For Vice-Presidents/Deans

Leadership UD brings together a diverse group of faculty and staff from across campus to learn, share and experience a wide range of issues from the perspective of a leader. Participants learn about themselves as leaders, and about formal and informal leadership structures on campus. They are given the opportunity to network with people and departments with which they may not normally interact.

As a sponsor you have the unique opportunity to nominate individuals from your division to participate in the Leadership UD experience.

What criteria are ideal in participants?

• Candidates must be full-time employees for a minimum of one year at date of application.

• Candidates should demonstrate a willingness to work collaboratively.

• Candidates should demonstrate the ability to set and achieve goals, which is an indication of candidates' motivation and leadership potential.

• Candidates should demonstrate an interest in learning about leadership, about leadership in higher education, about leadership at UD, and about their own leadership characteristics. This is achieved through past and/or current involvement and interest in the UD community.

• Candidates should show potential to impact the UD community further. This is based on the applicant's ability to offer leadership abilities to benefit the UD community, to work with others at UD, and to provide initiative in critical areas.

What costs are associated with participating?

Deans and Vice Presidents share in the program cost by contributing $1,350 to cover the candidate’s expenses in Leadership UD.  The $1,350 includes a $100 donation to the Leadership UD Scholarship fund which will, when fully funded, be awarded annually to a student who has demonstrated leadership skills.

In addition, each participant is required to attend at least eight of the ten scheduled Friday afternoon sessions and a mandatory opening retreat. Cohort members are expected to prepare themselves for each session by reading materials or completing other assignments. Participants' repeated absences not only detract from their experience, but also adversely impact the entire cohort.

Downloads:

Candidate application  (required)

Soliciting nominations form (optional – for internal use)

As Deans/Vice Presidents solicit nominations by others from within their respective areas, this optional tool might be of use in sorting through the various candidates in order to narrow the field to identify the few candidates to bring forward.  Nominators/supervisors can be encouraged to submit answers to the questions on the form for each potential participant.

DEADLINE:

The completed candidate application form should be returned by Friday, February 20, 2009 to:

Deb Bickford
Ryan C. Harris Learning Teaching Center
+1302

Questions? 

Please contact any member of the Leadership UD Recruitment Team by e-mail or phone:

Deb Bickford, 9-5360
Karen Bull, 9-3329
Beth Flach, 9-2745
Dave Necessary, 9-4112
Celine O’Neill, 9-4895