About Us

Close up photo of students watching a peer facilitate discussion at markerboard. The Leadership Minor logo is on the back of one of the student's shirts.

 

The Leadership Minor Program

The Leadership Minor believes that leadership education is meant to develop aware and accountable leaders who work through collective action to unlearn and reshape self and systems, address power dynamics, and live in possibility toward creation of an equitable, sustainable, and liberated world.

Our Vision: What we aspire to do

The Leadership Minor cultivates leaders whose practices are equitable, sustainable, and committed to the liberation of all.

Our Mission: What we do

The Leadership Minor supports students to explore multiple leadership frameworks, address systemic power imbalances, develop their leader identities, and build their toolbox for leading toward collective liberation. 

Strategic Partnership

The Leadership Minor’s strategic partnership within the University of Minnesota is core to its identity and mission. The conceptual idea to create the minor originated from an Office of Student Affairs (OSA) assessment of student needs and interests related to leadership development. Housed within the Office of Student Affairs, with the Office of Undergraduate Education as an academic partner, the Leadership Minor uniquely blends academic vigor and student development.