Patrick Michael Leitloff

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First Year PhD Student at Northwestern University

Roles of Responsibility & Volunteering

LSE Department of Economics

Student Representative for the MSc EME class of 2024
October 2023 – July 2024
Representing the interests of the 38 students on the programme, collecting feedback, advocating for change in student-staff conferences, liasing with lecturers
Student Representative for the BSc EME class of 2022
October 2021 - July 2022
Representing the interests of the 12 students on the programme, achieved changes: improved accessibility of the cloud computing cluster, seminar room for peer-to-peer seminars
Student Academic Mentor
Providing mentoring and guidance to incoming first-year undergraduate students
Offered revision advice and consulted on undergraduate research opportunities
Launched a "Study Retreat Initiative" for collaborative learning with ca. 30 participants
Python-for-Economics Week
February 2021 and February 2022
Participant (2021) & Group Mentor (2022) of the International Trade Group
Implementing gravity models of trade and visualizing findings
Students' Union Chess Society
April 2020 - June 2021
Created a bi-weekly newsletter for ca. 70 members during term time
Initiated a sponsorship arrangement with a local boardgame shop