LAU Outreach, Leadership & Empowerment
About LAU OLE
Building leaders; empowering communities. LAU’s hub for student leadership since 2004.
01 | About
About LAU OLE
Building leaders; empowering communities.
Outreach, Leadership & Empowerment (OLE) at LAU aims at fostering holistic student empowerment.
OLE is LAU’s hub for student leadership development. Its main objective is to have students equipped with the skills and tools they need to thrive both personally and professionally, preparing them for future roles as global citizens and ethical leaders.
Beyond academics, students grow through leadership training, skills development, conferences and volunteering, within Lebanon and beyond, on LAU’s Beirut and Byblos campuses.
How we empower
Leadership training
Simulations, trainings and conferences that build confident, inclusive leaders.
Skills development
Hands-on practice in the skills students need personally and professionally.
Volunteering & community
Engagement that reaches schools, students and communities beyond the campus.
Watch & learn more
Get a quick overview of our leadership legacy.
02 | Mission & Vision
Our Mission & Vision
Our Mission
To foster holistic student empowerment, equipping students with the skills and tools they need to thrive personally and professionally through leadership training, skills development and volunteering.
Our Vision
A generation of global citizens and ethical leaders who lead inclusively, act with resilience and empower their communities, within Lebanon and beyond.
What guides us
03 | Our Impact
Our Impact in Numbers
Since 2004, OLE’s youth leadership programs have reached schools, LAU students and communities across Lebanon and the region.
Milestones
2004
OLE’s youth leadership programs begin.
2016
LAU begins managing the Global Classrooms International Model UN conferences in New York.
2018
The LAU Case Competition is founded, the first of its kind in Lebanon.
2027
LAU XMUN, LAUSM’s 10th official conference, opens to university students.
04 | Programs
Our Programs
Programs and conferences for middle school, high school and university students, and the LAU community.
LAUSM
Training sessions at LAU and a two-day conference: Model UN, Model Arab League, Model European Union and Model Good Governance (Grades 7–12).
GCIMUN (NYC)
Step into the shoes of a world ambassador at UN Headquarters in New York, alongside 3,000+ delegates from 48 nationalities.
OLE Global
International conferences: Brussels, Istanbul, Prince Edward Island and New York.
05 | Management
LAU OLE Management
Meet LAU’s OLE Department and Executive Management.
