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Leadership for a Changing World

At CU 麻豆影院, we鈥檙e shaping tomorrow鈥檚 leaders to address the most pressing and complex professional and global issues.

Our affiliated听leadership programs are designed to hone your skills to better understand yourself and others, improve your communication, sharpen your critical thinking, and view challenging issues through a different lens.听

From academic courses to experiential learning and co-curricular leader development programming, many of our programs provide a certificate or minor in leadership. No matter where your education or career may take you,听if you have an interest in being a better leader鈥攁 better you鈥擟U 麻豆影院 has you covered.

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"My top imperative for the university is to shape tomorrow鈥檚 leaders. While participating in a leader development program is not required to be a leader, I feel strongly that our dedicated leadership education and experiences uniquely position our graduates to positively impact humanity."

- Philip DiStefano,听Chancellor Emeritus & Newton Chair in Leadership听

Malala Yousafzai at CWA Announcement

In partnership with the Center for Leadership and the Center for Asian Studies, we鈥檙e honored to announce Malala Yousafzai as the closing speaker for the Conference on World Affairs (CWA)

Malala Yousafzai began her activism at age 11 by anonymously blogging about life under the Taliban in Pakistan鈥檚 Swat Valley and its ban on girls鈥 education. After surviving an assassination attempt at age 15, Malala founded the Malala Fund to champion education for all girls worldwide. In 2014, she became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize recipient in history. Malala graduated from Oxford University in 2020 with a degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics and is a best-selling author and investor in women's sports.

Malala will close CWA with a powerful conversation at Macky Auditorium. We hope you can join us for this special evening.

Additional speaker announcements, ticket information for the closing event and the full event schedule will be released over the coming weeks.

Our Programs Make a Difference in Your Leadership Development

Leadership Studies Minor Students have a 97.6% graduation rate

(14% above non-leadership students)

58% of organizations top priority is closing leadership skill gaps

Students report a greater sense of inclusivity in leadership classrooms

(over 16% higher then the greater CU campus)

鈥淭he courage to be vulnerable is not about winning or losing, it鈥檚 about the courage to show up when you can鈥檛 predict or control the outcome.鈥

-Brene Brown

"I shall, when the time comes, try to do right, in view of all the lights then before me."

-Abraham Lincoln

"Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else."

-Les Brown

"Bad leaders care about who鈥檚 right. Good leaders care about what鈥檚 right.鈥

-Simon Sinek