Purdue welcomes fifth cohort of Mandela Washington Fellows to campus for six-week leadership institute

Purdue officially welcomed its fifth cohort of Mandela Washington Fellows to campus on June 30 at the Convergence Center for Innovation and Collaboration. The 25 leaders from 17 different African nations will participate in a primarily on-campus Leadership in Business Institute for six weeks between June 22 and July 30, 2023, for intensive executive-style leadership training, networking, community service and skills building, with an emphasis on engineering and agriculture-related innovations and businesses.

This institute is a campuswide collaboration, led by the office of International Programs in Agriculture, the Office of Global Engineering Programs and Partnerships, and the colleges of Agriculture and Engineering.

The Mandela Washington Fellowship is the flagship program of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), created to empower young African leaders through academic coursework, leadership training, mentoring, networking, professional opportunities and local community engagement. YALI was created in 2010 and supports young Africans as they spur economic growth and prosperity, strengthen democratic governance, and enhance peace and security across the African continent.

For more information about the 2023 fellows, visit https://extension.purdue.edu/mandela-washington/fellows/fellows-2023.html.

The Mandela Washington Fellowship is a U.S. Department of State program with funding provided by the U.S. government and administered by IREX. For more information about the Mandela Washington Fellowship, visit mandelawashingtonfellowship.org and join the conversation at #YALI2023.