CMU students attend the Emerging Leaders Retreat at Camp Guyasuta in Sharpsburg, PA, in January 2024.
Emerging Leaders
A long-standing CMU tradition for first-year students, Emerging Leaders (EL) promotes the development of leadership skills through the lens of community engagement and social action.
For more information about the Emerging Leaders program, contact Justin Pearl via email or at 412-268-8704.
Registration for the 2026 program will open in fall 2025.
Emerging Leaders Framework
Emerging Leaders is guided by the Leadership Challenge model, developed by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner. Based upon thousands of interviews and case studies, Leadership Challenge highlights five core practices of good leadership:
- Model the Way
- Inspire a Shared Vision
- Challenge the Process
- Enable Others to Act
- Encourage the Heart
