2024-2025 Undergraduate University Catalog 
    
    May 30, 2026  
2024-2025 Undergraduate University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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BU 325 - Not-for-profit Leadership & Governance


Credit(s): 3
The student will explore what it means to be a leader, how certain leadership models lend themselves particularly well to not-for-profits and how leadership can be cultivated in oneself and in others. This course will examine what it means to be a leader in the current non-profit environment locally as well as globally. Students will learn about the differences between a board of directors and an advisory board as well as how each of these groups supports the mission of the organization. Students will learn how to organize a board of directors, evaluate a board of directors, develop board policies, and direct an effective board meeting. Students will translate theory into practice through a partnership with a local nonprofit. Students will develop and conduct a training session for not-forprofit leaders, a governing board or an advisory board.



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