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ATHENA CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP STUDIES
Athena Center for Leadership Studies
www.barnard.edu/athenacenter
Director: Kathryn Kolbert For a complete list of
faculty on leave see:
http://www.barnard.edu/provost/facleavelist.html
Curriculum
Newly-launched in 2009, the Athena Center for Leadership Studies is an innovative program designed to explore the question of leadership from the distinctive platform of a liberal arts college. Using an innovative, interdisciplinary approach that combines rigorous academic and experiential study, the courses help women prepare to assume positions of leadership at the highest levels of achievement. Students have an opportunity to explore how women lead and how gender affects leadership styles and strategies.
Barnard students of any major may pursue the Athena Leadership Scholars Program. Participation in the Athena program does not constitute a major. Rather, completion of the program is typically done in conjunction with the College’s general educational and major requirements. Students who complete the program receive recognition on their transcripts indicating their standing as an Athena Leadership Scholar.
While all of the courses and co-curricular activities sponsored by the Athena Center are open to all Barnard and Columbia students, only Barnard students can become Athena Scholars. To do so they must complete all four major components of the program: specialized academic courses, a mentoring opportunity, the development of a social action project and participation in hands-on workshops that develop leadership skills.
Typically, students will file their intention to become an Athena Scholar in the spring of their sophomore year. Students must complete two required courses: Women and Leadership (ACLS BC3450) and the Senior Leadership Seminar (ACLS BC3998) and three additional electives selected from Athena’s multi-disciplinary course offerings.
All Athena Scholars also must complete a leadership internship either during the school year or in the summer and develop an independent social action project that demonstrates leadership in an off-campus setting. They must also take at least three Athena Leadership Lab workshops designed to teach practical elements of leadership.
A select group of students will have the opportunity to participate in the Athena Summer Fellowship Program, offered in the summer of their junior year, where they will be placed with mentors who are dedicated to helping students develop leadership skills.