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Jepson faculty help students hone their leadership skills. They also hold prominent places in national and international media, providing insightful opinions and expert views on leadership and issues of the day.
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Graduates leave Richmond with knowledge of leadership frameworks and with the critical thinking and communication skills that enable them to excel in their chosen careers.
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Cornell Tech Vice Provost Greg Morrisett told the graduating class that a liberal arts education has prepared them well in an age of rapidly accelerating technology.
The Department of Religious Studies is pleased to announce the winners of the Lynn C. Dickerson Award and the Philip R. Hart Prize for 2023.
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Scholars & Practitioners
Lauren Henley, assistant professor of leadership studies, received the Faculty Member of the Year Award from the Epsilon Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa.
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George Goethals, professor of leadership studies emeritus, received the Jepson School Award for Leadership and Service upon his retirement in May.
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Sandra J. Peart, dean of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, published her essay "Mill's Harm Principle: A Study in the Application of 'On Liberty'" with the Fraser Institute.
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Volha Chykina, assistant professor of leadership studies, received the American Educational Research Association's 2023 Outstanding Paper Award for her research paper "Expecting to Achieve Against the Odds: Anti-Immigrant Sentiment and Immigrants' Educational and Occupational Expectations in Europe."
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Leadership studies professor David Wilkins, a member of the Lumbee Nation of North Carolina, is quoted.
Leadership studies professor David Wilkins, a citizen of the Lumbee Nation and coauthor of Dismembered, a book on tribal disenrollment, is quoted.
Historian Julian Hayter, a leadership studies professor, is quoted.
Scott Allison, adjunct lecturer in leadership studies and psychology professor emeritus, authored this tribute to chaplain emeritus David Burhans, who recently passed away.