This program is planning to run again in Summer 2026
THE LEADER IN YOU: Environments of Revolutionary Imagination
The Leader in You is an active, innovative global learning course about leadership and its interdisciplinary creativity. This course builds on the University of Oregon’s mission to foster the next generation of informed transformational leaders and active participants in the global community. Topics include the actual and intellectual study abroad journeys of Exemplars such as architects and artists, authors and scientists, technologists and legislators, performers and others whose own study abroad influenced how they developed new, revolutionary ways to conceive, express, and live in their world.
The focus is on the people who created these environments and how those environments impacted their lives and inspired others culturally, politically, or through design.
Come and embark on a three-week exploration of England that combines classroom lectures, discussions, and site visits to museums and gardens, rivers and theatres, and more. In this program, you will get to engage in Oxford, London, and the Lake District vibrant cultural and educational world, both past and present.
Program Notes:
- On-site Experience: Includes classroom lectures, reflections, daily site visits, and events.
- Research Opportunity: Conduct independent research on a chosen person, culminating in a personalized book, and creative project.
- Holistic Learning: Designed for students across various majors, from psychology to journalism (see academic details below).
- Engaging Activities: Attend seminars, historic venue visits, performances, and one-on-one advising.
- Pre-Departure Prep: Group and individual meetings in Spring term.
- Post-Program: Reunion dinner, submission of journals and final projects, presentation of final project, ongoing opportunities for 1:1 support from faculty.
Tentative Itinerary (subject to change)
WEEK 1: Oxford
WEEK 2: London
WEEK 3: Lake District