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9/26/2011Congratulations Deanne De Vries!

“The Role of Culture and History in the Applicability of Western Leadership Theories in Africa” to Leading in Complex Worlds, a volume in the ILA series Building Leadership Bridges.The editors have completed the blind review process, and I am pleased to tell you that your submission has been accepted. Congratulations! With 85 quality submissions this year, being accepted is a distinct honor.

7/19/11 - Program Director Dr. David Greenhalgh named as Chair at ILA Conference

Program Director Dr. David Greehalgh was named as the chair of the 2011 Scholarship MIG for the International Leadership Association. Read More about it: http://www.ila-net.org/communities/MIGs/ScholarshipLead.htm

7/18/11 - New Book from Faculty Member Dr. Heewon Chang

Congratulations to Dr. Heewon Chang whose new book, Spirituality in Higher Education: Autoethnographies, is fresh off the presses!

7/13/11 - Faculty Member Dr. Beth Birmingham to present at ARNOVA

Dr. Beth Birmingham has received word that her proposal has been accepted by ARNOVA. She will present her research topic, From Disaster to Development: Leadership Profiles of Disaster Response Teams, at ARNOVA’s 2011 Conference in Toronto this November 17-19. Congratulations to Dr. Birmingham! More details will be forthcoming as the conference date approaches.

7/11/11 - Follow the Eastern Ph.D. Program!

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International Leadership Association Conference

Eastern wins the Student Case Study in Boston!

Mike Dominik, David Wolf, Julie Rood-Breithaupt, David Ober

Congratulations Students!

Prague, November 2009

Ph.D. STUDENTS WIN INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY CONTEST

St. Davids, PA, November 19, 2009: Three students in the Eastern University Ph.D. program in Organizational Leadership have won the International Leadership Association (ILA) graduate student Case Study Contest. The award was announced on Nov. 14 at the conference held in Prague, Czech Republic. The winners are: Geri Remy, a Lecturer in Eastern's Nursing Department and a resident of Blooming Glen, PA; Stephanie Povlosky, a financial analyst at the Pew Charitable Trust Foundation and resident of Harleysville, PA; and David Brewer, a project manager with Kaiser Permanente and a resident of Portland, OR. They are all third-year doctoral students who had collaborated over several weeks on their case study and will share the $1,000 award.

EASTERN UNIVERSITY FIRST U.S. WINNER OF NVIVO 8 GRANT

Research Software Used by Dr. Chang, Dr. Ngunjiri and Students

St. Davids, PA, August 20, 2009: Eastern University has been awarded an inaugural NVivo 8 Teaching Grant worth $10,000, allowing its doctoral students to benefit from the latest qualitative data analysis technology this fall. Dr. Heewon Chang, Chair of Graduate Education and Professor of Education and Organizational Leadership, and colleague Dr. Faith Wambura Ngunjiri, Assistant Professor and Director of Research, are the first academics in the United States to receive the grant. They were chosen from a large field of applicants from across the U.S. and Canada