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WINTER 2006
Jepson School News Library Dedication Celebrates Fredric
Jablin's Legacy Taylor
Branch, the featured speaker for Jepson’s second annual Burns
Lectureship in Leadership Studies and Biography, lauded the
nonviolent leadership of Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil
rights activists during his November 14, 2005, lecture at the
Alumni Center. Claude Moore Grant Will Fund Project on Responsible Leadership in Health Care The
Claude Moore Charitable Foundation made a grant of $80,000 for a
two-year project entitled “Preparing for Responsible Leadership in
Health Care,” directed jointly by Kenneth Ruscio, dean of the Jepson
School, and biology professor John Vaughan, director of pre-health
education. Richmond Memorial Health Foundation Awards $75,000 Grant to ConnectRichmond Richmond Memorial Health
Foundation has awarded a three-year, $75,000 grant to the University
of Richmond’s ConnectRichmond project to improve and expand the
health section of its Web site with new research and a redesign and
to develop new community collaborations. Faculty Spotlight Prolific Faculty Publish Books, Articles Jepson’s
prolific faculty has been hard at work again, writing and editing
books and journal articles on topics ranging from leadership ethics
to the economics of social justice to urban sprawl. Getting Book to Press a Collaborative Effort, Terry Price Says
Terry Price credited the collaborative effort
of staff members, students and faculty colleagues with the successful
publication of his first book, "Understanding Ethical Failures in
Leadership," by Cambridge University Press in August 2005. Student Spotlight Cofounders of UR-AID Hope to Raise Global Awareness Elleni
Ghebremicael and Ashley Weathersbee, both leadership studies minors,
and fellow University of Richmond student Alicia Surdyk co-founded a
campus chapter of Americans for Informed Democracy (AID) last spring after attending one of the
organization’s conferences in Berlin. AID, a nonpartisan, nonprofit
organization with a mission to raise global awareness, engages
college and university students in education and advocacy in support
of a collaborative U.S. role in the world. Jackie Knupp ('06) Reflects on Her Jepson Experience and Her Definition of Leadership in Her Prelude SpeechTruman scholar and senior Jackie
Knupp shared her reflections on her Jepson experience and her
definition of leadership with Jepson initiates during the Prelude
ceremony on November 16, 2005. Alumni News Alumni Share Their Real-World Experiences with StudentsThis year
seven Jepson alumni have discussed their respective careers and
post-graduation experiences with undergraduates anxious to learn
about what opportunities lie ahead after they leave “the bubble.” Joshua Walker ('03) Writes Articles for Journals and NewspapersSeveral articles written by
Joshua Walker ('03), a Javits fellow in his second year of graduate
study at Yale, on topics ranging from Turkey's bid to join the
European Union to reflections on his undergraduate years, which have
appeared recently in journals and newspappers. Mark Your Calendars for Reunion Weekend 2006Details
Maurice Henderson ('97) and Timothy Sullivan ('02) Fight for Workers' Rights Maurice
Henderson (’97) and Timothy Sullivan (’02) have relied heavily on
grassroots organizing to reach their core constituents in the United
Steelworkers of America (USW) and the Massachusetts AFL-CIO,
respectively. Victoria Marple Cobb ('00) Lobbies Legislators to Uphold Traditional Family Values Despite her relative youth, twenty-seven-year-old
Victoria Marple Cobb ('00), executive director of The Family
Foundation of Virginia, often finds herself at the center of public
policy debates on family-related issues such as abortion, the
marriage amendment and school choice.
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