The Excellence in Leadership (E-Lead) Program is accepting applications from second-year students across campus to begin the program in spring 2026.
Applications are available online and are due by noon on Wednesday, Oct. 1.
E-Lead is a three-year curricular program for undergraduate students across all disciplines at Marquette who are interested in learning how to lead innovation. Students earn academic credits as they progress through each year of the curriculum, which culminates in a Concentration in Innovation Leadership.
Sophomore students who are considering applying to the E-Lead Program are strongly encouraged to attend an information session:
- Wednesday, September 17th from 12:00-1:00pm (O’Brien Hall 417)
- Monday, September 22nd from 4:00-5:00pm (O’Brien Hall 417)
- Friday, September 26th from 4:00-5:00pm (O’Brien Hall 417)
E-Lead welcomes Marquette students from any discipline who are in their second year of college and are in good standing at the university to apply.
Offered through the Fotsch Innovation and Engineering Leadership Development (FIELD) Center, E-Lead is designed to help students develop their capacity to lead in service of others with an emphasis on innovation, developing meaningful new solutions to existing problems in a way that creates real value and positive change.
To stay up to date on E-Lead events and program application announcements, visit the program’s website, sign up for its e-mail newsletter, or follow E-Lead on LinkedIn and Instagram.



