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From Theory to Practice: A Year of Applied Leadership

Reflections from GWALA Cohort 5 Fellows 2024-2025

April 9, 2025

Graduation Blog: Cameron Hogg

Leading the Future: Navigating AI in Admissions through GWALA

Reflections from GWALA Cohort 5 Fellows 2024-2025

April 9, 2025

Graduation Blog: Ioannis Koutroulis

“It’s supposed to be fun!” Finding the Joy in Leadership 

Reflections from GWALA Cohort 5 Fellows 2024-2025

April 9, 2025

Graduation Blog: Erin Wentzell

Leadership as a Learned Skill: My GWALA Experience

Reflections from GWALA Cohort 5 Fellows 2024-2025

April 9, 2025

Graduation Blog: Tamara A. Henry Ed.D.

Making the Most of the GWALA Experience

Reflections from GWALA Cohort 5 Fellows 2024-2025

April 9, 2025

Graduation Blog: Peter Loge

Developing Leadership Skills in a Time of Transition and Uncertainty

Reflections from GWALA Cohort 5 Fellows 2024-2025

April 9, 2025

Graduation Blog: Allison Sylvetsky

Ask the Chair: The Post-Spring-Break Juggernaut

March 24, 2025

Summer is in sight. How to prepare now for the coming whirlwind that ends with graduation.

How to Get Good at Conflict

March 12, 2025

According to a new book, there are tools we can learn to help us sit with conflict and grow from it.

16 Bold Ideas to Make Higher Ed a Better Place to Work

February 11, 2025

Mini-sabbaticals, weekend email bans, soft-serve for all, and more.

Getting Started: A Basic 10 Point Guide to Launching an Academic Career

February 8, 2025

Dr. Robert Greenstreet provides a ten-step guide for new faculty, outlining key strategies such as understanding institutional expectations, building networks, balancing responsibilities, and preparing for tenure.

Ask the Chair: ‘The Job Keeps Changing and I Can’t Keep Up’

February 6, 2025

How to cope with new work obligations raining down from central administration and onto department heads.

Chairs Can Be the Changemakers Colleges Need

February 6, 2025

Don Chu argues that department chairs should take a much more proactive role in confronting institutional budget challenges.