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Leadership Studies and ProgramsKansas State University

Issue 7, Spring 2007

The Loop

en years building the learning community known as Leadership Studies and Programs — and 20 years of leading through service in the K-State Community Service Program — truly monumental events worth celebrating! What a worthwhile endeavor; what a wonderful opportunity to reflect; to learn; and to use lessons from our history to plan for the future.

Let me briefly share with you highlights of these two strands. Thanks to Professor William L. Richter of the political science department for the following reflections on history of the community service strand: “In the mid 1980s, Dr. Marvin Kaiser received a Kellogg Fellowship. He returned to K-State from that experience with a somewhat vague notion of creating a

program that would engage students in community service. Over the course of the next couple of years, Marv met with interested colleagues to shape the idea into a proposal. Sue Maes, Bill Feyerharm, Marv and myself developed the proposal that was eventually funded through the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE). This project was the first summer team, and I believe it was 1987. Students spent spring semester preparing for their service experience of 8 to 10 weeks in the host community.”

Concurrently, Jan Flora and Jim Franke were also beginning the Kansas Center for Rural Initiative which also involved Marv Kaiser and Bill Richter. The key to the success of both operations was the hiring of Carol (Peak) Gould.

“She was selected from a strong field of applicants and when Marv left K-State to become Dean of Liberal Arts at Portland State, Carol was appointed director of both programs and continued to serve in that role until she left K-State to take a position with the City of Junction City in the fall of 2005. It would be hard to overstate Carol’s CSP/KCRI Commitment, dedication, and impact. During this time, however, she also was active in the community, including running

Susan Scott, Director, Leadership Studies and Programs

Above: K-State students, faculty and staff gather in the Union during the 10th Anniversary Celebration of Leadership Studies in March.

the loop contentsNew Faces 2Anniversary 3Global Influence 4-5Dean Holen Award 6Alt. Spring Break 7

Coach Prince Class 7 Coffman Institue 8Development Update 8Continuing Education 9Scholarships 10

Kan. Campus Compact 11AmeriCorps Service 11 Curriculum Update 12Student Interns 13American Humanics 14

Leadership Ambassadors 14Student & Alumni Profiles 15Assessment 15Updated Website Info 15Contact Information 16

for and serving on the Manhattan City Commission,” Richter said.

Internationalization of CSPSometime in the late 1980s,

Carol received a phone call asking if she would be willing to oversee a student project for political science credit that involved a student, Jeff Bottenberg, serving in Costa Rica in a community service team model. Soon thereafter, CSP projects developed in the Dominican Republic and other Latin American locations. In 1993, CSP expanded the international programs from the Western hemisphere. This was accomplished with another FIPSE grant. Political science student, Shante Moore, who had served the previous year in Paraguay, and anthropology

student Brian Becker developed nine community service projects in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Teams were also sent to Jordan for several years, largely due to the assistance of Cosima Hadidi, a K-State graduate.

With Carol’s resignation in 2005, a major organizational change was implemented. Community Service Program moved from the auspices of the Provost office to Leadership Studies and Programs within the College of Education. This was an acknowledgement that service and academic leadership learning are part of the larger role of assisting students to take their place leading in a global community. (Susan’s intro cont. on page 12)

new faces in the loop

Gilbert Davila is the newest member to Leadership Studies and Programs, joining our staff in the fall 2006. Davila has been in education for over 18 years. He has taught from grades K-12. Davila received his bachelor’s degree at Texas Tech University. He then earned his master’s degree in education administration and doctorate in curriculum and instruction at K-State.

Davila will teach Intro to Leadership Concepts and Leadership in Practice in Fall 2007 and currently teaches Culture and Context in Leadership.

Prior to joining Leadership Studies and Program, he was the English as a Second Language Coordinator with the Midwest

Equity Assistance Program at K-State. Davila also served as building principal at Lee Elementary School and Anthony Middle School in Manhattan, Kan. Davila and his wife, Socorro Herrera, have four children: Dawn, Kevin, Jesse and Isamari.

Árpád Szentkirályi helps coordinate the largest, multiple-site AmeriCorps*VISTA project in the state of Kansas. Szentkirályi works with sponsor organization, Kansas Campus Compact, to develop service-learning, civic engagement, and community service opportunities at colleges/universities throughout the state.

Students, faculty and staff of Kansas higher education institutions demonstrate increased involvement in the national movement toward greater recognition and promotion of civic responsibilities. AmeriCorps*VISTA, a national service program addressing poverty-related issues/perspectives, identifies with this

movement.Szentkirályi appreciates this

opportunity to serve his country and to face the challenges of developing and leading these positive social changes. He coordinates and particpates in a variety of activities at K-State.

Mary Marston, executive director of Kansas Campus Compact (KsCC), earned her bachelor’s degree in foods and nutrition and her master’s degree in adult and continuing education from K-State along with a vocational license from McPherson College. Marston facilitates the work of the member campuses in Kansas Campus Compact, which supports campus engagement in the community. Marston has been visiting member campuses and working on increasing membership across the state. The compact has AmeriCorps grants that provide an educational award to students for 300 hours of community service and a WaterLINK grant

that provides mini-grants to campuses who combine students, community and service-learning in a water quality project. KsCC also has an AmeriCorps*VISTA project with ten VISTAs in five Kansas locations working to build capacity and fight poverty.

Mike will be entering his second year as an instructor with Leadership Studies and Programs. As the primary instructor for EDLST 212, he is continually looking for opportunities to improve the class. Finnegan is currently working on his Ph.D. in Student Development and working closely with Dr. Shoop on a new textbook for EDLST 212. Finnegan’s energy and enthusiasm is generated from the daily interactions with K-State students. He wants his students to be involved on campus and to experience leadership first hand by holding leadership positions across campus.

Finnegan earned his B.S. in sociology and geography from K-

State in 2000. He had previously been the Assistant Director of New Student Services at the University of Central Missouri. His M.S. is from UCM in College Student Personnel Administration. He also volunteers his time as the chapter adviser for his fraternity.

Gilbert Davilaassistant professor

Árpád Szentkirályi americorps*vista leader

Mike Finneganinstructor

Mary Marstonkansas campus compact director

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Candi HironakaThe courtyard in the K-

State Student Union was a scene of excitement and activity on Thursday, March 15, 2007, as Leadership Studies and Programs celebrated its 10-year anniversary and the 20-year anniversary of the Community Service Program.

The atmosphere was festive as students and university personnel enjoyed anniversary cake and witnessed the unveiling of a new enhanced website for Leadership

Studies. Those in attendance were also able to view plans for the proposed new building for Leadership Studies and learn about the other significant programming opportunities from the Leadership Studies ambassadors, who hosted the celebration.

The highlight of the event was the Leadership Studies faculty and staff performing a special leadership “stomp”, choreographed by David

Hildebrandt, the stepmaster for Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Hands were clapping and feet were flying as everyone stepped lively to the call of Mike Finnegan, instructor of the introduction to leadership concepts honor classes. The faculty and staff called their performance “See Susan Stomp,” in honor of Susan Scott, director of Leadership Studies.

The crowd’s response demonstrated that this performance was enjoyed and

appreciated by everyone in attendance. A complex and authentic step performance by five members of Alpha Phi Alpha brought everyone to their feet, and the resulting applause demonstrated the crowd’s approval of the intricacies that were showcased. With high five’s and hugs distributed freely all around, the event ended with smiles on faces and tired feet stepping gingerly back to the office and class.

event highlights

Top: Members of the LSP faculty and staff get ready to stomp it out. Above: Susan Scott enjoys the final moments of the stomp. Left: The fac-ulty and staff of LSP and their Alpha Phi Alpha stomp instructors motivate themselves for the stomp premiere.

Not Your Normal Anniversary Party

“I thought it was amazing to see so many people - current

and past students and faculty, turn out to show support of a

relatively new program at this university. LSP has grown into a great opportunity for

K-Staters and it was nice to see it put on display at the center of student life — the Student Union. I know a lot of work

went into the event, and I think it was a great success.”

kevin bryant, junior, lsp intern

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Special thanks goes to:President Jon Wefald • Provost Duane Nellis •VP Robert Krause • VP Tom Rawson

Dean Michael Holen • Dean Pat Bosco • Dr. David Thompson Department of Educational Leadership

And the ENTIRE College of Education for their steadfast support for the past 10 years!

The International Teams, a new addition to Leadership Studies and Programs via Civic Leadership, has had a ground breaking and exciting year! This year there will be four teams of K-Staters traveling to three continents to spend their summers doing service.

This year has been particularly exciting for the International Teams as there are three teams beginning projects in brand new sites. Two teams of three students will travel to new sites in Zoquitlan and Puebla, located in central Mexico, where they will immerse themselves in community service and become students of the Mexican culture. In Botswana, our third new site, six students will spend their summers exploring and working with youth affected by the AIDS epidemic. Finally, our veteran site, Jacunda, Brazil will become home to five K-Staters who will volunteer in an orphanage for displaced youth.

Each co-ed team has spent this spring semester preparing for their summer of service. They will leave in late May and will spend 8-10 weeks in their given country. The summer for the new era of International Teams service sites will be educational, challenging and one giant adventure.

A group visited southern Africa over Spring Break including several members of Leadership Studies and Programs. Susan Scott, Mary Tolar and Chance Lee traveled with K-State faculty from various other departments to the countries of South Africa and Botswana. They researched potential sites and projects for future international service teams as well as potential programs for service learning.

Their trip began in Cape Town, South Africa, on Saturday, March 17, where they visited the city and Stellenbosh University, which is just outside Cape Town. Next the group flew back to Johannesburg and then to Gaberone, Botswana, for a couple of days. Following Botswana, they came back to Johannesburg and possibly spent a day in Pretoria.

The main goals of the trip were to establish details for the team this summer in Gaberone and to learn of some programs and contacts that may be possibilities in 2008 and beyond.

There are currently six students planning to travel to Botswana with an International Service Teams this summer to participate in a project to be determined upon the group’s return. Tsamayang sentlê! (goodbye in Setswana).

africa

Beyond Manhattan:

international teams

Chance Lee

Trish Gott

Top: K-State students serving on an international service team at the P.R.A.Y. orphanage in Jacunda, Brazil. Left: Chance Lee, international teams coodinator, with one of the boys in the Jacunda orphanage.

Above: Chance Lee walks with some young boys in the Kayamandi Township outside of Stellenbosch near Cape Town. Far Left: Mary Tolar, a former Rhodes Scholar, poses with a monument of Cecil Rhodes, the namesake and original benefactor of the Rhodes Scholarship. Near Left: Susan Scott outside of a restaurant in Cape Town.

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Leadership with a global perspective is a critical goal in the 21st Century that all leadership studies programs should strive to reach. However, it is a difficult goal to achieve. At LSP, the entire faculty, staff, and students (those leading freshmen discussion groups) decided to participate in a global immersion week this fall, whereby ALL four core courses would focus on international issues for an entire week.

The freshmen looked at global trade, by tracing the country of origin for their T-shirts. They were asked to group together depending on the country, and then they examined where and why almost all of our T-shirts come from developing countries. The Culture and Context classes looked at the global AIDS pandemic, and had guest lecturer Heath Harding, now an AIDS educator, come back to share his expertise. Other classes examined the immigration and migration issues, and also how international issues will impact their future careers.

Next fall’s global immersion week will focus on global warming, and how to build sustainability in fuel, food, and free enterprise. The fall 2007 topic was suggested by LSP alumni Jason Heinrich and Chris Hansen, who both work on increasing sustainability.

On January 4, 2007, I embarked on a journey of a lifetime to Mumbai, India. I felt honored to be selected by Rotary International to represent Kansas on a 30-day educational and cultural study trip to India. I participated in this experience with four other professionals from eastern Kansas.

During this trip I was privileged to live with seven different host families in a 30-day span. I experienced different religions, family structures, and food types. The warm hospitality of the Indian people will never be forgotten by our entire study team.

My main focus of the trip was to learn more about leadership programs in the city of Mumbai and experience their culture. I was able to visit and interact with students and faculty from seven universities in Mumbai. I spoke to classes on leadership and observed faculty teaching their classes. The new learning that I received from this experience will benefit my teaching and understanding of people from India. I hope to share my time in Mumbai, India, with all students, faculty and staff.

LSP Global Influence

globalimmersion week

Todd Wells

Grace Hwang

“The hardest part of the trip was adjusting to the different cusines. I tried serveral different vegetarian dishes and learned to eat with my

hands, taking special care to eat with the correct hand. Fish, coconut, rice,

and an abundance of green vegetables dominated my diet while in Mumbai.

If only the healthly diet would have stuck upon my return to the States!”

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Bob ShoopAtina Hanna, founding

director of the Flint Hills Breadbasket is the 2007 recipient of the Michael C. Holen Outstanding Leadership Award presented by Leadership Studies.

The award will be presented at the Leadership Studies Spring Celebration on Monday, April 16. This award was established in 1999 to honor those who embody the Leadership Studies and Programs mission of developing knowledgeable, ethical, caring, inclusive leaders for a diverse world.

Hanna was born and raised in a small village in Samoa. She received her formal education in New Zealand, and later at the University of Hawaii where she earned a bachelor’s degree in English literature. She met her husband, Gerald Hanna, now a retired K-State professor, while he was a Peach Corps volunteer serving in Samoa. They moved to Manhattan in 1972.

“Atina is a primary role model for many of us by her consistent blend of service to those most in need and compassionate challenge of the status quo. Her impact on the Manhattan community will be felt for many generations,” Susan Scott, director of Leadership Studies and Programs said.

Hanna is passionate in her fight against poverty, intolerance, and injustice, and in her continued efforts on behalf of

the welfare of children. Hanna’s activities as a servant leader began when her three children were in elementary school. She and her husband were co-presidents of the Lee School PTA; she was a member of Manhattan’s Social Services Board, a Sunday school teacher and a Brownie leader. She has been active in the League of Women Voters, the Rotary club, and the First Congregational Church. Atina and Gerald were among the founding members of the local chapter of PFLAG, Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays.

“Community service is a two-way street. Of course, the community benefits from volunteer service, however the volunteer also gains a great deal. You learn about your community and its agencies as you develop your on leadership skills,” Hanna said.

Hanna was the founding director of the Flint Hills Breadbasket and served in that capacity of seven years. The Flint Hills Breadbasket is a Community Food Network founded in 1982 in a small shed in which the City of Manhattan housed machinery. It continues to offer much needed food to the area’s underprivileged through community donations and volunteer support.

La Sertoma and the Little Apple Chorus Club have recognized Hanna’s outstanding service to the community. The

Manhattan Rotary Club selected her as Rotarian of the Year, and Rotary International honored her as a Paul Harris Fellow.

“Atina has significantly contributed to Community Cultural Harmony Week and the Leadership Studies Program by sharing the importance of building a sense of community. She also models the importance of multigenerational and intergenerational leadership and how this effects and impacts a community,” Candi Hironaka, associate director of LSP, said.

While Atina’s philosophy of helping those in need is rooted in her village upbringing, she says she and Manhattan have been blessed with many volunteer leaders, many of whom are still her mentors and role models. One such a leader is Al Cochran, assistant provost at K-State, whom she quotes as saying, “There is a need. We can help.”

Perhaps Ned Seaton, general manager of the Manhattan Mercury, said it best when he called Hanna, “A tireless advocate for the less-fortunate in our community – she makes Manhattan the caring type of community that many of us love.”

Past recipients of the outstanding leadership award are Buck O’Neil, Page and Nancy Twiss, Deb Patterson, Linda Thurston, James Coffman, Grace Hwang, Ruth Ann Wefald and Carol Gould.

Atina Hannaa role model for leaders

Flint Hills Breadbasket

Fast FactsMission of The Breadbasket: To minimize hunger and poverty through the distribution of available food and to nurture projects that help alleviate hunger and poverty.

In 2005 The Breadbasket took in 1.6 million pounds of food and served 25,398 families.

20.6 percent of Riley County’s citizens live at or below the poverty level.

Intro to Leadership Concepts honors courses collect cans for The Breadbasket annually each fall through the “Cats for Cans” food drive, which occurs around the Manhattan community.

The Breadbasket has several programs to promote self-sufficiency in the community. These programs include:Emergency Food PantryUSDA (TEFAP) Commodity ProgramJob Search AssistanceCommunity Resource Referral Program

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Patrick SimpsonIn 1999, the Community

Service Program had one team of six students on its first Alternative Spring Break. Now, thanks to added resources and support from Leadership Studies and Programs and the AmeriCorps*VISTA program, over 75 students will participate in ASB 2007. Four teams will travel to New Orleans, Chicago, Dallas and Omaha.

In 2006, LSP students Angela Nichols and Peter Wetzel worked with Suzanne Mayo-Theus, graduate teaching assistant, to plan the first ASB to New Orleans. The 43 students who went worked to restore the Big Easy to some semblance of itself before

Hurricane Katrina. In 2007, 49 students will return to New Orleans. Camp Restore, a faith-based service agency, will house, train, and deploy the students to serve the elderly and disabled who have homes damaged by Katrina.

In Chicago, 10 students will stay in downtown Chicago. From the hostel they will travel around Chicago working to improve the community. Worksites include Deborah’s Place, a women’s shelter, the food depository, the Chicago parks district and a Jewish retirement center.

In Dallas, 13 students will work with AIDS Services of Dallas, visiting residents and their families. This is the longest-

running site for ASB. This year the students hope to finish a mural they began last year.

The Habitat for Humanity project in Omaha is new for ASB this year.

Each participant completed

an interview process and paid $150 for transportation, lodging, and meals. All of the teams are student led, and about 80 percent of student participants are pursuing minors in leadership studies.

Todd WellsLast fall Leadership Studies

and Programs entered a new era of teaching leadership. Coach Ron Prince and Dr. Susan Scott teamed together to teach Current Topics in Leadership. This class was offered to students in the classroom as well as to students online. Current Topics in Leadership was taught Fridays on home game weekends. The students participated in an interactive lecture with Coach Prince and Dr. Scott all while being taped for distribution to the online class.

The online students were able to watch the taped lectures and then respond to questions that were posted online. A few online students even traveled from different parts of the country to attend an in class session. All students were also asked to submit questions that

were answered by Coach Prince and Dr. Scott on a variety of leadership decisions and topics.

This class provided students great insight to the leadership decisions of a Division I head football coach, while also using the text “Built to Last” by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras. Current Topics in Leadership will be offered again in the fall.

Current Topics in Leadership

Students Solving Problems Across the Nationcommunity service program’s alternative spring break

Above: K-State students work to restore a home in New Orleans that was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. The students’ trip was coordinated by the Community Service Program. They worked with the Catholic Charities in New Orleans in during the trip in 2006.

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Mary Hale TolarThe purpose of the James

R. Coffman Leadership Institute is a clear and powerful one – Empowered Individuals, Enhanced Institutions. The Coffman Leadership Institute is a

three-day, in-residence leadership development experience for K-State faculty and professional staff. We are eagerly preparing to welcome the 42 recently-elected participants of the 2007 Coffman Leadership Institute, May 21-23.

From our inaugural institute in 2004, the campus-wide planning committee, with the support of our sponsors, has worked to:

Provide opportunity for participants to refresh and develop their leadership skills in a safe yet challenging learning environment. Provide an opportunity for networking and i n t e r d i s c i p l i n a r y cooperation for faculty and staff. Infuse Kansas State with more empowered faculty and staff leaders. Participants have the

opportunity to engage in a focused and in-depth adult learning experience aimed at leadership development. They explore and discuss leadership issues including change management, leadership style assessment,

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inclusive leadership, and conflict resolution. Through their interaction with other K-State professionals who want to make a difference at K-State, participants build networks of information and a community support. Over 90 percent of past participants reported that workshops were effective or extremely effective.

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Development Update

Empowered Individuals, Enhanced Institutionscoffman leadership institute

Above: Ata Karim, adjunct LSP faculty member, and Al Cochran, assistant provost, share time together at the Coffman Institute. Top: All attendees of the Coffman Institute gather at the end of the weekend. Above Left: Attendees of the Institute move together between sessions.

Jake WorcesterIt remains a busy time

in development — including the acceleration of a strategy to secure gifts for all parts of the program, an effort to gain valuable input from all faculty, and continued outreach to supporters for the Center for Leadership Studies.

Faculty members have been invited to share their individual thoughts about the future growth of Leadership Studies and cite their specific concerns about funding needs. By developing a broad “portfolio” of resource needs, as potential donors are identified their desired area of impact will be better met with an area of need. It is our hope that through this process, donors will have more options in contributing to the success of Leadership Studies.

Alongside that effort comes a new emphasis on identifying funding for all areas of the program. After a year of

work almost totally devoted to the facility project, it is time to focus additional attention on scholarships, program assistance, and faculty resources. When the Center for Leadership Studies is built, the resources and funding will be in place to support the growing program.

Finally, efforts continue to secure funds to build the Center. Leadership Studies continues to reach out to alums, friends, parents, and businesses that have a passion for developing leadership in young people. These gifts would enable Leadership Studies to have the facility critical to continuing its mission of developing knowledgeable, ethical, caring and inclusive leaders.

If you are interested in being a part of these efforts — including contributing to scholarship, program, faculty or facility support — please contact Jake at (785) 532-7515 or jakew@ksu.edu.

Many thanks to our sponsors for their continued support!“Of all our resources, people are the most important. The Coffman Leadership Institute is an investment in our most important resource.” – Bob Krause

Sponsors Office of the Provost Office of the Vice-President for Administration & Finance Office of the Vice-President for Institutional Advancement Center for Leadership Leadership Studies & Programs

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Lynda Bachelor Pursuing a degree in youth development administration

from K-State“ It will enhance ability to serve K-State students in program development and implementation, specifically involving community youth.”

Mike Finnegan Pursuing a Ph.D. in college student development

from K-State“Academically, obtaining my Ph.D. will symbolize my commitment to being a life long learner; Professionally, it’s all about taking care of students and making sure our students have the best four year college experience of a lifetime.”

Denise Gunter Pursuing a graduate certificate in academic advising

from K-State“This will improve my advising abilities to advise Leadership Studies and Programs students.”

Candi Hironaka Pursuing a master’s in educational leadership from K-State

“This has been a long process with me beginning classes the fall of 2002. The trick has been to keep moving forward and not let setbacks deter you along the way. With wonderful support from family, friends and of course, the Leadership Studies family, I have been able to stay the course...I continue to care very deeply for the important work we do with students in bringing about positive change in our diverse local and global communities.”

Chris LavergneConsidering pursuing a Ph. D. in rural sociology

from K-State“I am interested in researching the human dynamic behind the adoption of conservation practices in agricultural environments. Also, I’m interested in how environmental risks can be more effectively communicated to stakeholders.”

Mary Marston Considering pursuing a Ph.D. in education administration

or adult and continuing education from K-State“I want to enrich my knowledge and share expertise with others about leadership and the value of community service and civic engagement.”

Suzanne Mayo-Theus Pursuing a Ph.D. in family studies and human services

from K-State “I know that obtaining the Ph.D. will help me with my career goals of becoming acollege president. My life long dream has been to be president of my alma mater, Grambling State University, and when I retire I plan to return to Louisiana and be of service to my hometown in the area of education and politics. I also want to be mayor of my hometown also in the future and open up a boarding school and a leadership academy for children who are in victims of the criminal justice system based on their parents’ incarceration.”

Monica Parrish Pursuing a master’s degree in business administration

from K-State“K-State offers the great benefit of supporting staff continuing education and I want to take advantage of this opportunity. This degree increases my assets and knowledge, no one can take it away.”

Sue PrayPursuing a master of library science and information

management from Emporia State University“I want to learn how to search, locate, and organize information in a more detailed, consistent way and share this knowledge with others to help them refine their skills.”

Mary TolarPursuing her Ed.D. in educational leadership

from K-State“Having decided that I want to pursue my career on a college campus, and finding also that I have research questions I am interested in exploring, I decided it was time to undertake doctoral study. I am excited by the prospect of building on previous research in the study of social movements now with a focus on leadership...It feels like the right time, the right place, and the right focus—All Good!”

Todd Wells Beginning to pursue his Ph.D. in family studies and human

services in fall 2007 from K-State“I hope to use my degree in many ways. I want to research how families can influence leadership development. I also would like to work on solutions for increasing student retention of low income, first generation, minority and GBLT students in college.”

Continuing Education

faculty who are also students

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Mary MarstonKansas Campus Compact

participated in the 20th anniversary of the national Campus Compact. Three themes emerged from the celebration: engagement, access and globalization. As Campus Compact looks to the future, college and university students have the capacity and talent needed to engage local, state, national and international communities to solve societal problems and issues. However, colleges and universities must broaden access, ensure affordability and support

success. They need to create educational opportunities to educate all young people to return to their communities and become informed citizens. The interconnectedness of the global community affects us in every day. Our actions or inactions have enormous and complicated consequences in other parts of the world. Civic engagement — and the challenges of ensuring an informed citizenry — take on an entirely new scope and significance in the global context. Kansas Campus Compact will work with member campuses to address these issues.

“Picking up trash by a riverbank is service.Studying water samples under a microscope is

learning.When students collect and analyze water sam-ples and the local pollution control agency uses

the findings to clear up a river...that is service-learning.”

National Youth Leadership Council

Kansas Campus Compactfacilitating engagement in communities

Mitzi FrielingThe K-State Civic Leadership

Scholarship competition, presented by Farm Bureau Financial Services, identifies and rewards exceptional high school seniors who have demonstrated a commitment to serving others in their community, school or place of worship.

This competition rewards students who are making a difference and demonstrating creativity by developing projects and programs with a lasting impact on those they serve. To qualify, applicants must have an exemplary record of community service, be a high school senior, be admitted to K-State, and attend K-State their first semester of their freshman year in college.

The first, second and third place winners in the competition receive a $4,000, $2,500 and $2,000 scholarship, respectively.

Scholarship winners may renew the scholarship for up to three additional years as a Civic Leadership scholar. Kansas Farm Bureau also provides a $500 one-time book scholarship to all the non-winning finalists.

This year marked the second year for this program. Twelve finalists were interviewed on January 25, 2007, on campus. The first place winner this year was Kyle Merklein of Phillipsburg, Kan. Kyle’s project involves serving as the only youth representative on the Discover Phillips County Steering Committee. He has participated in a variety of efforts to improve the quality of life in each of the seven towns in his county. His leadership was instrumental in planning a countywide clean up. He has assembled a labor force to provide assistance to the elderly and individuals with disabilities

in the beautification effort. The second place scholarship

went to Carrie Dotson of Andover, Kan. Carrie is actively involved in the Just About Kids Foundation, a group she helped found. JAK is a non-profit charitable organization run by high school students. One specific area of emphasis is helping to raise money for abused and neglected children’s charities around the Wichita area. She participated in the planning and completion of the JAK 5k/1mile run and a car giveaway. Through the benefit run, Carrie has helped her group to raise $15,000 for these charities. She also helps to spread the word about the seriousness of the issue of child abuse and neglect.

The third place scholarship went to Jacqueline Johnson of Overland Park, Kan. She is the president of the Faraday Society, a group of students who perform

theater science demonstrations for the community by presenting complex chemistry and physics concepts in a simplified and easily accessible way. The troupe has performed for thousands of people at elementary schools, banquets, science teacher conferences, science fairs and community events. Jacqueline receives letters after their performances from elementary aged students expressing their newfound interest in science and how they want to grow up to be scientists, too.

All finalists are invited and encouraged to enroll in the intro to leadership concepts class. They are also offered a handful of other ways through Leadership Studies and Programs to get involved and meet lots of new people while at K-State.

Discovering and Developing Kansas Youthcivic leadership scholarship recipients

scholarship recipientskyle merklein • carrie dotson • jacqueline johnson

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Students at K-State have an opportunity to participate in an AmeriCorps*Kansas program sponsored by Kansas Campus Compact. Students work with community youth to foster civic engagement and develop youth leadership.

K-State has participated in the Campus-Community Youth Service Corps for the past two years and currently has 12 AmeriCorps members who work with the local Boy Scouts, various after-school programs, the Community Service Program’s tutoring and the city’s Education program at the zoo.

AmeriCorps members have helped youth:Identify animal supply needs for the Animal Shelter, sought donations for food and animal supplies and sold handmade pet toys and animal treats to raise funds. Obtain and ship requested items for a military father and his unit stationed overseas. Raise $850 for special enrichment toys for zoo animals by collecting, separating and marking donated items for zoo’s annual garage sale.Coordinate a historic bike tour where service projects could be done as community volunteers stopped at various historic sites.Identify the needs of youth with mental and learning

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disabilities and plan a community fair for special needs children in a bi-county area.To become a part of the regional medical center’s youth volunteer corpsCoordinate a Bake Sale and raised $210 for their favorite Zoo Dad, Max the chimpanzee. Plant and maintain an Enrichment Garden providing supplemental fruits and vegetables for the zoo animal diets. Collect, repair and distribute musical instruments to elementary school children In a high school explorers club, identify community health issues and develop a youth volunteer program for the community health clinicBecome excited about their in-school mentoring program by participating in a community-wide kickoffAlong with community volunteers coordinate and participate in fun and play activities for high risk youth at a community youth center.Prepare to become peer mentors to middle and high school girls who will be participating in science, technology, engineering and math workshops

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Leadership through National and Local Serviceamericorps*kansas

Lynda Bachelor

Top Left: All of the K-State contingency at the Kansas Museum of History after the reading of “Bubba the Cowboy Prince.” Top Right: Patrick Simpson, AmeriCorps*VISTA, reigns in the children on their way to the picnic site. Above: Members of AHSA pose with the BBBS sign at the museum.

Students from K-State participated in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Topeka’s Everybody Wins! Annual Kick-Off for their school-based reading and mentoring program on September 28, 2006. K-State volunteers from Mortar Board, Community Service Program Tutoring, American Humanics Student Association, AmeriCorps Campus-Community Youth Service Corps and AmeriCorps*VISTA and helped set up/clean up, escorted children and read-along with over 200 “Littles” from 17 schools. They facilitated the reading of “Bubba the Cowboy Prince” on the lawn of the Kansas Historical Museum. To create a “cowboy atmosphere,” students wore cowboy attire as they helped distribute books for the children to read and keep.

CherylAnn Boothe, the school-based program manager for Big Brothers Big Sisters, contacted the AmeriCorps*Kansas Project Director, Lynda Bachelor, to see if AmeriCorps members

and other volunteers would be interested in helping with the kick-off.

“As a K-State graduate, I know the university promotes service among their students. When I heard K-State had an AmeriCorps program, I thought I would extend the invitation to their members and any other student volunteers,” Boothe said.

“K-State has been recruiting for this year’s AmeriCorps team and hopes to enroll at least 15 students,” Bachelor said. “We will be accepting enrollments throughout the school year as long as students can provide 300 service hours to the community by the end of July 2007.”

Students who partcipated were Jessica Greenlee and Emily Price, CSP Tutoring; Patrick Simpson and Arpad Szentkiralyi, AmeriCorps*VISTA; Shayla Janzen, AmeriCorps*Kansas; Peter Wetzel and Lauren Luhrs, Mortar Board; Danielle English, Danny Troop, Charla Henry, and Kylie Zibell, American Humanics Student Association.

Callin’ All Cowboys and Cowgirls

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curriculum updatesMary Kay Siefers

Recent curriculum changes made to the leadership minor have been driven by three main objectives: to offer students the most recent and relevant academic scholarship and research in the area of leadership studies; to offer enough course sections to meet the tremendous response by students who are interested in the academic study of leadership; and to continue the development of the non-profit focus.

Two courses have been developed in response to students who expressed an interest in taking courses that focused specifically on the study of leadership as it relates to ethics and theories. Robert Shoop, senior scholar and professor, recently developed a course that explores the relationship among leadership, values and ethics.

Ethical Dimensions of Leadership focuses on the ethical and moral responsibilities of leadership and can be used as an ‘ethics’ elective for students in the leadership minor. Former Associate Director Ata Karim, now adjunct faculty, developed a new elective course for the theories requirement, Theories of Leadership that focuses on traditional theories and concepts of leadership as well as the most recently developed leadership philosophies.

The meteoric rise in enrollment in the leadership minor has been well documented. The Intro to Leadership Concepts course had a total enrollment of 566 students during the 2001-2002 academic year. Just five short years later, the enrollment in Intro to Leadership Concepts in the 2006-2007 academic year set a new enrollment record at 943.

The challenge to accommodate these students in the subsequent three core courses has resulted in the addition of several sections of each of the core courses and the addition of full-time and adjunct faculty. Based on the evaluation of the first, three years of the non-profit focus of the leadership minor, we have implemented a few changes that will take effect in the fall 2007 semester. The non-profit focus

of the 18-hour leadership minor will require students to take four core courses: Intro to Leadership Concepts, Culture and Context of Leadership, Leadership in Practice, and Senior Seminar in Leadership. In addition to the nine hours of core courses, students must take Theories of Nonprofit Leadership, Ethical Dimensions of Leadership, and Internship Seminar for a total of nine hours of electives.

Above: Mike Finnegan, EDLST 212 instructor, with two of the 53 intro class small group leaders at a Homecoming event in October 2006.

(Susan’s intro, cont. from p. 1)After the merger, alternative

spring breaks and community service projects continued to occur. New Orleans was added as a new site where students could exercise leadership in particularly challenging situations. The future leads us to open a site in Botswana, Africa, in the summer 2007 followed by the hopeful opening of two further sites in South Africa in the summer 2008.

Kansas Campus CompactCarol Gould instigated

Kansas Campus Compact, a consortium of Kansas Colleges and Universities whose charge is to further service-learning, in 2002. Mary Tolar returned to K-State in 2003 to lead this inaugural effort. As Mary moved to greater responsibility with the lead position in Civic Leadership, Mary Marston was hired to direct Kansas Campus Compact in the summer of 2006.Leadership Studies Background

With the publication 1978 of

Leadership by James MacGregor Burns, noted political scientist, leadership studies began receiving recognition as an academic discipline. In March 1997, the Kansas Board of Regents approved an interdisciplinary Leadership Studies minor for Kansas State University. The minor is offered through the College of Education and was developed by a committee representing every college department university, practitioners of leadership and undergraduate students. From our first graduating class in 1998 with 11 outstanding students, we have grown to over 1500 currently enrolled students.

Throughout these 10 years, it is most important to me to express the thanks to the many that have made this success possible. Pat Bosco’s vision of attracting leaders to K-State began years before a formal minor was instituted. Dean Holen and David Thompson made a commitment through scarce resources and personal

support to bring about the offering of a new discipline that was unproven, unheard of by few. And central administrators, most particularly President Wefald, “Walked the Talk” of leadership by allocating resources also to help establish this new program. And last, but certainly not least, my deepest gratitude goes to the often “unsung” hero of Leadership Studies and Programs, co-founder Bob Shoop. In addition to our on campus support, we have received absolutely essential advice and resources from our off campus Advancement Council (comprised of 65 members ranging from legislatures, to retired deans, to successful business owners, to students) and many who have given money to scholarships, programs and the new building. Words are not adequate to express our appreciation of Mary Lynn and Warren Staley, lead donors for the new building, and Greg Musil, inaugural chair of the Advancement Council. Yet,

with this kind of support from various faculty administrators, it is the support of the students that has been the driving force of Leadership Studies and Programs. A special inaugural memory is sitting on the floor of 918 N. Manhattan Avenue, no furniture at all, in what had been a rental house, with the eleven students who would eventually become the first graduating class. We had been operating out of the lobby of the Women’s Center thanks to their gracious hospitality, and outgrew this space well within the first year of operation. There was absolutely no space on campus and renting these houses was a last choice. I asked the students to help me make this important and defining decision. They sat with me on the hardwood floor and dreamed about Leadership Studies and what it had meant to them and what it could mean to many more and with that we made the decision to move and continue to grow. (cont. on p. 13)

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Sue PrayStudent Interns are very

important to Leadership Studies and Programs. We depend on our Student Interns to be the first “Smile, Voice, and Welcome” to all who make contact with our office. Whether answering a phone call, e-mail, or greeting a visitor or

prospective student at the front door, LSP student interns often make the first positive impression with our program. Each having their own strengths, interns also bring many important talents and assets to our program that would not be available without them. They are also the program’s loudest

cheerleaders and supporters and are the people most listened to when telling their story about successes and highlights of being a student in the Leadership Studies and Programs minor.

Some of the highlights of our current interns (who are all pursing a Leadership Studies and Programs minor) include:Mark Anderson, (pictured at left, standing on the right, at the First Tee Academy) junior in accounting and president of Delta Upsilon Fraternity. Internship summer 2007 at Koch accounting department, Wichita, Kan.Brett Beier, sophomore in business management/marketing and is currently in an internship with K-State Athletics, involved with promoting all athletic events.Kevin Bryant, (pictured at left, on the left, at the First Tee Academy) junior in business management and recruitment chair for Delta Upsilon fraternity. Accepted a position as an Orientation Leader this summer.Careem Gladney, junior in accounting, vice president and treasurer of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., and officer of Big XII Council Black Student Government. Internship summer 2007 at Cargill accounting department, Wichita, Kan. Lauren Luhrs, junior in

public relations and apparel marketing. Internship summer 2007 at Lands’ End, sourcing department, Dodgeville, Wisc. Special intern assistant for the Leadership Studies and Programs Advancement Council.Nick Piper, junior in finance, with second minor in East Asian Studies. Finance chair of Student Government Association and K-State Student Body Vice-Presidential Candidate for 2007. Mary Ray, senior in psychology and will graduate May 2007. Co-vice president for Psi Chi, a psychology honors program, and a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. Accepted to Washburn University to pursue a master’s degree in clinical social work in fall 2007. Abdul Yahaya, senior in civil engineering. Chair (President) for two years of Big XII Council Black Student Government and 2007 recipient of the Commerce Bank Award on Enhancing Multiculturalism.

As is evident, student interns are very important to the program in terms of accepting responsibility to contribute to the program’s success, are seen by the public as being a respected Leadership Studies representatives both “on and off the clock,” and are flexible in helping LSP progress in many different ways.

the support staff:leadership studies student interns

(Susan’s intro, cont. from p. 12)So, to all the students who

have been part of the program, thank you; and to those first eleven, know how much we truly appreciate your risk and commitment in the founding of this program: They are listed in alphabetical order: Aubrey Abbott, Casey Carlson, Patrick Carney, Renee Fisher, Jonathon Freeman, Justin Kastner, Maggie Keating, Peggy Niemann, Aaron

Otto, Kathryn Tirrell and Lindsay S. Weir.

We celebrated our ten-year anniversary March 15, 2007, with two important events. In the courtyard of the Union and with the help of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the Leadership Studies and Programs “LSP Stomp” debuted. Historically, African American fraternities and sororities have always felt it is important to define their

organization in a manner other than words and so stepping and step-shows were begun decades ago. We also believe that the spirit of Leadership Studies and Programs is not able to be adequately discussed with phrases and words so adopted this fine tradition to celebrate ourselves and our anniversaries. Also on this day, as we look to the future and the wondrous days we have ahead of us we spent enormous

energy and efforts to unveil what we believe to be the premier website of Leadership Studies and Programs.

Ten years from now, what will we be saying? Who will be saying it? Who knows? But we are committed to a built to last philosophy that cherishes change and most importantly, the people who bring it about.

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This has certainly been an exciting year for the Leadership Studies and Programs Ambassadors. This past fall we refocused the organization by revising the constitution, developing a mission statement, and reorganizing the committee structure. Our new mission

is to recruit students into the Leadership Studies minor, to develop campus and community leadership, and to promote the mission and goals of Leadership Studies and Programs, which is summarized in the phrase: “Recruit. Develop. Promote.” We hope this new direction will strengthen the ambassador organization for future generations.

Our committees have also been extremely busy this semester planning various activities across campus and in the community; the following are a few highlights. The education committee facilitated a high school leadership retreat at Rock Springs in January and currently has two other presentations scheduled this semester. The public relations committee has designed t-shirts to sell to students of the minor and also for Ambassadors members to wear. They are also working on compiling all of the prospective student flyers into a simple, easy-to-read brochure.

Lastly, the recruitment/presence committee is busily planning the Trike-a-thon that will be held at the K-State Spring Football Game in April. The race will feature teams comprised of students and local business members and will focus on the environment to reflect the initiatives of the National Global Youth Service Day. Proceeds from the Trike-a-thon will go toward a LSPA scholarship endowment fund.

The following piece is a reflection from Laura Krueger, senior in accounting with a nonprofit leadership minor focus, from Augusta, Kan. Laura will graduate in May 2007 with an American Humanics Certification. She is pictured at the far left in the picture on the right at the White House. Fourteen other K-Staters also attended the conference.

—I had the privilege of representing K-State while attending the

American Humanics Management Institute in Washington, D.C., in January 2007. My first visit to our nation’s capitol was incredible and quite memorable. The first day we arrived, I had the opportunity to go on a night tour of the monuments and was able to stand before the historic structures that I had previously witnessed only in pictures. Aside from the conference, I also saw the White House and visited the Holocaust Memorial Museum.

It was refreshing to see college students from all over the United States brought together because of a common interest held by all: we all want to — in some way, shape, or form — make this world a bit better. I found it very interesting to listen to other students and hear about their plans for the future. We all have so many opportunities at this point in our lives. It was wonderful to meet other students who wish to direct their efforts toward creating a greater good in our society.

I returned from the conference feeling empowered. Many times I have heard amazing stories of individuals creating phenomenal change in our society. However, AHMI brought those amazing stories to life in a variety of wonderful speakers; ordinary people that have achieved great feats. I especially enjoyed hearing from the younger speakers. One started Campus Kitchens, while another traveled the world working to assist third-world countries. Both were not much older than I am.

More than anything else, AHMI helped me realize that I am capable. There is no reason to think about life in terms of “some day.” Life is short. The only way to create great change and have the most impact on our society is to start today.

—More than 580 American Humanics students and faculty, as well as

more than 300 nonprofit and corporate leaders, took part in this unique opportunity to network, participate in simulated case studies and a national collegiate dialogue, and attend workshops led by local and national experts in nonprofit management.

Lessons Learned in Historic D.C. american humanics management institute

Recruit. Develop. Promote.leadership studies ambassadors

Ella Todd

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Trisha Gott will graduate May 2007 with a Spanish major and minors in women’s studies and leadership studies. Trish believes that Leadership Studies has opened her eyes to diverse cultures, individuals and ways of life, but it has also allowed her to foster her passions in life by providing one opportunity after another to become involved in Leadership Studies and at K-State. “Leadership Studies has given me numerous mentors, among them, faculty, staff and students whom have all pushed me and supported me in my growth as an individual as a student and as a leader,” she said. Trisha’s future career plan is to be a K-State Admissions Representative for the next few years and then pursue her doctoral degree in women in leadership.

Alicia Guerrero chose to minor in leadership studies because she knew that she would be surrounded by people who genuinely cared about and supported her in her endeavors. Leadership Studies has impacted her by helping her to form connections with many people within the program as well as help her to become more involved various committees and programs. Most importantly though, she feels that Leadership Studies has helped her to strengthen her self-confidence and future career plans. Alicia will also graduate May 2007 with a degree in criminology and minor in leadership studies. She is planning to attend law school at Washburn in the fall and focus on family law and social justice.

what are we doing now?Students

Vicki Conner will graduate in May 2007 from K-State with her graduate degree in political science in international relations. Prior to that she received undergraduate degrees in biology and political science and a minor in leadership studies. Vicki decided to minor in leadership studies because, “As an undergraduate, I was looking for a comprehensive college education that explored not only facts and theories but also my personal development. I wanted to grow as an individual and challenge my beliefs. Thus, I was drawn to the program’s focus on ethics, diversity, care, and knowledge.” She is currently in the final states of qualifying for employment with the U.S. Department of State as a Foreign Service Officer. Leadership Studies encouraged her to walk in the shoes of those who differ from herself, and value diversity by working toward acceptance rather than mere tolerance. She said, “There doesn’t always have to be a ‘right’ and a ‘wrong,’ things can simply be ‘different.’ From the perspective of a future diplomat, this understanding is invaluable.”

AlumniJonas Stewart graduated from K-State in 2001 with a degree in political science and minors in leadership studies and geography. He is currently a Foreign Service Officer representing the United States of America. He and his family are currently in the process of moving to Nagoya, Japan, where he will serve as the Director of the Nagoya American Center and the U.S. Consulate’s Public Affairs Officer. Prior this assignment, Jonas and his family were placed in Armenia for three years. Jonas says that Leadership Studies has had an extremely positive impact on his career. He states that one of the most useful things that he learned was the importance that successful leaders attach to treating their colleagues with dignity and respect. He found that this point is absolutely crucial in establishing yourself as a credible leader in almost any culture. “From Topeka to Tashkent, a little bit of kindness and understanding goes along way,” he said.

Irma O’DellWhat is the product and

quality of a graduate with a minor in leadership studies and how do we accurately measure it? Assessment will help us answer that question. Two reasons for “doing” assessment come to mind rather quickly. First, assessment is what we faculty members can do in order to demonstrate to ourselves that we actually do what we say we do. Second, assessment satisfies the demands for accountability by external agencies. It is important to state that, “Assessment is the monitoring of student learning; it is not the evaluation of professor’s teaching.” (Douglas Elder).

Beginning spring 2007, faculty took on the task of assessing the four core courses in the leadership studies minor. Each faculty member identified or created an assignment that addressed the student learning outcomes (SLOs) assigned to their course. A grading rubric was created for each assignment. Data from the rubric was used to create baseline data that will be used to assess the SLOs. James Tobin organized the data and Irma O’Dell reported on it. Assessment data will be gathered from each core course every semester. Faculty took on the task of assessment the same way they take on many tasks – with passion and a sense of purpose.

Irma O’DellLeadership Studies and

Programs is proud to unveil their new website at the 10th anniversary of Leadership Studies and Programs and the 20th anniversary of Community Service Program celebration. Today’s society is in the middle of a technically boom. You can either take advantage or let it pass you by. Leadership Studies and Programs have chosen to take advantage. By incorporating the best tools and design principles, David Pedergnana, Jim Riggs, Mary Tolar and Irma O’Dell have created a practical, easy to navigate website that will address many questions about Leadership Studies Programs.

The website features navigation bars on the left which lead you to who we are, academic minor, our programs, civic leadership and contact us. To the right, is a spotlight feature that celebrates faculty, staff, students and alumni. In the middle of the page is our mission statement and a welcome from our director, Susan M. Scott. The website is well-organized, attractive and features valuable and timely information, interactivity with self-generating content. The website is often the first impression and we want that first impression to be impressive. So take a look at our new and improved website at www.k-state.edu/leadership.

Assessment Equals accountability

Leadership Studies Websiteunveiling

Gilbert Davila – Assistant ProfessorMike Finnegan - InstructorDenise Gunter - AdvisorCandi Hironaka – Associate DirectorGrace Hwang – Assistant ProfessorIrma O’Dell – Sr. Associate Director, Associate ProfessorSue Pray – Sr. Administrative AssistantSusan Scott – Asst. Vice Pres. for Insti. Adv., DirectorBob Shoop – Senior Scholar, ProfessorMary Kay Siefers – Assoc. Dir. of Curriculum, Assist. Prof.Todd Wells – Assistant Director, Instructor

Adjunct FacultyKevin Cook – Coor. of Academic Affairs, Housing & DiningArt DeGroat – Director of Military AffairsAta Karim – President, Global Leadership SolutionsChris Lydick – Graduate Student, Computer EngineeringRon Prince – Head Football Coach, K-State WildcatsZoe Prince – Manhattan community memberHeather Reed – Assist. Dean of Student Life, Off. of Student LifeGayle Spencer – Assist. Dean of Student Life, OSAS

Civic LeadershipLynda Bachelor – Project Director, AmeriCorpsOlivia Collins – Director, American HumanicsMitzi Frieling – Site Leader for AmeriCorpsChris Lavergne – Project Coordinator, Waterlink

Mary Marston – Executive Director, KsCC Suzanne Mayo-Theus – Graduate Teaching Asst.Monica Parrish – CSP Project Coordinator, Special Asst.Patrick Simpson – AmeriCorps*VISTAÁrpád Szentkirályi – AmeriCorps*VISTA LeaderMary Hale Tolar – Associate Director, Civic Leadership

KSU FoundationJake Worcester – Director of Development, LS&P

Student StaffStudent InternsMark Anderson • Brett Beier • Kevin Bryant • Careem Gladney •Lauren Luhrs • Nick Piper • Mary Ray • Abdul Yahaya Civic Leadership Student CoordinatorsReesa Darby • Cierra Elder • Danielle English • Trisha Gott • Molly Hamm • Chance Lee • Katie Pooler

Contact UsLeadership Studies and Programs Civic Leadership918 N. Manhattan Ave. 125 Foundation CenterManhattan, KS 66502 2323 Anderson Ave, Ste. 125http://www.k-state.edu/leadership Manhattan, KS 66502-2912

The Loop Editor Newsletter CoordinatorLauren Luhrs Candi Hironaka(10th Anniversary photos courtesy of Dan Donnert, K-State Photo Services)

leadership studies and programs faculty and staff

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