This Spring, I was nominated by Dr. Sam Holland, Dean of the Meadows School of the Arts, to attend the 2016 Emerging Leaders Weekly Seminar Series. Each Friday, leaders from the SMU Community present and hold group discussions with the goal of providing an overview about the challenges of running a large university. The program provides selected faculty, such as myself, the opportunity to supplement our disciplinary knowledge by learning from our campus leaders about their careers and perspectives within an informal group setting that is very much unique. The goals of the seminar are two-fold: participating faculty will develop and refine our own interests pursuing intellectual and administrative leadership positions and SMU will benefit from the ongoing contributions of engaged, informed faculty thought leaders.