WINTER 2006
Library Dedication Celebrates Fredric
Jablin's Legacy
Approximately 50 friends, family members, colleagues and alumni
gathered to honor an outstanding scholar and beloved friend, father
and teacher at the dedication ceremony of the Fredric Jablin Library
in the Jepson Faculty Lounge on February 26.
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Monograph of Taylor Branch Lecture on
Nonviolent Leadership Now Available
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Jackie Knupp ('06) Reflects on
Her Jepson Experience and Her Definition of Leadership in Her Prelude
Speech
Truman 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.
Read the transcript of her speech.
Alumni Share Their Real-World Experiences with
Students
This 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.”
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Joshua Walker ('03) Writes Articles for
Journals and Newspapers
Several 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.
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Mark Your Calendars for Reunion Weekend 2006
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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.
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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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article.
Emily Griffey ('01) Promotes Grassroots Initiatives for Child
Well-Being
Emily Griffey (’01)
does a lot of grassroots organizing in her current role as the
family support coordinator for the Safe and Sound Campaign,
a nonprofit campaign focused on improving the well-being of children
in Baltimore, Md., by increasing investment in and accountability of
programs serving Baltimore’s children and youth.
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article.
Matt Grimes ('01) Reflects on School Board Service
Volunteering on your local school board provides one of the best
ways to effect change and make a real difference in your community,
according to Matt Grimes.
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article.
Joshua Kagan ('02) Advocates Tirelessly on Behalf of the
Disadvantaged
Joshua Kagan has logged
more hours in volunteer service and advocacy work since graduating
from Jepson in 2002 than most people do in a lifetime. He started by
taking a year off between college and law school to work for
AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC).
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article.
If you have questions or comments or would like
to share your news, contact newsletter editor
Cassie King at
cking@richmond.edu.
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