September 2021 Newsletter

New Global Leadership Specialization Focuses on Global Health, Literacy, and International Relations

Apply by September 19.

The President’s Student Leadership Institute (PSLI) is a co-curricular certificate program designed to expose students to contemporary issues in leadership and professional development in order to prepare participants for professional leadership in a diverse workplace.

New this year is a Global Leadership specialization, with programming by the Center for Global Engagement. Viewing leadership through a global perspective, this specialization provides candidates with an opportunity to attend seminars focused on global health, global literacy, and international relations.

PSLI is accepting applicants for the 2021-2022 cohort through Sept. 19. PSLI offers a diverse portfolio of workshops, platforms, and learning options to allow candidates the ability to select the format or types of events they can attend based on availability, learning style, and time commitments.

Global Leadership seminars are open to everyone. Register for each event at UMBengaged.

  • Ethical Global Engagement: The Problem with Voluntourism Oct. 14

  • Leading a Diverse Global Staff Oct. 26

  • Decolonizing Global Health Nov. 4

  • Leading During an Emergency: The Peace Corps Response to a Global Pandemic Nov. 16

  • Engaging Globally: How to Launch Your Global Career Jan. 25

  • Samoa: An Interprofessional Public Health Case Study Feb. 9

  • Engaging Youth in Mental Health Approaches in Kenya and the U.S. Feb. 24

  • Working with Interpreters March 10

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