The Leadership Institute at Franciscan University
The Leadership Institute at Franciscan University forms highly skilled Catholic leaders to be witnesses of truth, reason, and virtue in the marketplace, in the Church, and in the broader culture. God calls each person to identify and pursue his or her special talents with passion and then to embrace leadership roles in science, technology, business, nursing, education, or other career fields, as well as in family life, religious life, the priesthood, or Church ministry. The Leadership Institute helps you answer that call by forming you in leadership craft illuminated by Franciscan virtues and Catholic social teaching.
The Leadership Institute also complements and enhances the work of Franciscan’s Center for Leadership, a separate, four-year program organized around weekly seminars and on-campus student leadership roles that provides leadership training for a select group of undergraduates.
Leadership Institute Initiatives
The Leadership Institute inspires students, faculty, staff, and friends of Franciscan University to serve as authentic, joyful, Catholic leaders in their chosen professions and vocations through:
- An executive leadership speaker series featuring extraordinary servant leaders who share their insights with tomorrow’s leaders.
- New academic programming and research in leadership craft, entrepreneurship, and the dignity of the worker.
- Forums to help business executives develop leadership skills and effectiveness grounded in Catholic teaching and Christian virtues.
- Special topic courses taught by distinguished visiting faculty and fellows.
- An Entrepreneurship Minor Program (launching fall 2022) to address the growing interest and needs of students who seek to start their own businesses, non-profits, and social entrepreneurship ventures.
