The DPLS Blog at Gonzaga University

Fall GA applications are due July 10. Please turn them in to Marnie’s office. Click here for forms and more GA info.

This is another reminder to complete course evaluations for any and all courses you took this Spring 2013 term. Complete your evaluations on ZagWeb. Students have until May 12 to complete these evaluations.

The Comprehensive Leadership Program and Emerging Leaders Program are currently accepting applications for the open Program Coordinator position. The Program Coordinator (PC) is responsible for various activities related to the infrastructure and coordination of all curricular and co-curricular activities of students in the Comprehensive Leadership Program (CLP), and for all marketing, recruiting, and scheduling activities for the CEO Institute, the Emerging Leaders Program, and the Leadership Connections program.

The job of the PC is to work under the direction of the CLP academic director and with students and instructors in the CLP, and with the chair of the Department of Organizational Leadership for the CEO Institute, Emerging Leadership Program, and Leadership Connection functions.

More info can be found here. Applications will be accepted through May 17, 2013.

This is a reminder that all GA students working this summer 2013 must have a Summer PAR on file. Please pick up the form asap from the Student Employment office in College Hall and then pass it along to Marnie to sign. Summer officially begins May 13 for payroll purposes.

We captured Friday sessions at the Leadership Studies Student Research Symposium in still photographs and you may now view them here! Thank you to all who made this an incredible event! ‘Til next year!

All are invited to attend an open house this Friday, April 12, 3-5 p.m., in the Tilford Lobby to celebrate retiring professor Dr. James Beebe. Current, old, and new students; faculty; and our DPLS community are welcome! Hope to see you there!

Gonzaga DPLS Alumni and Current Faculty and Students,

Recently it was posted on the DPLS blog that JoAnn Barbour has assumed chair duties from James Beebe who will officially retire from Gonzaga on June 1, 2013. You saw the message for about 24 hours and then we deleted the message, but neglected to explain. We apologize. Here is what is going on: Dr. Barbour is indeed now working as chair. We wanted an opportunity to smoothly transition Dr. Beebe out of the position and transition Dr. Barbour into the position, and we thought it would be helpful to let the DPLS community understand this. However, we neglected to realize that JoAnn cannot formally begin her position until she receives a letter from University Administration naming her the new Department Chair. To this point in time, the letter has not been sent. So, in essence, we jumped the gun. Intrinsically we know bureaucracies and the cultures within which we work — processes take time; we teach this stuff! We apologize if there are mixed messages being sent. JoAnn is taking care of the daily tasks, responsibilities, and duties of the chair; and, as she has questions, James is across the hall to answer them. James, still nominally the chair, will sign DPLS documents until JoAnn is formally named DPLS Department Chair. If you have questions, you can contact JoAnn at barbourj@gonzaga.edu or 509-313-3630.

Dear DPLS Community,

I would like to apologize for my error yesterday in posting the wrong information concerning the demonstration teaching of Candidate A. Unfortunately I didn’t realize that information had gone out that our meeting was to be in Jepson. I had thought all along it was in Tilford and so that is what I communicated to the committee and the candidate. I realize that this may have inconvenienced many of you and made it impossible for you to see her teaching style. I am sorry for that. Hopefully you got a chance to talk with her in the morning at the coffee or that you could talk with colleagues that were there. We are working diligently toward making our communication more reliable, effective, and informative.

Respectfully,

Chris

Congratulations to Ivon Prefontaine, his candidacy paper was just accepted for publication in the Long Island Education Review.  Excellent work Ivon!

Fall 2013 registration opens Tuesday, April 2, at 8 a.m. (PST). Check out the syllabi, the DPLS academic calendar, Google calendar, and ZagWeb of course!