Gates Center for Leadership and Personal Growth

The mission of the Gates Center for Leadership and Personal Growth is to provide educational opportunities and experiences that empower students and promote learning. We understand and appreciate student development theory and actively support quality social, cultural, intellectual, and self-directed activities, services, and programs. The Center serves as a catalyst for enhancing campus community by providing opportunities where faculty, staff and students can come together.

Opportunities for engagement:

Gates Leadership Certificates Program
Gates Center Leadership Speaker Series
Student Organization Involvement / SOAP Program
Weekly Community Service Opportunities
Winter and Spring Break Service Trips with "Habitat for Humanity"
Gates "Day of Service" on September 27, 2008
Commuter Student Support
Forester Shuttle Bus Program
"e.team" / Campus Entertainment
New Student Orientation Staff
Weekly Mohr Student Center Events
Fraternity / Sorority Life

Location:
Stuart Commons, Middle Campus

Office Hours:
Monday - Friday
8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Phone: 847-735-5210
Fax: 847-735-6294

Gates Center Staff:

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Christopher Waugh
Associate Dean of Students
Director of the Gates Center for Leadership & Personal Growth
New Student Orientation Coordinator

SOAP Advisor

Office Hours:
Wednesdays: 8:30 am - 11:00 am
telephone: 847-735-5210
waugh@lakeforest.edu



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Linda Day
Department Assistant
Campus Room Reservations
Campus Calendar Coordinator

Office Hours:
Monday - Friday
8:30 am - 5:00 pm
telephone: 847-735-5210
day@lakeforest.edu



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Patrick Doggett
Mohr Student Center Program Director
New Student Orientation Staff Development
Special Programs
SOAP Advisor


Office Hours:
Mondays: 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
telephone: 847-735-5210
doggett@lakeforest.edu



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Casey Malsam
Program Coordinator
Gates Leadership Scholars Program
Community Service Support
Shuttle Bus Coordinator

Office Hours:
Tuesdays: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
telephone: 847-735-5210
cmalsam@lakeforest.edu



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Tony Marotta
Program Coordinator
Greek-life Advisor
SOAP Program Coordinator
Gates / CROYA Peer Leadership Training Program

Office Hours:
Tuesdays: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
telephone: 847-735-6021
marotta@lakeforest.edu