“Penn is eager to encourage the next generation to take up the leadership mantel in new ways,” Kenwyn Smith, the faculty director for the program, said. “The world needs leaders who dare to dream big, think diligently and act with compassion, integrity and impact.”
Students enrolled in the Master’s in Leadership program come from a variety of career fields, including non-profit and non-governmental organizations, hospitals, social-service agencies and foundations.
“Our hope is that busy professionals, who could not do this on a full-time basis, will join us in this vibrant program dedicated to leadership development,” Eric Ashton, the associate director of the program, said.
Graduates of the non-profit and NGO leadership program are prepared to enter senior-management positions in the non-profit and non-governmental sector, as well as charitable, advocacy and volunteer organizations.
The application deadline for fall enrollment into the part-time M.S. in Nonprofit and NGO Leadership program is May 15.
Additional information about this part-time degree program option or the full-time NPL Program at the School of Social Policy and Practice is available at www.npl.upenn.edu or by contacting Eric Ashton at 215-898-1857.
Griffin Pitt, right, works with two other student researchers to test the conductivity, total dissolved solids, salinity, and temperature of water below a sand dam in Kenya.
Griffin Pitt’s upbringing made her passionate about water access and pollution, and Penn has given her the opportunity to explore these issues back home in North Carolina and abroad.
Helping robots work together to explore the Moon and Mars
Penn Engineers, NASA, and five other universities tested robotic systems designed to help unmanned explorers cooperate in the dunes of White Sands, New Mexico, paving the way for Moon and Mars exploration.
From framework to actions: Provost John L. Jackson Jr. talks Penn Forward
In a Q&A, Provost John L. Jackson Jr. explains the relationship between the strategic framework In Principle and Practice and Penn Forward—a new University-wide process and action plan that will advance Penn forward for the next decade and beyond.
