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Leadership Council Members Earn Leadership U Certificate

5/26/2021 2:02:00 PM | Leadership U

The Gopher Athletics leadership council meets monthly and is a group of student-athletes who are dedicated to practicing and improving their leadership skills. Being a member of council provides the opportunity to get to know other Gopher student-athletes and troubleshoot leadership challenges with their peers in real time. The goal of the leadership council is to help student-athletes gain awareness surrounding the challenges of leadership. The Leadership U staff helps this group build community across teams and be better prepared to step into leadership roles. 

Throughout the 2020-2021 academic year, several leadership council members have been working toward earning the leadership certificate. In order to earn the certificate student-athletes must meet the following requirements: 
  • - Attend a career development programming event
  • - Complete and debrief behavioral and emotional intelligence assessments
  • - Submit reflections on Leadership U Speaker Series events with established corporate, educational and sport leaders
  • - Actively engage with the Leadership U staff and fellow student-athletes
The Leadership U staff is pleased to announce the following nine student-athletes have satisfactorily completed the requirements and are recipients of University of Minnesota's Leadership U Certificate Program:
  • Carlie Brandt, Softball
  • Emily Brown, Women's Hockey
  • Tyler Davis, Men's Gymnastics 
  • Valerie Larson, Women's Track & Field 
  • Abbie Nylin, Women's Gymnastics
  • Stephanie Peller, Rowing 
  • Lexy Ramler, Women's Gymnastics 
  • Natalie Windels, Women's Track & Field 
  • Grace Zumwinkle, Women's Hockey 
Leadership U team members have worked closely with and advised this group since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Leadership U staff was repeatedly impressed with this group's willingness to continue to show up and engage with one another throughout this unique year. These council members were thrown many curve balls and challenges but handled it with grace and maturity and led their teams well throughout it all.   

Golden Gopher Athletics is incredibly proud of this group's leadership efforts demonstrated in and out of their sport. Congratulations to the 2021 Leadership U Certificate Program recipients.
 

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