Dear Minerva Community, I couldn’t be more pleased for the opportunity to become Minerva University’s next President. I want to thank our Founder and Chancellor Ben Nelson, Founding President Teri Cannon, the Board of Trustees and the faculty and staff who I’ve had the pleasure of meeting for their warm…

Dear Friends of Minerva University, As we look to build on our remarkable progress and expand access to our innovative education model to help more thinkers, leaders, and innovators drive positive change in our world, I am delighted to share the news that the Board has named Mike Magee, an…

This is part of a series of profiles introducing Minerva’s Master in Decision Analysis (MDA) students from the Class of 2023. If you would like to learn more about the MDA program, please visit our website. “Until I joined Minerva, I had the misconception that data science was a noble…

Meet Anais, a student in the Class of 2023. — Quick Facts Name Anais Chen Home Country Canada Class 2023 Major Business & Arts and Humanities Conversation Why did you choose to transfer to Minerva? What convinced you that it was the right school for you? The classic university model was not a good fit for me. After my midterms in the second…

Meet Patrycja, a student in the Class of 2022. — “My favorite part of the civic project engagement was the opportunity to interact with local people in a context that was relevant to my experience” — Patrycja Wierzchałek, Minerva Class of 2022. Quick Facts Name Patrycja Wierzchałek Home Country Poland Class 2022 Major Social Sciences — Political and Economic Development and Communication …

By Aspen Pflughoeft, Class of 2022 — “My experience has been horrible. Do you want me to do, like, a little story? Or do you just want to hear my emotions and feelings?” Viktoriia Honcharuk, an M’22 from Baranivka, Ukraine, currently in San Francisco, spoke on the video call. “So I was on a work call and…

This is part of a series of profiles introducing Minerva’s Master in Decision Analysis (MDA) students from the Class of 2023. If you would like to learn more about the MDA program, please visit our website. “Classes at Minerva taught me to be more confident about expressing and defending my…

Meet Rafaela, a student in the Class of 2022. — Quick Facts Name Rafaela Costa Hometown Niterói, Brazil Class 2022 Major Computational Sciences Conversation How would you describe a Capstone project? Capstone is a major project that is related to what you are studying and requires a lot of independence and responsibility. You own it at the end. You can be proud of…

This is part of a series of profiles introducing Minerva’s Master in Decision Analysis (MDA) students from the Class of 2023. If you would like to learn more about the MDA program, please visit our website. As the Head of K12 services at Rarejob Inc., and Executive Director at Envizion…