Dr. Patricia A, Young was part of the 2023 Cohort of the Emerging Leaders Program. ELP is designed for emerging academic and administrative leaders to gain a greater appreciation of the Academy and build the skillset and mindset to lead campus initiatives and advance to more senior leadership roles. Participants graduate with skills, connections, and support necessary to navigate the transition to administrative roles.
ELP is designed to prepare the next generation of higher education administrators to be effective leaders; to view every decision through a diversity, equity, and inclusion lens; and to further their institutions’ path to equitable student success. As part of this program, Dr. Young implemented the project Keep Your Major TEACH.
Keep Your Major TEACH! campaign aimed to offer a Call To Action to recruit undergraduate students to become teachers. Youth are drawn to professions and businesses that take on social responsibility. Teaching, in Pre-Kindergarten to 12th grade classrooms, is an opportunity to take on a social responsibility.