Global Leadership Program

About the Program

Global Leadership is a University-wide initiative to engage students to become effective global citizens and leaders through specialized coursework, domestic and international experiential learning opportunities, and co-curricular activities through active learning.

Global Leadership is sponsored by the University's vice president for student affairs, the vice president for equity and diversity, the associate vice president and dean for international programs, and the associate vice president for public engagement.

May Session: Global Leadership for Social Change

Learn more about our exciting May session course, which includes an immersion in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood.

Leadership Tracks

Coming soon.

Active Learning

Coming soon.

May Session 2012 - Domestic Global Experience

Cedar Riverside neighborhood

Global Leadership for Social Change - A Cedar-Riverside Immersion

What can a neighborhood teach us about leadership and social change? What role does leadership play in strengthening a neighborhood?

ID 3960: Session dates: May 19 - June 8, 2012
A 3-credit May session course that parallels the immersion experience of study abroad. You will be learning and working in the Cedar-Riverside community and examining questions of leadership, power, cultural diversity, and social change. The course involves an exciting blend of community engagement, neighborhood excursions, readings, and lively discussions. The course includes a weekend residential component, a neighborhood theater performance, and meals at local restaurants.

What You Need to Know:

  • Open to all majors
  • No pre-requisites
  • Scholarships available for eligible students
  • Application deadline is April 1, 2012

Student Eligibility:

  1. Must have completed at least 13 credits before May Session 2012
  2. Demonstrated leadership capacity and intercultural understanding through application responses
  3. Must be able to attend all components of the course including weekend residential component in Middlebrook Hall and evening excursions
  4. Must have a minimum GPS of 2.5

Application Information:

Applications will be reviewed and accepted on a rolling admissions basis.

Program Cost:

The cost of the program is University of Minnesota tuition for 3 credits plus an additional $126.00 course fee to cover housing, food, a theater performance, and learning assessment tools.

A $250.00 confirmation deposit to secure your place in the program is due no later than April 13, 2012. The deposit is non-refundable and will be applied to your tuition for the course.

Scholarship Funding:

Scholarships of $250 to $500 to be used toward tuition and course fees will be available. Preference is given to students of color and international students. Eligibility is based on quality of application. Scholarship notification will be awarded in early April 2012.

Application Instructions:

Step 1: Download and complete the application form
Step 2: Email the completed application to benas021@umn.edu or mail to:

Merrie Benasutti
Humphrey School
301 19th Ave. South, Room 130
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Step 3: You will be notified by email whether your application has been accepted.

To learn more contact the instructor:
Merrie Benasutti, Associate Director for Student Initiatives
Center for Integrative Leadership
benas021@umn.edu or 612-624-8300

Study Abroad Programs: Semester and May Session

 

Rome, Italy

Term: Spring 2012 & Summer 2012

Rome photos

Spend a semester in the Eternal City of Rome and learn how leadership intersects with the rich historical context of this amazing city and the country of Italy. This program includes a course in leadership, in addition to course offerings in media and communications, the Italian fashion industry, food and sustainability, architecture, and art history. Study tours to Barcelona, Aquila, Tuscany, and Pompeii provide opportunities to broaden your view on leadership in other cultural contexts. Courses meet liberal education requirements and fulfill the elective credit requirement for the Leadership Minor.

 

 

Tanzania

Term: Spring 2012 & Summer 2012


Leadership is the core theme for this new semester study abroad program in Arusha, Tanzania. All student will take a leadership course that will involve engagement with a local community organization, a course in Tanzanian history, politic, and culture with a course in Swahili. Other course options are available in public health or environmental issues. Home stays provide the opportunity to truly immerse in the culture of Tanzania. Excursions to Ngorongoro crater to view wildlife and a hospital that specializes in tropical medicine are included in this program.

 

 

Costa Rica: Environmental Leadership and Service

Term: Spring 2012

Costa Rica photos

Spend part of your winter break in Costa Rica volunteering, learning about leadership, and exploring Costa Rican culture. This trip is specifically designed for students who have an interest in learning about leadership in the contact of another culture. You will learn about a very important issue in Cost Rica: sustaining, preserving, and educating others about the environment of this eco-friendly country.  

For more information and to apply:

 

 

South Africa: Cross-Cultural Leadership Contexts: A Case of Study in South Africa

Term: May session

With picturesque Cape Town, South Africa and the dynamic township community of Gugletu as your background, explore leadership through the lens of a different culture. Specifically, the course will examine the complex context of South Africa and how current leaders, community members, and others are trying to make positive change.

 

 

Belfast, Ireland: Leadership and Social Change in Ireland

Term: May session

Ireland photos

Belfast, Ireland will provide the perfect location for students to engage with components of the Social Change Model of Leadership Development as they explore leadership through the context of the conflict of Northern Ireland. Through lectures, readings, and various excursions students will explore leadership from the individual, group, and community perspectives.

Students will explore ways in which leaders engaged with others to effect change, the role of the community, the visual and auditory clues that define communities, and finally, a comparison and contrast of the visual clues present in Ireland and the United States.