Launched last year to great success as a certificate experience, we are delighted to offer our Florence Leadership Immersion again this year — now with an expanded for-credit option available to current students. This course and immersive experience is available to current MSLCE and MS in Communication students as well as alumni.
As one 2025 participant reflected: “The combination of academic learning and hands-on activities in an immersive setting in Firenze was stimulating, enchanting, and pure joy. The retreat was a once-in-a-lifetime experience…inspirational and unforgettable.”
Participants will register for the one-credit winter quarter elective MSLCE 529: Global Leadership: Lessons from the Renaissance, an asynchronous online course, and travel to Florence during Spring Break (March 15-20, 2026). The course will be taught by MSLCE and Communication Studies professor Leslie DeChurch.
We’re eager to offer this incredible experience to our students and alumni, and excited to continue developing immersive leadership offerings in our curriculum.