Season 5 Episode 2
DPE 50th: What Is the Legacy of Leadership?
April 6, 2023
What is the legacy of leadership? How do leaders come consider their legacy? This episode celebrates the Diversity Peer Educator program's 50th anniversary and legacy of social justice, student empowerment, and campus leadership with two former student leaders, Robert Wilson and Simon Rivers. Together, Robert and Simon reflect on their time as a Diversity Peer Educator and Minority Peer Advisor, the legacy of their leadership, decades of campus causes, and the future of student activism and leadership at the University of Michigan.
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Reflection Questions:
- What are the most pressing student and campus issues?
- How are they different across student communities?
- Do you consider yourself a campus leader? Why or why not?
- How can you support other campus leaders? Campus causes?
Robert L. Wilson
Michigan Alumnus
Robert L. Wilson is a Michigan alumnus and former Bursley Hall Minority Peer Advisor. He currently serves as the founding partner of the Culture Shift Team in Nashville, TN.
Simon Rivers
Michigan Alumnus
Simon Rivers is a 2015 Michigan alumnus and former Stockwell Hall Diversity Peer Educator. He currently serves as an assistant urban planner with McKenna in Northville, MI.