Monthly Newsletter
ANDREWS UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP DEPARTMENT
MONTHLY NEWSLETTER • February 2012 • Volume 9, Number 2
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CONTENTS
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP (K-12) PROGRAM NEWS
HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM NEWS
"The person who gets the farthest is generally
the one who is willing to do and dare. The
sure-thing boat never gets far from shore."
—Dale Carnegie
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FROM THE DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Robson Marinho, PhD
A few days ago I was reading the story and achievements of General Norman Schwarzkopf, Commander of U.S. Central Command during the Gulf War of 1991. He was considered by ABC-TV's news magazine show as an American Hero who “became famous for planning a strategic military strike that almost immediately crippled Iraqi forces.” As I read the story, I was impressed with an interview he gave to a TV show that was celebrating his leadership. One of the questions was:"How would you like to be remembered in the future?"
The answer was simple:"That I loved my troops.That my troops loved me."
What a superior view of leadership! In fact, this was the secret of Schwarzkopf’s leadership. The general is quoted as saying that his first priority in the war was protecting the well-being of his troops: "I have loved soldiers since my first platoon, the first I ever commanded."
Love doesn’t seem to be a very common word in the corporate environment nor in many other leadership settings. However, as Kouzes and Posner say, “The best-kept secret of successful leaders is love: staying in love with leading, with the people who do the work, with what their organizations produce, and with those who honor the organization by using its products and services” (The Leadership Challenge, 351). Maybe it is time for us to review our concepts of leadership. It is time to embrace a new leadership paradigm!
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DEPARTMENT NEWS
Roundtable 2012 (July 22-25) Focusing on Emotional Leadership
As you will remember from last month's newsletter, Roundtable 2012 will focus on Emotional, Social and Spiritual Leadership featuring expert panel discussions and paper presentations. The keynote speaker will be Daniel Goleman, the best-selling author of the book Emotional Intelligence, with more than 5 million copies sold in 40 languages. The event will start on Sunday, July 22, at 7:00 pm.
The 2012 Roundtable will include optional Pre-Conference Plenary Sessions and Workshops, beginning on Friday evening and Saturday morning with keynote address by Richard Blackaby, co-author of Spiritual Leadership, followed by a series of pre-conference workshops on topics related to Spiritual Leadership on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. The pre-session is coordinated by the Christian Leadership Center of Andrews University and the Journal of Applied Christian Leadership.
The community will be welcome to attend. More information and registration online at: www.andrews.edu/grad
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Roundtable 2012 Planning Team Needed
It is time to start working on Roundtable 2012. As usual, we are looking for volunteers to help us plan the program, so we can have a representation of participants to share ideas and together design this year’s Roundtable. Your participation will be valued and appreciated. Please email Marji Bates at batesm@andrews.edu if you would like to join us.
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Roundtable Call for Proposals
It is time to start working on Roundtable 2012. As usual, we are looking for volunteers to help us plan the program, so we can have a representation of participants to share ideas and together design this year’s Roundtable. Your participation will be valued and appreciated. Please email Marji Bates at batesm@andrews.edu if you would like to join us.
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Interview: Dr Cheryl Kisunzu
Continuing the series of interviews with our graduates, the Leadership Newsletter (DN) now interviews Dr. Cheryl Kisunzu, who graduated in May 2011 and is the Executive Dean and Director of Nursing at Mountain View College, in Dallas, Texas. Enjoy! All graduates who want to participate in this interview series, please email Robson Marinho at marinho@andrews.edu.
DN: A personal dream?
Cheryl: Being a College President, as well as Speaker, Writer, and Consultant
DN: A leader who inspires you?
Cheryl: After Jesus Christ, Harriet Tubman
DN: A favorite hobby?
Cheryl: Singing
DN: A favorite meal?
Cheryl: Black Beans & Rice; Collard Greens; Corn on the Cob; Corn Bread with Peach Cobbler and vanilla ice cream for dessert - yum!
DN: A favorite song
Cheryl: A Wonderful Savior is Jesus My Lord!
DN: A favorite book?
Cheryl: Good to Great by Jim Collins
DN: A favorite movie?
Cheryl: Remember the Titans
DN: Your favorite vacation?
Cheryl: Family Reunions
DN: Name and occupation of your family members?
Cheryl: Husband, Phillip - Professor of Math Education; Daughter, Jessica - Ph.D. Student in Organic Chemistry – University of California at Berkeley (has just passed the 1/2 way mark); and Conrad, High School Senior - Class of 2016 Stanford
DN: Your current position?
Cheryl: I am the Executive Dean and Director of Nursing at Mountain View College; Dallas, Texas
DN: Your career background?
Cheryl: Faculty Member: Nursing; Academic Administrator: Nursing; HR/Organizational Development & Diversity; Grant Administrator, Executive Dean Sciences, Arts/Humanities, Nursing & PE
DN: Your favorite course in the program?
Cheryl: LEAD 690 - Independent Studies in Communication; Change; and Strengths Based Leadership
DN: A major challenge in your dissertation journey?
Cheryl: Work-Life-Study balance
DN: One special insight from your portfolio development?
Cheryl: Exemplary leading of change does not result through implementing an isolated established theoretical checklist, but instead occurs through the leader's intentional creating of a dynamic organizational "song" comprised of effective theories, strategies and relationships.
DN: What did the program mean to you?
Cheryl: This program is one of my life's most enriching experiences! In addition to gaining relevant insight on the various dimensions of transformational leadership - I was inspired by the dedication and vision of the faculty and staff. Priceless are the moments when my heart was strengthened through their prayers and words of encouragement. I will ever consider their belief in my potential as one of my priceless treasures!
DN: A personal message to our participants?
Cheryl: I invite you to enjoy both your studies in leadership and the priceless friendships with members of your leadership/learning group - such as my cohort friends, David Boshart, Appiah Kwarteg and Throstur Thordansen - “For in Joy is your strength” (Ps. 16:11). Also, know that the promise which I claim for you is that, even now, God is working in you and through you to perform new and awesome deeds that have never been done before (Ex. 34:10) - ever grateful for our shared journey!
DN: Thanks Cheryl for sharing your ideas and experiences. By the way, all graduates who want to participate in this interview series please feel free to email Robson at marinho@andrews.edu.
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Florida Writing Retreat
A group of Leadership participants from around the country met in Palm Coast, Florida for a four-day writing retreat in late January.The group, made up of members of LEADWest Leadership and Learning Group (LLG) included Anthony Stahl, Lynda Daniel-Underwood, Yami Bazan, Eddy Witzel and Robert Young. LEAD faculty member and specialist writing instructor Becky De Oliveira joined the group to offer feedback, tips and motivation. "I was really impressed with the focus of this group," De Oliveira says. "They had clear plans for what they hoped to accomplish during the retreat time - a factor I consider crucial to a retreat - and they made great strides in actually finishing those goals. The chance to get away from all the busyness and routine of ordinary life is really a gift. I'm pleased that this group used it so wisely and well."
Anthony Stahl, who lives in Florida, arranged accommodation for the group at a beautiful beach house in a private community just minutes from the Atlantic Ocean, giving opportunities for participants to take occasional breaks to walk on the beach! In addition to hours each day spent in relative isolation, reading and writing, the group also enjoyed a potluck barbecue together and most attended a local worship service on Saturday morning.
The department hopes to run another retreat in April this year at The Hermitage in Michigan. Please see the following announcement for details and plan to attend if you can afford the time away and are at a place in your work where dedicated time to make significant progress would be useful and sensible.
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Interested in an April 2012 Writing Retreat?
The department is tentatively planning a four-five day writing retreat at The Hermitage (Three Rivers, MI) at some time during the month of April. Please contact Becky De Oliveira (becky@andrews.edu) if you are interested in attending and indicate dates that might work best for you - or perhaps more importantly, dates that would not work! We hope to get a large enough group (nine or ten participants) to justify renting the facility. The cost for a retreat is just $250 per participant and includes accommodation, meals and faculty feedback/coaching as needed. The Hermitage facility is unique and provides a great environment for focus, solitude and study.
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LEADERSHIP PROGRAM NEWS
MA Program in Brazil Graduates First Cohort
After two years of intensive summer and winter sessions, the first cohort of the Brazil MA Leadership Program graduated 42 participants on January 18, 2012. Besides the commencement ceremony to be held in May on the campus of Andrews University, the participants organized a local graduation ceremony on the campus of Brazil Adventist University, where family and friends were invited to join the celebration of their degree completion. Erich Baumgartner was the faculty speaker at the ceremony, and the participants enjoyed the occasion by singing together in an improvised choir of graduates. According to the graduate Gilberto Damasceno, President of the Northeast Brazil University, “This 2-year program has already changed my entire leadership and management style!”
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MA Program in Brazil Starts Second Cohort
The second cohort of the MA Leadership Program in Brazil started on January 16, 2012, with 52 participants, most of which are administrators of different church organizations and institutions all over the country. The program has a similar structure as the Andrews Leadership program, being both job embedded and competency-based, with the requirement of a portfolio completion to document competency development. The January session included a Roundtable event, at which the keynote speaker was Stan Patterson, a 2007 graduate of the Andrews PhD Leadership program, who presented the theme of Spiritual Leadership. “I heard different news about this master’s program, but was surprised with the interactive methodology that breaks our traditional views of leadership,” said Caroline Lisboa, Registered Nurse and Manager of a healthcare program unit in São Paulo city.
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EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP (K-12) PROGRAM NEWS
Educational Leadership Team Presents Webinar Series
The Educational Leadership team, led by Janet Ledesma as the new program coordinator, is developing bi-weekly webinars for school principals beginning January 9, 2012 at 4:30 pm EST. The topics are designed to prepare school principals for the many challenges they face on an ongoing basis. All of our leadership participants are invited to join the webinars by logging onto: www.andrews.adobeconnect.com/nad/. The January series, facilitated by Dr. Ledesma and Dr. Freed, addresses the following topics and speakers:
January 9: Spiritual Leadership, Garry Sudds
January 16: Ethical Leadership, Duane Covrig
January 23: NAD Principals Resources, Larry Blackmer and friends
January 30: Book Club, Shirley Freed
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Meet the New Educational Leadership (K-12) Team
Congratulations go to the K12 educational leadership team for securing National Recognition, with conditions, for their k12 educational administration principal (MA) programs. As Duane Covrig explains, “The Educational Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC) gives National Recognition to programs that go through a rigorous process of showing how their graduates fulfill seven national standards—visionary leadership, instructional programming, management and administration, public and community relations, ethics, social and legal ability, and successful mentoring and interning.”
Duane Covrig comments, “This is a huge step forward for our program and students. This opens the door for our participants to secure credentialing in many other states. I am so thankful that God has been with us on this journey. While we still need to meet some conditions and do a better task of helping candidates fulfill all ELCC requirements, this is a wonderful milestone in our program.”
Sylvia Gonzalez notes: “The ELCC national accreditation of our EDAL program is something that we have dreamed of achieving and to that effect we worked very hard to meet all the necessary criteria.
As the new Program Coordinator, Janet Ledesma says: “I believe that all of the hard work and dedication of our team to complete the application process and to acquire ELCC Recognition will pay huge dividends as we continue to build our program exemplified in educational excellence.
Webinars for Principals Attract School Leaders
In an attempt to educate and enhance the professional skills of school principals in an interactive manner, the Educational Leadership team launched the first series of webinars on January 9, 2012. The first presenter was Garry Sudds, Lake Union Director of Education, on the topic of Spiritual Leadership tips For Principals, which was attended by 66 school administrators.
The second webinar was presented by Larry Blackmer, North America Division Vice President, addressing the topic of resources available for school administrators. At that session, 60 school administrators attended. As one principal shared, “this was the best session I have ever attended because of all of the free resources that were shared for me to use at my school.”
On February 6, 2012, Debbie Baker, President of Heritage Academy, presented another webinar on team building for school leaders, and there were 22 principals in attendance. One of the principals wrote at the end of the session: “Thank you for introducing us to ideas we can carry into our real life setting on a daily basis”.
As the new Program Coordinator, Janet Ledesma shares her excitement: “The most fascinating aspect for me has been the fact that at 4:30 pm EST principals from across the country stop what they are doing and engage in these online discussions. I believe in a small way we are affirming their role and equipping them with some of the tools they need to support them on their administrative journeys.” According to her, principals who are unable to attend can access the webinar by logging into the session at a later time that is more convenient for them.
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Upcoming Webinars
You are invited to join the upcoming webinars by logging onto: www.andrews.adobeconnect.com/nad/. The next series addresses the topics below on the following dates 4:30 pm EST (or otherwise announced):
February 13 (7 pm EST) – Social Change and Development: A Research Template (Presenter: Dr. Thom Wolf. Click on: http://andrews.adobeconnect.com/research/)
February 20 – School Budgets and Principal Financial Responsibilities
March 5 – The Power of Influence
March 19 – Hiring Practices
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IGHER EDUCATION PROGRAM NEWS
Zachary Mngo Accepts New Position
Following his graduation from the PhD program in Higher Education in August 2011, Zachary Mngo has recently accepted a position as Dean of the School of Education at Cosendai Adventist University, in Cameroon. Zachary says, “My present duties in Cosendai consist of reassessing, reshaping, and updating programs within the context of the European model of higher education recently adopted in Cameroon and the rest of the Central African sub-region. I am also analyzing the faculty pool of the School and taking important notes on what needs to be done to make the School of Education one of the attractions of our budding university. The fact that we have a department of Educational Psychology but have no single permanent faculty in this area stands out in my mind as the most urgent need of the school that has to be addressed right away. Considering that we are an undergraduate institution, faculty with an MA in Educational Psychology will be enough for us at this time. I am now involved in a campaign for funds ($5000.00) that will sponsor someone for a two-year MA program in Educational & Developmental Psychology in the University of Buea, one of our local universities offering the program, so donations are welcome.”
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Summer 2012 Statistics Intensive
EDRM611 Research Methods & Statistics in Education and Psychology II will be taught as an intensive July 9-20, 2012, immediately before the Roundtable Annual Conference. The professor is Jimmy Kijai.
Materials Required
- Textbook: Howell, D. C. (2010). Statistical methods for psychology. Belmont, CA: Cengage Wadsworth.
- SPSS (Version 16, 17, 18 or 19).
- Calculator with basic statistical function.
Optional Material:
Green, S. B. and Salkind, N. J. (2008). Using SPSS for windows and Macintosh: Analyzing and understanding data. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall.
Class meetings:
Monday (July 9) through Friday (July 13); Sunday (July 15) through Friday (July 20).
8:00 am to 12:00 pm, Bell Hall 183.
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International Leadership Association (ILA)
The 14th Annual ILA Global Conference, on the theme of “Leadership Across the Great Divides: Bridging Cultures, Contexts, and Complexities”, will take place October 24-27, 2012 in Denver, Colorado. The conference calls on leadership scholars and educators, business and community leaders, students and young leaders to propose conference sessions that offer the finest leadership of your sector and across sectors. Call for Proposals Deadline: March 15, 2012. For more information, see: http://www.ila-net.org/
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Russian Study Tour Has New Itinerary
The Higher Education Study Tour will interact with universities in Russia and Scandinavia and visit six countries on May 31 to June 17, 2012. With 22 participants enrolled, the tour will include a cruise on the Baltic Sea. For more information, please check the tour blog at http://www.studytournewsletter.blogspot.com/.
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