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Journal Club is meeting again this Friday, October 25, from 4-5:30 p.m. in Tilford 115. We will meet each Friday afternoon when DPLS classes meet (specific dates are below).

Journal Club is an opportunity for engaging with colleagues in a context of curiosity, uncertainty, and depth. Come explore interesting and unpredictable topics that stretch your horizons! It is a place for anyone in the Gonzaga community to explore ideas and research that interests them. Journal Club effectively invites our community to say, “This is what I am reading, this is what I am interested in, and/or this is what I am thinking.”

All Gonzaga students, faculty, and staff are welcome to attend. Attendees are invited to present a journal article, book chapter, or other scholarly work to colleagues, or just show up and participate in the dialogue. The transdisciplinary nature of this endeavor is meant to offer a rich context for surprise and delight. We explore key themes in leadership studies that focus on problems, questions, and/or speculations about:

• Influence (e.g., metaphysical, physical/biological, socio-cultural)
• Power (e.g., historical/traditional, normative, size/scale, role/reputation)
• Purpose (e.g., meaning, intentions, teleology)

We believe that these themes are broad enough to encourage anyone from any field to participate in our conversation. Everyone who wants a chance to present will be able to do so. At the completion of presentations we engage in conversation and dialogue.

For more info about Journal Club, please click here. Find us on Facebook, too!

In fall 2013, we will meet on Friday afternoons from 4-5:30 p.m. on the following dates: September 6, September 20, October 4, October 18, October 25, November 15, November 22, and December 6. We will meet in Tilford 115, with the exception on November 15 when we will meet in Tilford 117.

Hello All!

Spring 2014 Registration will soon be here–beginning Nov. 5. You will receive more information about new DPLS electives in a later email. This email is about Study Abroad courses that will be offered in May/June 2014. Syllabi and more information will be posted by Nov. 5, but this is some preliminary information so you can begin thinking about the possibilities:

Graduate Student Leadership in Italy Program Announced for Summer 2014: For the tenth year, the Departments of Communication & Leadership Studies, Organizational Leadership, and Doctoral Program in Leadership Studies are pleased to announce their Leadership classes offered in Italy. The two courses are: COML513 (3 credits) – Renaissance Rhetoric and Contemporary Leadership — Taught by Dr. John Caputo; and ORGL510 / DPLS 775 (3credits) – Renaissance Leadership for the 21st Century — Taught by Dr. JoAnn Barbour. These are hybrid courses with online components before and after the residency time in Italy. This Italian residency starts in Rome and continues in Florence at the Gonzaga campus, and includes a day-trip to Siena and free weekend travel.
Dates: May 23 – June 6, 2014
Complete details, an application, and program costs can be found at:
http://gonzagasa.terradotta.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=10068
For more information on Application and payments you can contact the Study Abroad Office Director (Richard Menard). If you have DPLS-type questions, feel free to contact JoAnn Barbour at 509-313-3630 or barbourj@gonzaga.edu .

Journal Club is meeting again this Friday, October 18, from 4-5:30 p.m. in Tilford 115. We will meet each Friday afternoon when DPLS classes meet (specific dates are below).

Journal Club is an opportunity for engaging with colleagues in a context of curiosity, uncertainty, and depth. Come explore interesting and unpredictable topics that stretch your horizons! It is a place for anyone in the Gonzaga community to explore ideas and research that interests them. Journal Club effectively invites our community to say, “This is what I am reading, this is what I am interested in, and/or this is what I am thinking.”

All Gonzaga students, faculty, and staff are welcome to attend. Attendees are invited to present a journal article, book chapter, or other scholarly work to colleagues, or just show up and participate in the dialogue. The transdisciplinary nature of this endeavor is meant to offer a rich context for surprise and delight. We explore key themes in leadership studies that focus on problems, questions, and/or speculations about:

• Influence (e.g., metaphysical, physical/biological, socio-cultural)
• Power (e.g., historical/traditional, normative, size/scale, role/reputation)
• Purpose (e.g., meaning, intentions, teleology)

We believe that these themes are broad enough to encourage anyone from any field to participate in our conversation. Everyone who wants a chance to present will be able to do so. At the completion of presentations we engage in conversation and dialogue.

For more info about Journal Club, please click here.

In fall 2013, we will meet on Friday afternoons from 4-5:30 p.m. on the following dates: September 6, September 20, October 4, October 18, October 25, November 15, November 22, and December 6. We will meet in Tilford 115, with the exception on November 15 when we will meet in Tilford 117.

Hello All,

We include two announcements from the Graduate Student Council:
1. You are invited and encouraged to attend the next Graduate Student Council meeting: October 16, 2013, 6:00pm in Crosby, Rm. 200. If you unable to attend, you can send questions, comments, suggestions, or concerns to Claudine Richardson, doctoral student and Graduate Student Council Representative. Her email contact is gsa@zagmail.gonzaga.edu
2. Students interested in getting funding to support travel to present at conferences need to apply by Friday, October 11, by 5:00pm. You can apply online by using your zagmail email username and password: https://gonzaga.collegiatelink.net/ [This is the Zagtivities website.]

Please consider getting involved in Graduate Student Council. Gonzaga University needs suggestions and leadership to grow the Graduate Student Council and the Graduate School. Thanks to Claudine Richardson for her work on the Council and for being a great representative of the Doctoral Program!

Recently Dr. Barbour was asked by Father Frank Case to comment on the Gonzaga Mission. Father Case is the Vice President for Mission here at Gonzaga University.  He then sent out her evocative and profound statement to the entire Gonzaga Community, faculty, staff and others.

Dr. Barbour’s statement on the GU Mission was then picked up by the national Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) because they loved it!  They then posted it on the front page of their website (scroll down to see it on left):

http://ajcunet.edu/

Beautiful work JoAnn, and congratulations!

Here is JoAnn’s exquisite statement on leadership in it’s entirety, based on the first sentence of the Gonzaga Mission:

Exploring the Mission Statement

“Gonzaga University is an exemplary learning community that educates students for lives of leadership and service for the common good.”* To lead, one must understand and get to know both the self and other. One develops inherent capabilities and strengths as knowledge of the self grows, and one endeavors to acquire those abilities needed to serve the common good, the other. With self-understanding and other-understanding, a leader learns and practices the tasks, skills, and behaviors needed to serve the other, to help the self and the other flourish. Leadership and service occur within a variety of situations and contexts filled with a variety of meanings. An educated leader recognizes and values the multiplicity of understanding and practice that will ensue as she and he serve the common good.

*From the Gonzaga University Mission Statement, February 2013.

So, the semester is off and running, and we need your help doctoral students! Two professors from the Organizational Leadership Program (ORG-L) are in need of TAs this semester for the 680 courses. Responsibilities may differ slightly depending on professor, but generally the responsibilities include: tracking student participation, using BlackBoard, responding to student questions/inquiries on a BB discussion thread, mentoring students on project ideas, challenging students to apply and integrate ORG-L program content (for example, theories, models, research, and so on), collaborating with faculty on student progress and concerns, and reading papers, theses, and/or projects. If you are interested, please contact Ms. Teresa Crane, assistant to the Dean–School of Professional Studies. Her email is crane@gonzaga.edu and phone number is 509-313-6645. Responding soon will help the professors greatly. Thanks everyone!

Journal Club is beginning back up this Friday, September 6, from 4-5:30 p.m. in Tilford 115. We will meet each Friday afternoon when DPLS classes meet (specific dates are below). We made some changes to Journal Club this past summer. Most notably, we have opened up Journal Club to the entire Gonzaga community. That means undergrads, master’s students, faculty, and staff are invited to participate in presentations and/or dialogue.

For more info about Journal Club, its benefits, presentation guidelines, and more, please click here.

In fall 2013, we will meet on Friday afternoons from 4-5:30 p.m. on the following dates: September 6, September 20, October 4, October 18, October 25, November 15, November 22, and December 6. We will meet in Tilford 115, with the exception on November 15 when we will meet in Tilford 117.

At just three weeks out, the Fall 2013 term is fast approaching. If you have not yet enrolled in classes and plan on doing so, please do that asap on Zagweb. Enrolling in classes will help the department confirm that courses will indeed take place. Thanks!

Hello All,

I recently received an announcement for a tenure track position at Eastern University. I put in key info below with the url so you can get more info and complete details. Best of Luck as you apply!!

Tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor of PhD in Organizational Leadership: Eastern University, St. Davids, Pennsylvania (suburb of Philadelphia). The PhD in Organizational Leadership program at Eastern University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of assistant or associate professor. This is a ten-month-equivalent appointment to the cohort-based tri-semester program. The PhD program at Eastern University is in its 7th year of operation and has attracted mature organizational leaders from business, education, nonprofit, governmental, and ministry organizations. Students and faculty represent diversity in the United States and the world. Position #: 4214 Position Begins: Fall 2014 (no later than September 1, 2014). Salary: Will be discussed with finalists. Application Deadline: Application review begins on September 15, 2013 and will continue until the position is filled. More detailed information on the position is available from http://www.eastern.edu/jobs/tenure-track-assistant-or-associate-professor-phd-organizational-leadership

2013/14 Courage and Renewal Academy for Leaders
Starting October 2013 in Chaska, Minnesota

Leadership is not for the faint of heart. How do we develop the courage to lead with authenticity in a world of uncertainty, complexity and competing demands? What practices can help us create trustworthy relationships in communities and organizations? How do we access and strengthen our own resilience? How do we bring our whole selves to our work and life to experience the greatest joy?

Join a 25-person cohort, co-facilitated by Rick Jackson and Laura Kinkead, where we will explore these questions and the application of principles and practices that will deepen your ability to be an effective and authentic leader. This program is designed for leaders from diverse professions-including education, health care, business, public service, nonprofit, philanthropy, and religious life. It is for individuals who want to do personal, reflective, inner work that strengthens the capacity to lead and serve with integrity and courage.

The program is based on the principles and practices of the Courage and Renewal approach, first developed by Parker Palmer.

The Center for Courage and Renewal’s Academy for Leaders. This program begins October 24-27, 2013, in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Area. For more information, click here.

Thanks to Mary Jo, a DPLS student, for passing on this info!