A Wichita State University summer leadership course took 15 students from Kansas to South Carolina, where they utilized design thinking, contemporary research and scholarship to make a meaningful difference with local nonprofits.
WSU’s Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honors College’s Lead for Tomorrow course tackled real-world challenges from Wichita nonprofits: Wichita Clean Streams, Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum and the Pando Initiative through a traveling leadership academy experience.
The Leadership Academy, part of the original Cohen gift, engages students in contemporary research and scholarship based on an annual theme. For the 2026 theme, “Currents, Waves & Tides: Leadership in Motion,” students participated in a Place as Text travel experience in Charleston, South Carolina.