Plenary Session 3: Leadership and Professional Development for Engaged Scholarship

Room: Big Ten A/B
Monday, October 3
8:00 – 9:15 a.m.

Description:

A distinguished panel will offer observations about how engaged universities address the related issues of professional development and institutional leadership in efforts aimed at creating contexts generative and supportive of community-engaged scholarship and university partnerships. Insights and recommendations will be offered from the perspectives of a university president, a university chief outreach and engagement leader, and the founder of an award-winning professional development program on community engagement.

Convener:

• Philip A. Greasley
  • Associate Provost for University Engagement
  • University of Kentucky

Presenters:

• Judith A. Ramaley
  • President
  • Winona State University
• Julie E. Williams
  • Senior Vice Provost for Engagement and Academic Outreach
  • University of New Hampshire
• Jeri L. Childers
  • Fellow, Virginia Tech Center for Organizational and Technological Advancement
  • Virginia Tech University

Sponsor:

This session is sponsored by the Engagement Academy for University Leaders at Virginia Tech University.