Anually, student leaders who serve as members of the USU Board of Directors and its committees are assessed mid-year as a gauge to determine whether the tools of collaborative decision making are retained from the summer training. The executive secretaries of the board committees (audit, diversity & inclusion, facilities, finance, personnel, retirement) work with student committee chairs and co-chairs to research, discuss and analyze matters to be advanced to the board of directors for approval. At each level, students proopose courses of action and seek input from constituents.

Training includes defining and practicing goal setting based on the S.M.A.R.T. goals principles. Student leaders are assessed about their knowledge of the concept while being mentored by board and committee executive secretaries to execute the practice at all levels of decision-making.