Fielding Alumni Network
FANmail Newsletter
April 2007
March was a particularly busy month. Both the Fielding Community Council and the Alumni Council met in Santa Barbara. I was delighted to meet the new and continuing members of these councils and discuss the projected measures and outcomes of the Strategic Plan’s Direction 4.0: Alumni Engagement and Development. The most recent version of this working document will be reviewed by the Board of Trustees during their semi-annual meeting in May; check the Alumni Network home page for the approved implementation plan.
Many of you remain connected with Fielding colleagues and continue to gather in your area. I want to learn more about your meetings as we move forward with our outreach plans; but I don’t want to re-invent the wheel. Help us learn what is already in place by visiting the Regional Alumni Representatives section on the Alumni Network home page. If you are the contact, please confirm that you intend to carry on as the group champion. If you lead an alumni gathering and you are not listed, please complete the Volunteer Application Form, include information on your group’s activities, and send it to alumnirelations@fielding.edu.
A thriving FAN network depends on volunteers; a big thank you to those folks who indicated an interest in starting an alumni group in their locale. We are developing a qualitative survey that will ask our graduates how best regional alumni groups may address your professional needs and personal wishes. Watch for a postcard in your mailbox.
I look forward to meeting more of you face to face at summer sessions in Kansas City, MO, and at the ELC National Session in Tucson, AZ. These events will be a milestone of sorts, as it will be a full year since I joined the Fielding Graduate University. The warmth, patience, and support you have shown as I skidded around this learning curve are greatly appreciated!
Warm wishes for a pleasant spring.
Dilys Jones
Director of Alumni Relations
Fielding Alumni Council Retreat
Rear: Chris Maczuga, Beth Fisher-Yoshida, Stacey Salant, Irvin Clark, Dan Distelhorst, Bryon Noon, Kathy Geller
Front row: Denise Humphrey, Ellen Urell, Vass Valoo, and Ted Takamura
All ten members of the 2007-08 Alumni Council and outgoing chair, Beth Fisher-Yoshida, convened in Santa Barbara on Wednesday, March 28, 2007. Over the next four days, they met with President Judy Kuipers, her leadership team, and attended individual meetings with the deans and associate deans of each school. The council gained a current picture of Fielding’s educational direction and programming challenges; they then considered ways alumni can assist in strengthening the educational effort.
The FAC is committed to finding ways for graduates to make contributions to the community by staying connected, being involved, and participating at many different levels. On the last day of the retreat, Irvin Clark (ELC 03) was inducted as chair, and new members Vassanthi Valoo (PSY 06), Kathy Geller (HOD 05), and Bryon Noon (ELC 05) were elected to three-year terms of office. To learn more about the members of the Alumni Council, please follow this link http://www.fielding.edu/alumni/roster.htm .
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The School of Educational Leadership & Change held the first combined graduation of the EdD and MA - Collaborative Educational Leadership programs. Six doctoral students and 24 master’s students from the California learning communities in Lancaster and San Diego, participated in the January graduation ceremony at the Hilton Hotel in Long Beach, CA. Pictured at right: (back row) Shandrina Griffin, Denise Purnell, Andrew Keyne, Glynis Gordon-Williams, (front) Jianping Wang, Suzanne Flores.
Congratulations to Harriett J. Robles (ELC 99) on her appointment as the next president of Mission College, Santa Clara, CA. She has served as interim president of this Silicon Valley college since July 2006.
Sandy Kewanhaptewa-Dixon (ELC 06) had a great start to her year. She is the recipient of Cal Poly Pomona University’s Diversity Champion Award. Her “outstanding leadership and service to the community” were recognized at the Native American Heritage Month closing ceremony and recognition dinner. Well done, Sandy.
An article written by Rich Hassler (ELC 05) titled “The Flogging of For-profit Colleges” was recently published in Academic Questions, a journal of the National Association of Scholars.
Miranda Haskie (ELC 02) has been elected President of the Navajo Studies Conference Inc. Board, and is also co-chair of the Planning Committee for the 17th Navajo Studies Conference, which will take place at Diné College on November 1-3, 2007. In addition, Miranda and two colleagues were awarded a Hozho fund grant from the President of Diné College to offer a Navajo language immersion project for three weeks in summer 2007.
ELC National Session 2007
Join us this July in Tucson, AZ for ELC’s National Session 2007. Be there Tuesday morning to hear Charleen Teters’ keynote speech. Charleen is a founding board member of the National Coalition on Racism in Sports and the Media, an artist, activist, and lecturer. She has been pivotal in raising public awareness of racial and social injustices endured by Native Americans through the use of cultural symbols in sports and the media.
President's Reception in Dallas, TX
On Saturday evening, March 10, 2007, Alumni Council member Denise Humphrey (PSY 03) hosted a reception for President Judy Kuipers and the Fielding community at her home in Dallas. The informal social setting made it possible for the 20 students, alumni and guests representing all schools and programs to reconnect and socialize. The guests enjoyed the multi-disciplinary exchanges they had with one another and expressed their interest in re-energizing the Dallas Alumni Network. If you would like to connect with this group, please send an email to alumnirelations@fielding.edu.
Congratulations to Deb Budding (NEPSY 04) and Dana Chidakel (NEPSY 01) on receiving their board certification from the American Board of Neuropsychology Professionals.
Fielding Community Council Update
Leslie E. Ellis (PSY 91) was elected to the Fielding Community Council at the beginning of 2007. In March, she met fellow alumni representatives Jody Hironaka-Juteau (ELC 99), R. John Hoover (HOD 97), and the alumni director at the council’s semi-annual meeting in Santa Barbara. They were asked what Fielding might do to reconnect with the Fielding Alumni Network (FAN):
Leslie hopes to identify a mechanism that will bring PSY alumni back to session; she believes that making CEUs available to alumni is a potential solution.
Jody would like to see more opportunities for collaborative research projects across the schools and programs.
John believes that extended services offered to alumni are important. He suggests that the university focus on our alumni’s professional interests when developing FAN projects.
Hope you are planning to join us in Kansas City, MO in July!
Special guest presenter, Edward R. Christopherson, PhD, ABPP is the author of countless scientific papers, chapters, and books on child behavior and will speak on the subject, “Encouraging Self-Calming Skills in the Infant.”
HOD alumni Dennis Reina (HOD 95) and Michelle Reina (HOD 97) will present the keynote speech titled,"Trust, Healing and Renewal: Transforming the Spirit of the Workplace." This has become a hot topic, and the Reinas (who met on the dance floor at a Fielding graduation) are quoted extensively as professional experts on the subject and have appeared on national television.
These 'Red' Boots Were Made for Walkin'
The red boot award at Winter Session 2007
...And the award goes to:
Kathy Curran (HOD 03) and Kathy Geller (HOD 05), pictured left.
HOD Highlights
Don Mroz (HOD 96) recently had two articles published. The first, " Extraordinary Teams," co-authored with Shawn Quinn, was published in the March edition of Strategies Magazine. The second appears in the March/April edition of Consulting Today, and is titled " Collective/Collaborative Leadership: Long Overdue."
Fielding alumni Beth Fisher–Yoshida (HOD 00) and Kathy D. Geller (HOD 05) will be presenting concurrent sessions at the 2007 American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) International Conference in Atlanta, GA, June 3 - 6, 2007.
Terry Timmins (HOD 93) was nominated Faculty Member of the Year at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, CA. Read a profile on Terry in the March 2007 newsletter archived at www.orangecoastcollege.edu.
Congratulations to Irma Starr (HOD 97), (pictured right), the recipient of the 2006 Elizabeth Douvan Award for Post-Doctoral Development! Irma, one of nine candidates for the award, has already put her $1,000 grant to good use in support of the Leadership and Social Justice program at the DeKalb Transition Academy in Georgia. Her program focuses on youths returning from short term incarceration, and combines leadership knowledge (what is a leader?), developing skills (listening, interacting, and group discussion), and application of leadership skills (through service learning projects). Katrina S. Rogers, PhD, HOD associate dean for research and practice, will take over as the scholarship administrator at the next award cycle. An RFP for the 2007 Elizabeth Douvan Award will be announced shortly.
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In Memory of Sue
Susan E. Auerbach, (HOD 01) of Concord, NH, died Saturday, March 24, 2007, after a sudden illness while vacationing in Fort Myers, Fla. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation of New Hampshire, P.O. Box 970, Concord, NH 03302; or to Northeast Deaf and Hard of Hearing Inc., 125 Airport Road, Concord, NH 03301.
Lifelong Learning Opportunities
Fielding alumni are eligible for considerable discounts for the innovative continuing education programs available this spring and fall. The following links will take you to the detailed descriptions on the programs’ Web sites. For more information contact Nathan Lewin directly at 800.340.1099 ext. 4015, and via email at nlewin@fielding.edu .
April 28, 2007: Kegan/Lahey Change Process Online Workshop
May 29, 2007: Teaching in the Virtual Classroom
September 27, 2007: Evidence Based Coaching
September 24, 2007: Integral Studies
To be announced: Dialogue, Deliberation and Public Engagement
Interested in Psychodynamic Orientation?
The Alonso Center for Psychodynamic Studies is exploring ways to engage Fielding alumni with a psychodynamic orientation or an interest in learning more about it. Please visit their Web site to learn more about the proposed options and respond to their inquiry.
The Creative Longevity and Wisdom Initiative offers alumni interested in the special opportunities and challenges encountered by the aging population, to contribute to the research. For information on how to apply, follow the link or contact Suzanne Baer at sbaer@verizon.net.
The Smith Richardson Foundation’s Domestic Public Policy Program seeks to support the work of the next generation of public policy researchers and analysts. In 2007, the Foundation will award at least three research grants in the amount of $60,000 each to individuals who are interested in conducting research and writing on domestic public policy issues. Grantees are expected to produce a book or an article suitable for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. The grant can be used to cover the salary costs of the researcher and to underwrite research costs, such as travel, research assistance, and data acquisition. Each grant will be paid directly to, and should be administered by, the institution at which the researcher works. For more information please visit their Web site www.srf.org.
Alumna LaNelle Ford (PSY 78)and her daughters, Linda Ford (HOD 92)and Kathryn Ford, MD, created the LaNelle & Dennis Ford Scholarship in memory of Dennis Ford—husband, father, and longtime educator. Leadership gifts from the Ford family, and contributions from friends and Fielding community members made the first award possible at Winter Session 2007. The Ford Scholarship is dedicated to supporting talented female doctoral students residing in Texas, and the first recipient is Beverly Stevenson (HOD-A) whose research explores interracial family histories of persons of African descent.
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New Community College/Higher Education Forum
Barbara Mink created a forum on FELIX for anyone interested in or currently working in various higher education venues, i.e., community colleges, private and public 4-year colleges, and universities in the U.S. and around the world. Folders at the top of the forum contain information related to news that influences higher education, research opportunities, employment, and internship opportunities.
New PSY Folder for post-doctoral career opportunities has been created on the FELIX Alumni Forum. Please post any offerings that you may know about for our students and alumni to see.
Career Opportunities sent to Fielding are regularly posted on the Alumni Forum and in the Career Opportunities section of the Fielding Alumni Network Web site.
Alumni Have FREE ACCESS to Full-Text Article Databases
Alain Dussert, interim director of library services, reports that there has been a steady increase of usage, especially by the HOD alumni. If you are unsure about which online library databases are available to alumni, please visit the Library Home Page for up-to-date information (FELIX login not required).
If you will be in the vicinity of any of these events, we invite you to join the Fielding Community Gathering. Please contact alumnirealtions@fielding.edu if you plan to attend or need more information.
April
28: Collaborative Educational Leadership graduation, Rice Lake, WIMay
5: Board of Trustees meeting, Santa Barbara
4: Deadline for HOD/PSY Summer Session registration
7: Applications requested for scholarships and internships (see alumni home page for details)June
4: Winter Session 2008 RFP for PSY & HOD alumni opens
3-6: Fielding alumni present at American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) International Conference in Atlanta, GA
3: Deadline for ELC National Session registrationJuly
4: Independence Day
15-21: PSY Summer Session, Kansas City, MO
17-21: HOD Summer Session, Kansas City, MO
21: Alumni Dinner, Pierpont’s at Union Station
23-28: ELC National Session, Tucson, AZAugust
4: Fielding alumni & faculty present a Professional Development Workshop titled “Praxis, Inquiry and the Performative Arts: A Crucible for Transformative Education and Learning” at the 2007 Academy of Management Conference in Philadelphia, PA.September
Lifelong Learning workshops commence
How to Reach Fielding's Office of Alumni Relations
OFFICE OF ALUMNI RELATIONS
alumnirelations@fielding.eduDILYS J. JONES, DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS
djjones@fielding.edu
805.898.2915
VIOLET HATIPOGLU,
DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE
vhatipoglu@fielding.edu
805.898.2920
ANNE KRATZ,
CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
akratz@fielding.edu
805.898.2926
FELIX ACCOUNTS
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805.898.4040