{"id":25711,"date":"2026-04-24T12:02:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T16:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=25711"},"modified":"2026-04-24T12:02:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T16:02:45","slug":"leadership-academy-establishes-strong-foundation-with-inaugural-cohort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2026\/04\/24\/leadership-academy-establishes-strong-foundation-with-inaugural-cohort\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership Academy establishes strong foundation with inaugural cohort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Mercy Leadership Academy represents a significant investment in developing leadership excellence across the University. The program brought together staff, faculty, administrators and department chairs for a focused and collaborative learning experience designed to strengthen leadership skills, build institutional capacity and foster a shared culture of excellence.<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural cohort participated in six monthly sessions, earned a microcredential in leadership and successfully completed the program on April 10. Participant feedback underscored the value of dedicated time for reflection, peer exchange and meaningful skill development.<\/p>\n<p>The Leadership Academy has established a strong foundation for future cohorts and reinforces the University\u2019s commitment to \u201cgrowing our own\u201d leaders. The Office of the Provost looks forward to continuing and expanding this initiative in the years ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to Professor and Coordinator of Leadership Minor Don DiPaolo for leading the program, with the support of Registrar Emeritus Diane Praet and Ericka Jones from the Office of Academic Affairs, for their leadership and commitment to this important initiative.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-25712 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/04\/Leadership-cohort.jpg?resize=993%2C441&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A group of people posing for a photo\" width=\"993\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/04\/Leadership-cohort.jpg?resize=300%2C133&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/04\/Leadership-cohort.jpg?resize=768%2C342&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/04\/Leadership-cohort.jpg?w=825&amp;ssl=1 825w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The inaugural UDM Leadership Academy brought together a diverse group of campus leaders in a focused, collaborative experience to strengthen leadership skills, build institutional capacity and foster a shared culture of excellence. Its successful first cohort sets a strong foundation for future participants and reinforces the University\u2019s commitment to \u201cgrowing our own\u201d leaders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":25712,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6],"tags":[7412,264,7028,7027],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/04\/Leadership-cohort.jpg?fit=825%2C367&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-6GH","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25711"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25711"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25725,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25711\/revisions\/25725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}