After a year’s hiatus caused by (what else?) the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s 57th annual Executive Management Institute (EMI) is slated to take place as a live event this Aug. 8-12 at the College Park Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, Hyattsville, MD, adjacent to the University of Maryland campus.

Excitement at the planned resumption of EMI—following last-year’s cancellation—has students, TRSA staff and EMI faculty members buzzing at the prospect of week-long educational experience that can sharpen skills, enhance self-awareness and—perhaps most importantly—offer an in-depth forum for rising executives to compare notes on how they’ve dealt with the pandemic and how ...