Episode 5: Growing With Change

Change is inevitable, but how we respond to it can shape who we become. In this episode, Carolyn Noll Sorg talks with Michele C. Murray, a higher education leader, scholar, and newly elected president of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, about navigating change as both a leader and a person. Drawing on her work in student development, purpose, and meaning-making, Murray explores what change asks of us—and how we can move through uncertainty with reflection, adaptability, and openness to what comes next. About the Guest Michele C. Murray is a higher education leader and scholar whose work focuses on student development, meaning-making, and purpose. She is the newly elected president of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. In this conversation, she reflects on the changes that have shaped her own career, how her understanding of leadership has evolved, and what she sees happening across higher education. She also explores why finding purpose matters during times of transition and how students—and all of us—can make meaning from experiences that don't go according to plan.