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Manchester honors class (re)imagines leadership in Dec. 8 program

(re)Imagining Leadership VIAManchester University honors students are drawing on the inspiration of modern visionaries to offer their individual messages about what it takes to be a creative leader.

(re)Imagining Leadership is at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 8. It will be livestreamed from the Zoom session to MU’s Facebook page, www.facebook.com/ManchesterUniv.

The students are in a First Year Seminar exploring the topic of “Transforming Creativity” with English Professor Beate Gilliar.

“This 2024 cohort of students, the first to tackle the new normal, investigated how nimbleness impacted their own courage to transform,” Gilliar said.

The students will engage the topic and offer their own mark of inspiration, expanding on the words of a wide and diverse range of creative thinkers and leaders – such as Malala Yousafzai, Drew Dudley, Sam Berns, Priya Vulchi and Winona Guo, Randy Pausch and Liza Koshy.

Students in the class are Kyla Andrews, Brooke Batalis, Benjamin Bolduc, Madelyn Hosford, Zoe 
Lunduski; Sydney Sluys; Lyriel Steinberg; Hannah Thomson; Sophie Updike; Renase Walker-Zamora and James Walsh.

The program is part of the Values, Ideas and the Arts series, designed to enhance the student experience. 

For the media
Beate Gilliar BCGilliar@manchester.edu
More about Values, Ideas and the Arts (VIA)
Manchester Honors Program

Manchester University, with campuses in North Manchester and Fort Wayne, Ind., provides vibrant and transformative student experiences. Learn more at www.manchester.edu/about-manchester 

Our mission: Manchester University respects the infinite worth of every individual and graduates persons of ability and conviction who draw upon their education and faith to lead principled, productive, and compassionate lives that improve the human condition.

November 2020