Honors Program
The Transformational Leadership program is a unique honors program at Elms College that not only challenges students on a theoretical level, but also challenges them to apply their knowledge within the very practical social arena. It is designed to develop educated, creative, hands-on leaders.

First year participation in the program is conducted through invitation based on a minimum high school GPA of 3.7.
In the first year of the program, students attend fall and spring honors colloquia designed to introduce concepts and theories of leadership, and participate in grassroots, hands-on service learning. The following three years allow students to participate in honors courses, and perform special honors-level service learning, which grows from a hands-on grassroots level to systemic, decision-making activities. To finish the program, they participate in a Senior Praxis Seminar, which challenges them to examine a social need or problem and design a practical solution, which they present to the college community.

Transformational Leadership scholars enter their work life or graduate school with a transcript that records proven intellectual skills and a resume/portfolio that attests to a breadth of applied competencies.