Summer Issue 2007
Why Spend Three Days in the Height of Summer at ICCD's Leadership Issues Conference?
Comments from Past Participants
It’s hot and muggy, and some air-conditioned space—perhaps your office or living room--conspires with the neighborhood pool to keep you tethered close to home. Why stir yourself in the heat of early August to drive or fly to the heart of Upstate New York for the Institute for Community College Development’s annual three-day Leadership Issues conference?
Past participants in Leadership Issues have included community college presidents, administrators, faculty and trustees from around the United States and Canada. They’ve returned to their campuses and communities inspired not only by the speakers and workshop presenters but also by networking with their colleagues from other institutions. Encouraged to champion issues that are important to them, they were prepared, with hands-on techniques, to get things done. And in their free time between sessions they found both this small college town on the southern tip of Cayuga Lake, and the green, shaded Cornell campus, beautiful and delightful to explore.
In their own words, past participants in Leadership Issues conferences found that
“The presenters were all superb and top in their field.”
“The keynote speakers were especially informative and entertaining.”
“I could apply the presentations immediately to my classes and department.”
“The group discussions with a variety of colleagues gave me the opportunity to hear ideas from other institutions, and alternate perspectives.”
“I had the opportunity to engage with colleagues from around the country.”
“The diverse roles of the attendees--having institutional presidents, vice presidents, board members, faculty, institutional researchers, and others--brought forth such rich conversations.”
“There was ample time for discussion,” and
“The program was well planned and the staff very friendly and helpful.”
This summer’s conference,“Sustainability for Community Colleges: Curriculum, Culture, Conservation,” August 5-8, 2007, at the ILR School at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, is ICCD’s ninth annual Leadership Issues program. It’s not too late to register.
ICCD’s Leadership Issues series, formerly called the Administrative Leadership Program, addresses a new topic each year.
For more information or to register for "Sustainability for Community Colleges," click here, or contact Patrick Feely, ICCD Program Coordinator, at (607) 254-2797 or by email.
Other articles in the Summer 2007 issue of Gravitas:
Announcing the EPA’s P3 (People, Prosperity, and the Planet) Award for Sustainability: A Student Design Competition
Community Colleges Encouraged to Apply
"Why are Community Colleges So Slow to Jump on the Fundraising Bandwagon?" by Donald C. Summers, from the Chronicle of Higher Education
ICCD's Applied Research Grants are available for 2007-08.
From the Director: The "Tragic Gap"
