Exploring Academic Leadership: Transforming Institutions by Leading Generously

Each year, the Leadership Institute series offers academic administrators the opportunity to interact with their peers around key topics. This series of 90-minute sessions are designed to expand upon themes introduced at New Administrator Orientation. These sessions are required for department chairpersons, school directors, and associate deans of non-departmentally organized colleges within the first two years of their appointments; all other administrators are encouraged to attend sessions they would find useful.

Transforming Institutions by Leading Generously

Date: April 10, 2025

Time: 12:00 – 1:30 PM EST

Location: In Person – MSU Library, Room W207 or Virtual Option – Zoom
Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Interim Associate Dean and Professor, College of Arts and Letters

Panel:
Cori Fata-Hartley, Assistant Dean, College of Natural Sciences

Nara Parameswaran, Senior Associate Dean, College of Human Medicine

Brandy Ellison, Director, Center for Integrative Studies

Individuals who choose to serve in academic leadership roles bring a wealth of knowledge and skill but there is often a disconnect with institutional structures and expectations. Kathleen Fitzpatrick, author of
Leading Generously: Tools for Transformation, will provide an overview of the premise of her new book which aims to help institutions rethink leadership practices by encouraging innovation and collaboration which in turn leads to institutional transformation. Panelists will offer additional thoughts on the ideas presented and discuss how they see them resonating in their own work.

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