen Serves as Student Orientation Staff Leader at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette

2012 Oct 22

University of Louisiana at Lafayette student, Leondre Queen of Thibodaux, LA, was recently appointed to UL Lafayette's Student Orientation Staff, the university's premiere student leadership group. Selection to staff is extremely competitive, and the staff represents the best and brightest at the university.

UL Lafayette's Student Orientation Staff members facilitate the university's Orientation programs, welcoming over 3,000 new students and parents to campus each year.

Members participate in an intensive leadership development course during spring semester, designed to prepare them for their roles as a members of the team and enhance their personal and team leadership skills in group problem solving, conflict resolution, interpersonal communication, multicultural understanding, program planning, and team building.

UL Lafayette is the second-largest university in Louisiana, with nearly 17,000 students. It's among national leaders in areas such as computer science, biology, engineering, architecture and nursing.

UL Lafayette is among the top 200 public universities in the nation in research and development funding.

Its student-athletes – Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns® – compete in NCAA Division I, the highest level of collegiate competition.

For more information, visit Louisiana.edu.