The leaders of tomorrow are formed today at PennWest Edinboro’s Leadership Institute. The Institute enhances the educational experience by drawing on the shared knowledge of faculty, staff and students from diverse academic areas. It is an interdisciplinary and collaborative approach to education, training and leadership.

Mission and Goals

Mission

The mission of the PennWest Edinboro Leadership Institute is to become a regional resource that provides an integrated curriculum in leadership studies, recognizes excellence in campus and community leadership, affords research opportunities for faculty and students and helps to develop leadership skills in personal and professional venues.

Goals

  1. To create integrated curricular and co-curricular offerings that foster the study of leadership among students, staff and faculty.
  2. To encourage interdisciplinary research opportunities among faculty and students to promote and advance the field of leadership.
  3. To serve as a source for training and development of the necessary knowledge, skills and dispositions for preparing the next generation of successful leaders.
  4. To recognize excellence among leaders in the campus and in the community.
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Faculty Fellows

Learn more about the outstanding credentials of the faculty fellows at the Leadership Institute of PennWest Edinboro.

Melissa Gibson, Ph.D.

Timothy Few, Ph.D.

James Daniel Fisher, Ph.D.

Contact Us

Timothy Few, PhD
Associate Professor
108 Hendricks Hall
wfew@pennwest.edu
814-732-1319

Melissa Gibson, PhD
Professor
202 Compton Hall
mgibson@pennwest.edu
814-732-1592