The Payne Center for Leadership Development helps students make meaning of their leadership experiences and translate that learning into lifelong skills. The center supports all students seeking to grow as leaders and inspire change on campus, in their communities and around the world.
Through programs rooted in Jesuit values — knowing self, building community and impacting the world — the Payne Center for Leadership Development offers workshops, guest speakers and the monthly Identity & Leadership series. Students also benefit from real-time coaching, mentoring and guided reflection.
The center is home to the Experiential Leadership Institute, a yearlong program for sophomore and junior students, and partners with Learns to Lead, a living-learning community for first-year students.
Submissions from 2026
Rooted in Purpose, Driven to Lead, Payne Center for Leadership Development, Gonzaga University