{"id":12,"date":"2011-11-01T19:25:16","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T19:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/lead\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-03-16T15:18:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T20:18:55","slug":"about-lead","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/lead\/","title":{"rendered":"About LEAD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div\n\tclass=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"text-content\">\n\t\t<p>LEAD Initiatives provide services and programs to support the success of students with a primary focus on retention of scholars in the College of Engineering and at Iowa State University.<\/p>\n<p>LEAD Initiatives aim to enhance the experiences of engineering scholars through unique opportunities focused on academic, leadership, professional, and social development and success.<\/p>\n<p>LEAD serves all engineering students.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div\n\tclass=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"text-content\">\n\t\t<h2>LEAD Initiatives<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Academic and Personal Advising and Support<\/li>\n<li>Transition Support for First Year and Transfer scholars<\/li>\n<li>Educational Programs<\/li>\n<li>Industrial Networking Opportunities<\/li>\n<li>Industry Tours<\/li>\n<li>Living and Learning Community<\/li>\n<li>Professional Development Opportunities<\/li>\n<li>Social Networking and Support<\/li>\n<li>Leadership Development Courses<\/li>\n<li>Study Tables and Tutoring Support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--button-set\">\n\t<div class=\"iastate22-button-set\">\n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"iastate22-button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   href=\"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/lead\/lead-programs\/\">More about LEAD Initiatives\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"iastate22-button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   href=\"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/lead\/about-lead\/why-lead\/\">Why LEAD?\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3167,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/lead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/lead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/lead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/lead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/lead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":99,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/lead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4440,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/lead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/4440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/lead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}