The National Jesuit Student Leadership Conference (NJSLC) is a multi-day conference for all 28 Jesuit colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Sponsored by the Jesuit Association of Student Personnel Administrators (JASPA), a different Jesuit institution hosts the conference every summer. The conference provides student leaders with collaborative opportunities to develop ideas, explore issues, and build stronger leadership skills to better serve their institutions in the Jesuit tradition. NJSLC is comprised of workshops, group discussions, social programming, a day of service, and opening and closing banquets.
NJSLC 2024: Registration is Open!
National Jesuit Student Leadership Conference (NJSLC)
@ John Carroll University, University Heights, Ohio
July 16-20, 2024
Greetings, JASPA Colleagues:
We are excited to share with you the National Jesuit Student Leadership Conference will be hosted at John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio in July 2024.
This annual multi-day conference is held each summer for student leaders from each of the Jesuit colleges and universities to explore student leadership rooted in Jesuit values. This conference is hosted by the Jesuit Association of Student Personnel Administrators (JASPA). In 1997, the mission statement of NJSLC was adopted: “Student organization leaders collaborate to develop ideas, explore student issues, and build stronger leadership skills to better serve their colleges and universities in the Jesuit tradition.”
John Carroll University is excited to welcome student leaders and colleagues from Jesuit institutions to University Heights, Ohio, located just minutes from Cleveland. NJSLC will be hosted July 16 to July 20, 2024. More information can be found on the John Carroll NJSLC website.
Registration for NJSLC 2024 is now open and will close on June 1, 2024. At the time of registration, advisors will need to select the number of delegates (both advisor and students) that will be attending. If you know your delegation’s information at the time of registration you will have the option to input it. If you have not yet selected your delegation, we will reach out in early June for completed student information. You will have the option to pay by credit card at the time of registration or by invoice which will be sent to you after registration.
If you have any questions about the conference, please contact leadership@jcu.edu.
We look forward to welcoming delegates to the Cleveland-area in July!
Best,
Katie Jansen, Assistant Director of Student Engagement
Dr. Kyle O’Dell, Senior Director of Student Engagement
NJSLC 2024 Advisors
History of NJSLC
In August of 1997, at Regis University in Denver, Colorado, students from a number of the 28 Jesuit colleges and their affiliate universities gathered in an effort to improve the leadership at each school. The original purpose of the conference was to improve the student governments at each university. Now, though, the conference includes community service leaders, orientation staffs, resident housing staff members, peer educators, club leaders, and even administrators.
Since its premier, the conference has been bringing together student leaders from around the nation in order to improve our ability to serve our fellow students. The following mission statement was adopted in 1997:
"Student organization leaders collaborating to develop ideas, explore student issues, and build stronger leadership skills to better serve their colleges and universities in the Jesuit tradition."
JASPA's sponsored NJSLC conference continues to grow around its mission statement by helping student organization leaders collaborate to develop ideas, explore student issues, and build stronger leadership skills to better serve their colleges and universities in the Jesuit tradition.
Past Host Schools
2023 - College of the Holy Cross
2022 - Loyola University Maryland
2019 - University of Detroit Mercy
2018 - Le Moyne College
2017 - Georgetown University
2016 - Regis University
2015 - Canisius College
2014 - Boston College
2013 - Santa Clara University
2012 - College of the Holy Cross
2011 - Loyola University Chicago
2010 - Fordham University
2009 - Creighton University
2008 - Seattle University
2007 - Marquette University
2006 - Rockhurst University
2005 - Saint Joseph's University
2004 - Loyola Marymount University
2003 - Canisius College
2002 - Creighton University
2001 - Gonzaga University
2000 - Loyola University Maryland
1999 - John Carroll University
1998 - Xavier University
1997 - Regis University