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Mike Magee

@mcmageejr.bsky.social

President of @MinervaUniversity.bsky.social . Aspen Global Leadership Network. Author of Emancipating Pragmatism. Lover of basketball & other fine arts. Dad of 3 daughters.

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β€œWe're successful when our alumni are successful, and we can backwards map those outcomes to the experience that our students have had during their time at Minerva in order to learn and improve.” - President @mcmageejr.bsky.social in the latest California Sun podcast episode

06.10.2025 10:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mike Magee on building the world's most innovative university Mike Magee is the president of Minerva University, which has earned the No. 1 ranking in the World University Rankings for Innovation for four consecutive

President @mcmageejr.bsky.social joined the California Sun podcast to talk about what makes Minerva’s model so distinctive, from global student experiences to interdisciplinary learning, scalability, and even AI in education.

Listen to it here: www.californiasun.co/podcast/mike...

06.10.2025 10:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Minerva President Mike Magee sat down with Arirang TV in this Kulture Issue interview to discuss our innovative education model, the future of global learning, and Minerva’s deep connections to South Korea through our Seoul rotation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tsau7QmASQ

30.09.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
We come from nowhere but belong everywhere | Minerva University One Day Finale
YouTube video by One Day - Minerva We come from nowhere but belong everywhere | Minerva University One Day Finale

This short film about life at @minervauniversity.bsky.social by recent alumni Stephanie Froebel & Ethan Willick is a must watch for anyone who wants to understand our beautiful learning community. Belong everywhere. Lead anywhere. πŸ˜ŠπŸ™
youtu.be/0BBZ3rwJud8?...

04.06.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Honored to join Seoul National University President Honglim Ryu and POSTECH President Seong Keun Kim on stage this morning to share our perspectives on the future of higher education. @minervauniversity.bsky.social
#AsianLeadershipConference

23.05.2025 04:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In London today.

King, Romero, Bonhoeffer, side by side on Westminster Abbey.

15.04.2025 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Minerva University Names Patrice McMahon as New Provost Mar 28, 2025

I’m thrilled to share that Patrice McMahon has been chosen as next Provost of @minervauniversity.bsky.social Patrice is an extraordinary scholar & leader who understands why our innovations are so important to the students we serve and to global higher education.

www.minerva.edu/announcement...

29.03.2025 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Day 2 in Buenos Aires. Wonderful spending time w/ our extraordinary Buenos Aires team & civic partners at Universidad Abierta Interamericano, Sustentar & Insud. πŸ™ as well to La NaciΓ³n for taking the time to hear more about us! Next year # of @MinervaUniversity students in BA will more than double!

12.03.2025 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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An exciting Day 1 in Buenos Aires meeting with Minerva University students & supporters. Special thanks Jorge Macri (Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires) for his very warm welcome!

11.03.2025 11:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Grateful to AJR’s Adam Met for sitting down with me today in San Francisco with our students at @minervauniversity.bsky.social to talk about what each of us can do, what organizations can do, what nations can do β€” and yes what music celebrities can do β€” on climate action.

04.02.2025 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Such an honor to spend time today with @unitednationsbk.bsky.social Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, one of the world’s most inspiring and accomplished leaders. He encouraged us to keep building and growing our impact at @minervauniversity.bsky.social

22.01.2025 08:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Seriously. I sue drug companies, you don't have to tell me they suck, nor explain to me the risks of pharmaceuticals.

But vaccines are different, they're like stealing fire from the Gods and burning plagues with it. Their benefit/risk ratio is downright magical.

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Grateful to Patrick Harker, CEO of Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank, for sitting down with me for a conversation with our students at @minervauniversity.bsky.social We talked about Pat’s leadership path, the Fed, geo-politics, cybersecurity, crypto & many other topics of interest to our students.

04.01.2025 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A flock of Golden-crowned Kinglets arrived here with this week’s snow. Whatever else it is, the world is also magical.

22.12.2024 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜I’m an impatient person:’ This young CEO wants to capture carbon emissions from ships | CNN Alisha Fredriksson says she had one motivation for starting her latest business venture: β€œto tackle the climate crisis and to have as big of an impact as possible.”

What a thrill (and how encouraging!) to see Seabound β€” founded by @MinervaUniversity alumni Alisha Fredriksson & Roujia Wen β€” featured on @CNN ! Shining examples of what we mean when we say we are putting talented young people on a path to global leadership. πŸ‘πŸΌπŸ‘πŸΌπŸ‘πŸΌ edition.cnn.com/climate/seab...

18.12.2024 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I had the opportunity to speak with Scarlet Fu of Bloomberg TV about @minervauniversity.bsky.social and the state of US higher education today. Link below.

www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...

06.12.2024 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rhodes Scholarship Recipientβ€”Brittany Dick Meet Brittany, Class of 2024, and join her on her journey from Aotearoa, New Zealand to Oxford as Minerva’s second Rhodes Scholar

We are proud to celebrate Brittany Dick, Class of 2024, as @minervauniversity.bsky.social second #RhodesScholar and one of only four Māori recipients of this prestigious scholarship in New Zealand's 120-year Rhodes history!

Read her inspiring story:
www.minerva.edu/blog/rhodes-...

25.11.2024 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I was honored to join Fathmath Zahanath Zuhury and Dr. Adil Alzarooni for a conversation about the future of learning at #DubaiFutureForum β€” Thank you to Raya Bidshahri for moderating! Next year I hope to bring Minerva University students with me!

21.11.2024 04:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’ll be speaking about Minerva University today at #DubaiFutureForum

20.11.2024 08:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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At Minerva University we’ve reimagined campus life as a true global village (students from 100+ nations studying on 4 continents in 4 years) & designed a pedagogy to take full advantage of collaboration among talented young people with diverse global perspectives. Happy #InternationalStudentsDay !

17.11.2024 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a #greenheron I photographed on the Blackstone River in Rhode Island. Figured I may as well start my Bluesky feed with something magical.

15.11.2024 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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