One of the highlights of May Term is the return of the Doenges Artist/Scholar to teach an intensive, three-week course. More than a dozen students have engaged with this year’s distinguished visitor, novelist Angie Cruz, in the class Writing and Leadership. “To write is an empowered act. And to lead, one must feel empowered,” said Cruz, a faculty member in the creative writing program at the University of Pittsburgh. Students worked alongside Cruz, writing original stories, thinking critically about the narratives we consume, and using drawing to move away from abstract thinking to concrete thinking.