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Networking to make global connections

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All members of the Kansas State University and Manhattan community are invited to make global connections as a member of the 2024 K-State Mandela Washington Fellows Peer Network.

A reception will take place 3-5 p.m. Wednesday, June 26, at the Leadership Studies Building. RSVP for the Networking Reception.

While they are in Manhattan, we hope to connect our Fellows to a professional network in the local community. This network will be a way for the Fellows to connect with community members who share a passion for civic leadership and positive social change. We believe this network can and will cultivate relationships focused on sharing best practices, working through leadership challenges focused on change, and building cross-cultural professional relationships.  

The Staley School will organize a few formal meetings and have set aside additional times for the Fellows to meet with members of the network. Outside of those times, you may hear from Fellows, and we invite you to contact them as well for coffee meetings, dinner invitations, weekend excursions, etc.  

If you would like to engage with the Fellows through the peer network this summer, please fill out this short survey.

For questions, email the K-State Mandela Washington Fellows coordinators at mandelafellows@ksu.edu.

Rethinking leadership education in college through global symposium

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This spring semester, Kerry Priest, Ph.D., a professor at the Staley School of Leadership, participated as a virtual panelist in a symposium titled “Leadership for What and for Whom? Reimagining Leadership Education in College.” The event was hosted by the University of Tokyo’s Integrated Human Sciences Program for Cultural Diversity, in collaboration with the Women and Leadership Education Research Project (WALP). WALP is spearheaded by three Japanese leadership educators: Associate Professors Momo Waguri from Fukuoka Women’s University, Michiko Izumitani from Soka University, and Toru Kawai from Ritsumeikan University. Both Waguri and Izumitani previously attended the Leadership Education Academy in 2022, an initiative designed and coordinated by Priest.

The symposium aimed to challenge current paradigms in leadership education and foster discussions on critical topics such as women’s leadership development, the identity growth of leadership educators, and the creation of transformative educational programs. The event drew fifty participants, including professors, staff, students, and alumni from various universities across Japan, who joined both in person and online. Continue reading “Rethinking leadership education in college through global symposium” →

Leadership Communication students and faculty awarded mini-grant to facilitate Nigerian Leadership Development Program

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Kansas State University Leadership Communication doctoral student, Oluyomibo Asunlegan and faculty member Kerry Priest, Ph.D., recently received an Association of Leadership Educators (ALE) Mini-Grant Award for their project: Leadership Capacity Building Workshop for Nigerian National Youth Service Corps Members. Mini-grants provide small awards to support new initiatives aligned with the organization’s values of supportive and inclusive community, collaboration, curiosity, and rigor.

The Nigerian government’s National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) program targets young Nigerian graduates who are deployed in one-year mandatory service promoting self-reliance in the Nigerian youth.

The ALE mini-grant funded a pilot leadership training workshop to help foster purpose-driven leadership in the corps, and build the capacity for collective, sustainable change in NYSC partner communities and organizations.

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Staley School faculty publish on emergent practices for leadership learning and development 

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New Directions journal coverHow do leadership educators and developers help learners build the capacity to navigate our uncertain, ambiguous, and changing world? How must we reconsider our understanding of and approaches to assessment and evaluation in contexts of complexity? These are just some of the questions explored in a special issue of New Directions for Student Leadership (Wiley), which includes entries authored by two Staley School of Leadership faculty. This journal series offers insights and practical applications for scholars and practitioners in leadership education, focusing on the development of leadership in high school and college students.

Tim SteffensmeierTim Steffensmeir, Ph.D., professor, director of Third Floor Research, and Kansas State university’s assistant vice president and director of engagement and outreach, contributed to a chapter entitled Emergent teaching movements in leadership development: Group relations, case-in-point, and intentional emergence. This article explores three pedagogical approaches that de-center the instructor, prioritize co-creation and emergence, and provide living laboratories for students to examine their assumptions and default behaviors related to leadership. Steffensmeir’s co-authors were Dr. John Weng, University of San Diego, and Dr. Linette Werner, Hamlin University.

Brandon KliewerBrandon Kliewer, Ph.D., associate professor of civic leadership, contributed to a chapter entitled, Attending to the complexities of leadership learning and practice: Emergent-based assessment and evaluation strategies. This chapter explores how to conduct assessment when utilizing emergence-based teaching methods in leadership education, and provides recommendations for broadening and engaging in higher-level learning outcomes. The article was co-authored with Dr. Krista Soria, University of Idaho.

Leadership learning and development is one of the Staley School’s research focus areas. The School is committed to supporting leadership educators and developers everywhere by sharing practices that are relevant and responsive to today’s dynamic world.

Staley School of Leadership Graduation Reception

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K-State Staley School of Leadership Graduation Reception. 3:30-5 p.m. Friday, May 10
Undergraduate students graduating this spring with academic degrees from the Staley School of Leadership (leadership studies minor, nonprofit leadership certificate or the global food systems leadership secondary major) are invited to celebrate their accomplishments with us!

3:30-5 p.m. Friday, May 10 | RSVP by May 8

Stop by the Leadership Studies building with your family and friends for:

  • A graduation gift to wear at commencement
  • Time to talk with faculty, staff and peers
  • A professional headshot with our photographer
  • Refreshments

Mary Tolar, Ed.D., Staley School dean, will present brief remarks at4 p.m.

For questions, email leadership@ksu.edu.

‘Cats Connect summer edition serves faculty and staff

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Are you looking for a way to meet and connect with other K-Staters this summer? Do you want to help build our K-State community? If so, sign up for ’Cats Connect – a program at Kansas State University designed to build community through conversation.

We are excited to bring ‘Cats Connect Summer Edition to faculty and staff during summer 2024. If you are a student who wants to participate, fill out the registration form and we will see if there is enough interest to form a student group. If not, there will be more student sessions during the fall semester.

‘Cats Connect is a peer-to-peer facilitated program designed to help groups of 4-6 Wildcats meet and develop friendships outside of their regular social circles. Groups meet for one hour for five consecutive weeks. During each meeting, everyone will have the opportunity to respond to a series of fun and thought-provoking questions and engage in a small connection project.

Groups will be built based on availability. Participants will select their preference of general days and times when they register. Once registration closes, a Doodle Poll will be sent out to select specific days and times.

If you are interested in participating, complete the Summer Edition ‘Cats Connect registration by Tuesday, May 28.

The Morrison Family Center for Student Well-being and the Staley School of Leadership teamed up to bring ‘Cats Connect to the K-State community. If you have any additional questions please reach out to Austin Drake at adrake329@ksu.edu.

Here is what some Wildcats said after participating in ’Cats Connect:

  • “‘Cats Connect is a small group so it’s not just you being completely exposed to a bunch of new people, just a small group of people.“
  • “It was really good to meet people with different majors and different backgrounds and branch out of my normal group.”
  • “I gained new confidence in talking with new people – and, it was a lot of fun!”
  • “Meeting people with varying personalities who are going through similar situations that I am in was really reassuring and helped me feel more connected to K-State.”

Learn more and sign up to participate on the ‘Cats Connect website.