Release Date: Friday, June 18, 2004

CONFERENCE ON FACULTY-FOSTERED STUDENT LEADERSHIP SCHEDULED FOR JULY 11-14 AT UGA'S TERRY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

ATHENS, Ga. — An innovative conference designed to give college faculty the fundamentals for fostering student leadership will be conducted July 11-14 by the Institute for Leadership Advancement and the Office of Executive Programs at the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business.

Teaching Leadership 2004 will be lead by ILA faculty instructors Christine Riordan, Daniel Feldman and Vikki Clawson, leadership experts who will expose conference participants to fundamental elements of leadership development while exploring different teaching techniques and resources.

The three-day conference is designed for faculty members who want to expand the leadership dimensions of their management courses, faculty who are or will be teaching leadership courses and faculty and administrators who want to design their own student leadership programs, as well as those who are interested in expanding their knowledge about leadership.

The conference will include six sessions, during which participants will learn important concepts, theories and frameworks for teaching leadership and consider the various types of pedagogy for teaching leadership. Instructors will provide recommendations on organizing leadership courses, including class topics, course syllabi, and course materials. They will also identify useful tools for teaching leadership, including textbooks, readings, cases, videos, and Internet-based resources.

In addition to the benefits of the interactive sessions, each participant will receive:

• Examples of course syllabi
• A CD-ROM containing class lectures and content for three leadership courses
• Examples of effective leadership development exercises
• Examples of personal leadership assessments to use in classes
• Examples of cases for use in teaching leadership
• A sampling of quotes on leadership

The deadline for submitting an application is June 25, 2004. The $1,000 enrollment fee includes refreshment breaks, lunches, reception, dinner and workshop materials. Enrollment is limited and early registration is encouraged.

Registration can be completed online at www.terry.uga.edu/leadership. A block of hotel rooms for conference participants is available at special rates. For additional information, call Terry's Office of Executive Programs at 706-425-3051 or email executive_programs@terry.uga.edu.

<>THE FACULTY

Christine M. Riordan is director of the Institute for Leadership Advancement and a management professor in the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia. Riordan has won numerous teaching awards, including Terry College Teacher of the Year, finalist for MBA Teacher of the Year, and the Management Department Teacher of the Year. This past year, she was selected for inclusion in Georgia Trend magazine's "40 Under 40" list of up-and-coming young Georgians. Riordan's current research includes studies on the effects of human resource practices on group and organizational performance, as well as studies on labor force and cross-cultural diversity. Riordan is also president-elect of the Southern Management Association, which is a non-profit professional organization for academics and practitioners in the field of management.

Daniel C. Feldman holds the Synovus Chair in Servant Leadership at the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business, where he also serves as director of the Leadership Research Consortium in the Institute for Leadership Advancement. Feldman is the current editor-in-chief of the Journal of Management and former chair of the Careers Division of the Academy of Management. He is widely recognized for his research on career development and is the author of six books and more than 100 articles on this topic. Professor Feldman has won numerous undergraduate and graduate student teaching awards. He has also conducted a wide variety of executive programs for organizations, including the American Medical Association, the U.S. Health Care Finance Administration, Milliken, and Knight-Ridder Newspapers.

Vikki Clawson is vice president and managing director of Bostrom and Associates, an Athens-based training and consulting company focusing on facilitation, leadership and the effective integration of people and technology. She is currently a certificate instructor for the Leadership Certificate Program within the Terry College's Institute for Leadership Advancement and serves as an executive coach for the EMBA programs. Clawson also helps teach the "Leader as Facilitator" courses in the MBA programs at the Terry College. Since 1985, she has worked as an organizational development consultant, trainer and executive coach in the healthcare, high-tech, telecommunications, banking and insurance industries.

THE INSTITUTE FOR LEADERSHIP ADVANCEMENT
The Institute for Leadership Advancement (ILA) is a multidisciplinary academic organization, which provides a variety of leadership development opportunities for undergraduate students, graduate students, executives and business organizations. Housed in the Terry College of Business, ILA's programs stress the importance of principled leadership based on core values and emphasize leadership as a collaborative process and not as a position. Because of its breadth and the academic focus of its programs, ILA is one of the most comprehensive leadership development and research institutes to exist within a university setting anywhere in the country.

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