Trailblazers Program
STRAT 5800, 3 CH
In-Person Section 001: Mondays/Wednesdays, 2-3:20 p.m.
In-Person Section 002: Tuesdays/Thursdays, 2-3:20 p.m.
Trailblazer’s Fall semester applications are now closed.
The next application cycle will be in fall 2024.
Are you seeking leadership development and impactful work? Look no further, in Trailblazers you get both.
In Trailblazers, students learn the Six Principles of Strategic Leadership, reflect on their leadership skills, and hear from experienced guest speakers. To put the lessons to practice, Trailblazers work in teams to find creative recommendations to complex challenges faced by local nonprofits and organizations.
Regardless of your major, Trailblazers learn transferable skills that will have an impact on your life after college, like navigating teams, strategic thinking, resourcefulness, and more.
Trailblazers Information:
Project Examples
Trailblazers worked with The Other Side Academy to assess options for their next social enterprise; these businesses allow TOSA to continue supporting and providing dignified wages for unhoused community members. The students ultimately recommended a new business idea: creating and selling succulent arrangements, and less than 1 year later, those arrangements are ready for purchase.
Trailblazers identified market entry opportunities for Esusu Rent, a fintech company working to close the racial wealth gap; and for Landed, a down payment assistance program for educators, public sector employees, and healthcare workers. One Trailblazer continued his work with Esusu via an internship program in NYC, and Landed launched in Utah shortly after the project ended!
Trailblazers evaluated the opportunity for local nonprofit Rape Recovery Center to increase the organization’s financial stability and independence by monetizing programming and rethinking its donor strategy.
Looking for more opportunities?
We model our experiences after the “real world,” connecting students from different backgrounds and perspectives in the classroom to create value for organizations across the world.
Each Goff program works directly with real organizations. No matter your major, year in school, or plans for the future, there’s a spot for you in Goff.