
Michael R. Cunningham
Chancellor & CEO
National University System
San Diego, CA USA
“I never just accept rejection; I learn from it. It’s a badge of honor to get rejected because the hardest thing in the world is to put yourself out there.”
National University System
San Diego, CA USA
“I never just accept rejection; I learn from it. It’s a badge of honor to get rejected because the hardest thing in the world is to put yourself out there.”
Chancellor & CEO
I oversee a network of educational institutions serving over 40,000 students.
As Chancellor, I'm in charge of a network of educational institutions that connect a diverse population of students to innovative programs relevant to their lives, careers, and the marketplace. There are over 4,400 faculty and 40,000 students who I must look out for. This comes with A LOT of emails. I tend to get up pretty early to start getting through as many as I can. I go to A LOT of meetings mainly to go over skills data and ensure our students are getting what they need to succeed.
Here's the first step for everyone
Find a role model or mentor and learn as much as you can from them. Take cues from what the people around you identify as your strengths. Figure out what it is about those strengths that makes you special or makes you stand out from others. Be sure to volunteer as much as can! You meet great people and build a strong network that could work in your favor in the future.
"I don't want to be a fireman."