The Minchin Center

From truth to innovation. The Minchin Center challenges bright and motivated students to become entrepreneurial innovative leaders for the 21st century. Students are encouraged to creatively solve complex problems, take initiative, develop a broad vision for the future, embrace risk, and aspire to make an impact on society and culture.

As we engage in the business of the Minchin Center our goal is for our students and faculty to traffic in values that will enhance their lives and the lives of those around them. We must lead those around us, take risks to grow, respond and attend to our world, learn to solve complex problems, work together in community, persevere, and have proper ambition. If these things animate us we will be on the road to thinking and living well.

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Center Distinctives

Minchin Center distinctives infographic

To fully flourish, we must first know ourselves: who we are as human beings, our gifts, and areas of growth. We must recognize this truth about ourselves and the world around us. With this knowledge, we begin to develop a vision for the future. To enact vision, we must practice temperance (self-control), cultivating our desires in a way that leads us towards the good. Lastly, we put knowledge of ourselves and self-control into practice through courage: the courage to act on our vision for our own good, the good of others, and the glory of God.

Program Values

Taking Risks

Responsiveness

Problem Solving

Community

Perseverance

Ambition

Insight Speaker Series

The Insight Speaker Series connects the classroom with the working world. Professionals from a variety of industries come alongside students to review business pitches, guest speak, guest teach, and lead off-campus trips to give students a taste of things outside of the classroom environment. They give unique insights on career success, professional and personal life, faith and religion, and society.

We hope to have good conversations that challenge the assumptions of the broader Los Angeles community. The goal is to have a dialogue or a conversation that brings together what is being torn apart—a conversation that seeks intellectual hospitality and is about the pursuit of truth wherever it may lead.