ep.02 Interview with Freeman Hrabowski

Misti Burmeister interviews Freeman Hrabowski, the President of UMBC. In this interview, he talks about: 

-Community (and it's meaning)

-How to make students love learning

-How to create an environment that empowers students

-Making a great community that inspires ownership

-What makes people work hard

-How to think broadly

-How to teach people "how to ask the right questions"

-How to get to know people

-How to hire evokers

-What makes UMBC different (collaboration, community, hands on learning, etc)

-How ownership is more important over the standard education

-The most important leadership skills

-How to build trust

-Why vulnerability, failure and making mistakes is important

-Trying risky moves

-How to know if someone is hungry. 

-Empowering the student to "Let me try. Let me see"

-Who has provoked and empowered Freeman

-Human capacity

-Have to be inspired and become uncomfortable in order to be great/grow.

-Women in leadership

-Changing the shift to bring more women in leadership

 

 

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