WHAT YOU’LL GAIN
Longhorn Leadership Fellows is designed to prepare you not simply to learn about leadership, but to step into meaningful leadership responsibility with greater confidence and capability.
Accelerate your growth as a leader
Receive focused, highly personal leadership development through coaching, reflection, experiential learning, and engagement with accomplished leaders.
Put leadership into practice
Take responsibility for your own cohort of 15-20 first-year students – developing real experience leading, mentoring, facilitating, and helping others grow.
Prepare to lead beyond McCombs
Enter your first professional role with stonger leadership judgment, practical experience developing others, and a distinctive Leadership Fellow credential.
Fellows receive a financial stipend during the fall Leadership Practicum.
Your Leadership Journey
A two-semester experience. Three powerful components. Lasting impact.
1. Leadership Seminar
Develop the leader
In the spring, Fellows participate in weekly seminar sessions that build self-awareness, leadership skills, and a deeper understanding of leading others with integrity and impact.
Timing: Spring Semester
2. Leadership Fellows Summit
Become a Leadership Community
A full-day experience with Fellows, McCombs leaders, and guest speakers. Connect, reflect, and grow through engaging workshops, leadership challenges, and meaningful conversations.
Date: Friday, March 5, 2027
3. Leadership Practicum
Lead by Developing Others
In the fall, Fellows lead a cohort of 15-20 first-year students in BA110G – Professional Identity Development, creating a supportive environment where students can connect, reflect, grow, and begin their own leadership journey.
Timing: Fall Semester
Financial Stipend Provided
How to Apply
Open to rising sophomore, junior, and senior BBA students.
Applicants will:
Confirm availability for all required program committments
Submit a current résumé
Answer two short-answer questions
Submit a 90-second leadership scenario video
Application Timeline
Applications Open
September 1, 2026
Applications Due
September 30, 2026
Selection Decisions
By October 28, 2026
Applications open September 1, 2026
We look forward to learning more about you.