Leadership Academy Timeline

2022
Winter: Welcomed Cohort 2 of FORevHER Tar Heels Mentor Program

2021
Fall: Launched Grad Leaders Program
Fall: Returned to in-person programming
Fall: Began 18^th year of programming
Summer: Offered Leadership Summer Intensive
Summer: Announced Tar Heel Leaders of Distinction
Spring: Conducted programming remotely due to global pandemic
Winter: Hosted sixth-annual Carolina Sports Leadership Summit as a virtual event addressing athlete activism

2020
Fall: Recruited Leadership Coaches from Canada to Connecticut to Carolina to California to participate virtually
Fall: Conducted programming remotely due to global pandemic
Fall: Began 17^th year of programming
Summer: Launched Leadership Summer Intensive
Spring: Announced Tar Heel Leaders of Distinction
Spring: Conducted programming remotely due to global pandemic
Winter: Carolina INCUBATE visited Chapel Hill Fire Department Station #1
Winter: Launched FORevHER Tar Heels Mentor Program with The Rams Club
Winter: Hosted fifth-annual Carolina Sports Leadership Summit

2019
Fall: Carolina INCUBATE trained with People's Improv Theater Chapel Hill
Fall: Hosted Tar Heel Preview Day event
Fall: Partnered with Buckley Public Service Scholars
Fall: Launched new tagline: Be Ready When It Counts
Fall: Johnson named Executive Director
Summer: Hosted session for Uplift Plus
Summer: Hosted sessions for Project Uplift

2018
Fall: Hosted Week of Welcome event
Fall: Celebrated 15-year anniversary
Fall: Began KORU Mindfulness offerings
Summer: Hosted sessions for Project Uplift
Spring: Hosted one-day Resilience Seminar by LeaderShape
Spring: Honored student-athlete participants at Recognition Reception
Spring: Carolina INCUBATE visited Carmichael MakerSpace
Winter: Hosted fourth-annual Carolina Sports Leadership Summit

2017
Fall: Hosted Tar Heel Preview Day event
Fall: Hosted stakeholder capacity development in Greensboro
Fall: Initiated Leadership Coaches with Carolina ACCELERATE
Fall: Carolina INCUBATE visited Ackland Art Museum
Fall: Launched version 3.0: new descriptive and applied frameworks, new program names, red threads, vertical stacking of DiSC
Spring: Hosted third-annual Incubator for Leadership Lab
Spring: Honored student-athlete participants at Recognition Banquet
Spring: Conducted Data Capture Interviews
Winter: Hosted third-annual Carolina Sports Leadership Summit
Winter: Partnered with the Center for Creative Leadership

2016
Fall: Veteran Leaders participated in fourth-annual #HEELipad field trip
Fall: Leadership Lab participated in Mini Medical School
Fall: Leadership Lab conducted inaugural Staff Ride with
Spring: Hosted second-annual Incubator for Leadership Lab
Spring: Honored student-athlete participants at Recognition Banquet
Winter: Hosted second-annual Carolina Sports Leadership Summit

2015
Summer: Staff presented at NCAA Life Skills Symposium
Spring: Unveiled wall of honor for Tar Heel Leaders of Distinction in the Loudermilk Center
Spring: Produced "10 for 10" Series
Spring: Leadership Lab received ACC Top Six for Service Award
Spring: Honored Ten-Year Tenured Coaches
Spring: Honored student-athlete participants at Recognition Banquet
Winter: Hosted inaugural Carolina Sports Leadership Summit

2014
Fall: Veteran Leaders participated in third-annual #HEELipad field trip
Fall: Hosted workshops for Jordanian National Soccer Team (U17 Girls)
Fall: Celebrated "A Decade of Excellence" (10-year anniversary)
Summer: "Gap Year" Program renamed Leadership Lab
Spring: Hosted inaugural Incubator for Leadership Lab
Spring: Honored student-athlete participants at Recognition Banquet

2013
Spring: Honored student-athlete participants at Recognition Banquet

2012
Fall: Veteran Leaders participates in second-annual #HEELipad field trip
Fall: Moved operations into the Loudermilk Center for Excellence
Fall: Rolled out Coach Certification
Summer: Hosted Leadership Summit with fellow institutions that offer leadership academies
Spring: Honored student-athlete participants at Recognition Banquet

2011
Fall: Unveiled new logo to reflect renaming
Fall: Established Leadership Liaison position
Fall: Johnson named as first, full-time Director
Spring: Honored student-athlete participants at Recognition Banquet
Spring: Announced renaming to Richard A. Baddour Carolina Leadership Academy

2010
Fall: Veteran Leaders participates in inaugural #HEELipad field trip
Spring: Honored student-athlete participants at Recognition Banquet

2009
Fall: Rolled out "Gap Year" Program
Fall: Launched version 2.0
Summer: Conducted internal Strategic Plan
Spring: Honored student-athlete participants at Recognition Banquet

2008
Spring: Honored student-athlete participants at Recognition Banquet

2007
Spring: Unveiled wall of honor for Tar Heel Leaders of Distinction in Kenan Field House
Spring: Honored student-athlete participants at Recognition Banquet

2006
Fall: Johnson named Assistant Director
Spring: Honored student-athlete participants at Recognition Banquet

2005
Spring: Recognized first "class" of Tar Heel Leaders of Distinction
Spring: Honored student-athlete participants at inaugural Recognition Banquet
Spring: Received $25,000 donation from William C. Friday, president emeritus of the UNC system, who won the grant money from the NCAA as part of the Gerald R. Ford Award for Lifetime Achievement

2004
Fall: NCAA President Myles Brand describes UNC Athletics as "leaders in leadership"
Fall: Launched Carolina Leadership Academy
Fall: Blanchard and Janssen named Co-Directors
Spring: Partnered with Janssen Peak Performance
Summer: Piloted leadership programming with Football
Summer: Piloted leadership programming with Coaches
Summer: John Taylor and John Burress commit to five-year donation to fund groundbreaking leadership academy

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